| E | |
| Writing the lines as they come to me |
| A | E | |
| S | cratching them out almost imm | ediately |
| A | F | E | |
| D | on't know what it's | done to me |
| It's cold and it's wet it's been raining all night |
| A | E | |
| And there's a letter I've been | trying to write |
| A | F | E | |
| Something better waiting s | omewhere for me |
| A | C | |
| One of them is | sitting on the wrong coast |
| E | C#m | |
| One awaits an | answer by return post |
| F# | F#m | A | |
| Waiting, | waiting (w | aiting...) |
| E | |
| Try to remember how long it's been |
| A | E | |
| There was | more to us than p | aper and pen |
| A | F | E | |
| Think how easy it | is to conceal |
| E | |
| And I know when we're together again |
| A | E | |
| We'll be strangers for an | hour and then |
| A | F | E | |
| We'll have to figure out if | this thing is real |
| A | C | |
| One of them is s | itting on the East coast |
| E | C#m | |
| One awaits an a | nswer by return post |
| F# | F#m | A | E | |
| Waiting, | waiting ( | waiting) |
| (bridge)E A E F# F#m A E.... E A E F# F#m A E |
| E | |
| Cold and wet and rainin' all night |
| A | E | |
| there's a letter i've | gotta write |
| A | F | E | |
| somethin' better is w | aiting for me.. | . |
| A | C | |
| One of them is s | itting on the East coast |
| E | C#m | |
| One awaits an a | nswer by return post |
| F# | F#m | A | E | |
| Waiting, | waiting | (waiting) |
| A | C | |
| Take a drink and | staring out the window |
| E | C#m | |
| Wondering how | long this can continue |
| F# | F#m | A | E | |
| Waiting, | waiting |