Don't Wait For Me

Intro: A

         A                            D            Ab
Don't wait for me...I'll be a long time comin'
    F#m                          Bm
Unless by then, you have told me something
        F               E              A
That shows how much you care
       A                                   D       Ab
I've done much more than as a man I should have
F#m                         Bm                           F
Why did you...not do all you could have...to show
        E             A
How much you care?

Bb                                                 A
Over and again I've wondered was I wrong
Bb                                                        A
I kept thinkin' that I maybe shoulda come along
                     F#m
But then there comes a time in every man's life
F#m                    Bm
When he must be strong
       Bm
And my time's come
      Bm
And if you're gone
           A                                 D      Ab
Then I guess I'll cry and hold to memories
             F#m
Of what might have been
                  Bm
And when I finally leave
              F              E         A
That will show how much I care.

Over and again I've wondered was I wrong
Kept thinkin' that I maybe shoulda come along
But there comes a time in every man's life
When he must be strong
And my time's come
And if you're gone
Then I guess I'll cry and hold to memories
Of what might have been
And when I finally leave
That will show how much I care.

Words and Music (C) Michael Nesmith