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                            Wait For It - Dave Melillo
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I dunno if this is the same key as the song, but I chose to tab it in E because it fit
vocal range well, and I couldn't find any other way to do it that sounded good. I think
actually in Open D (DADDDD), but I couldn't figure it out in that tuning, so this is in 
And even if this isn't right, it sounds good anyway.

Dave Melillo - Wait For It
Drive-Thru/Rushmore Comp 2005
Drive-Thru Records 2005.


This may also be on his upcoming EP Talk Is Cheap, which hits stores June 13th. It's


Tabbed by: Zach Keenum

Tuning: Standard

              E                   A
Give me your black lungs, and your blue eyes

           Cm                  B
And we'll trade them in for a new disguise

               E                  A
Give me your best bet, and your worst lie

              Cm                 B
And we'll fill them in with a straighter line

              A
You could be everything I wanted

           Cm             B
If you'd just give up on holding back

          A                             Cm             B
And I've never lost so many words for kissing just one girl

            E  0    0    0
            B  0    0    0
            G  4    6    2
            D  4    6    2
            A  0    0    0
            E  x    x    x

  You've got potential.


  A                                 Cm
Wait for it, wait for nights that compliment you

  B                    A
Ignore the girls that just resent you

                Cm                 B
It's easier to pretend you don't care at all

     A                               Cm
Now wait for it, wait for boys that overwhelm you

B                      A
Tell them that you're not that type of girl

               Cm             B              A
And you would rather sit and talk about your goals

               E                   A
Give me your black lungs, and your blue eyes

           Cm                  B
And we'll trade them in for a new disguise

               E                  A
Give me your best bet, and your worst lie

              Cm                 B
And we'll fill them in with a straighter line

              A
You could be everything I wanted

           Cm             B
If you'd just give up on holding back

          A                             Cm             B
And I've never lost so many words for kissing just one girl

            E  0    0    0
            B  0    0    0
            G  4    6    2
            D  4    6    2
            A  0    0    0
            E  x    x    x

  You've got potential.


Repeat Chorus here (Wait for it, wait for nights that...), but with different words. The
pattern is the same. And then the bridge:


        Cm       B        A
Well I tried.......


        Cm       B        A
Well I tried.......


       A                              Cm          B
Well I tried to make you see that you lost reality somewhere

  Cm       B       A
I tried........


A
(No words here)

             E                   A
Give me your black lungs, and your blue eyes

           Cm                  B
And we'll trade them in for a new disguise

               E                  A
Give me your best bet, and your worst lie

              Cm                 B
And we'll fill them in with a straighter line

              A
You could be everything I wanted

           Cm             B
If you'd just give up on holding back

          A                             Cm             B
And I've never lost so many words for kissing just one girl

             A
You've got potential.