Patty Griffin - Waiting For My Child

waiting for my child by patty griffin
album : downtown church
track 11
2010

standard tuning
capo on the 5th fret

chords :

C : x32010
F : x33211 or 133211
G : 320003 or 320033

if you prefer you can replace F by Fmaj7 ( xx3210 )

( to play without a capo replace the chords above by F , A# & C )

intro : C

C F
i was talking to a lady a few days ago
C G
and these are the words she said
C
if you see my child somewhere
F C
as you journey here and there
G C
tell him i’m waiting for my child to come home

C F C
i Am waiting and waiting for my child to come
C F G
i’m waiting and waiting for my child to come
C
if you can’t come home
F C
could you please send me a letter
G C
a letter would mean so much to me

C
oh my child may be somewhere
F
on his sick bed
C G
with no one there to rub his aching head
C
oh my child may be somewhere
F
in some lonely jail
C G C ( G )
with no one there to go his bail

C F C
if i only knew what town my child was in
G
i’ll be there on that early morning train
C
and no matter what’s crime
F C
lord you know that this child is mine
G C
that’s why i’d be waiting for my child to come home

C F C
i Am waiting and waiting for my child to come
C F G
i’m waiting and waiting for my child to come
C
if you can’t come home
F C
could you please send me a letter
G C
a letter would mean so much to me

C G
i Am waiting , waiting
C F
i Am waiting and waiting
C G F C
i Am waiting for my child to come home