We Wait Together

Tempo: 93  Time: 4/4 

Intro 
F Bb F Gm Eb Fsus4 


[Verso 1]
 
Bb                                        Dm 
The broom sweeps slow across the ancient stone 
         Eb       F             Bb 
Another leaf has fallen to the clay 
  F   Gm                              Dm 
You mend the thread of course we've outgrown 
 Bb           Eb               Fsus4   F 
No words are needed for the fading day 
 


[Verso 2]
 
     Bbm7                           Dm 
Your fingers tremble just a little now 
          Eb         F              Bb 
I steady them with hands as worn as oak 
    Bbm7      Gm                        Dm 
We watch the twilight bend, the willow bow 
              Eb                     Fsus4 
And wear the silence like a familiar cloak 
 


[Verso 3]
 
 F         Bb                      F 
And so we wait, my love we gently wait 
             Gm                          Dm 
For whatever tide the evening chooses to bring 
                 Eb                   Bb    F   Gm 
We've locked the storm outside our wooden gate 
            Cm                      Fsus4 
And in the quiet we still hear the spring 
 


[Refrão]
 
  F              Bb                      F 
Let the shadows grow, let the cold wind blow 
        Gm                          Dm 
We hold the warmth of fifty winters deep 
        Eb        F     Gm   F  Eb 
We wait together, soft and slow 
Cm        F        Bb F Bbsus4 Bb 
Before we drift to sleep 
 


[Verso 4]
 
                               Dm 
A shed half apple on a wooden plate 
          Eb      F7        F       Bbsus4 F 
A sudden laugh at things we used to fear 
    Gm                         Dm 
The heavy ledger of our mortal fate 
              Cm                Fsus4 
Is written in the lines we carry here 
 


[Verso 5]
 
 F    Bb                               F 
Your eyes still hold the quiet steady spark 
            Gm                      Dm 
That guided me through valleys long ago 
       Eb                  Cm7     Bb F Gm 
Now as the room surrenders to the dark 
            Cm         F      Bb F 
There is no hurry in the way we go 
 


[Verso 6]
 
          Bb                       F 
And so we wait, my love we gently wait 
             Gm                            Dm 
For whatever tide the evening chooses to bring 
                 Eb                    Bb   F  Gm 
We've locked the storm outside our wooden gate 
           Eb         Cm7             F 
And in the quiet we still hear the spring 
 


[Refrão]
 
                Bb                      F 
Let the shadows grow, let the cold wind blow 
        Gm                          Dm 
We hold the warmth of fifty winters deep 
        Eb        F     Gm   F  Eb 
We wait together, soft and slow 
Cm        F        Bb F Bbsus4 Bb 
Before we drift to sleep 
 


[Verso 7]
 
        Bbsus4  Bb 
Let the sky    turn grey, let the thunder roll 
             F 
We've built our sanctuary in the dust 
             Gm 
With every ache that lingers in the soul 
        Dm 
We find a quiet unyielding trust 
       Eb           F              Bb 
We do not fear the closing of the door 
              Cm7         Cm 
For we have walked this path 
     F         Bb 
And we ask for nothing more 
 

Outro 
F Gm Dm Bb Ebm7 F Bb Gm Csus4 F Bb F Gm Eb F 
           Bb    Fsus4 
Just this hand in mine 
    Gm         Dm  Eb 
The passing of time 
        F     F7 Bbsus4 Bb 
We wait together