Date: Sat, September 27 1997
From: Peter Ferragine (pferragine@home.com)
Group: Offspring
Album: The Offspring
Re-released: 1995 nitro/epitaph   Originally done: 1989
Track: 11
Title: i'll be waiting

/ \ - slide
h - hammer on
p - pull off
~ - vibrato
^ - bend


intro

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verse

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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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chorus

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halfway through the chorus, play this little riff

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at the end of the chorus, play

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lyrics

once i had a friend that i could count on so i thought well so it seemed
but times of need are not enough to prove your friendship to me now 
once i saw a face that i believed but a mask was all there was
so who wears the masks and who wears the faces well i guess i'll never know
but as i stand here alone in a room full of people 
with nothing to say beer on their minds and smoke in the air
call them your friends but they just don't care
friend for life such shallow words for broken minds show me a friend for life
cause i'll be waiting for that day will arrive 
when i'll feel alive i'll be waiting for that day
once i found a love i had to know now we might know each other just too well
cause when we're together we just can't get enough
or is it we just can't get what we want
once i saw a dream i had to chase it dreams quickly turn to reality
whos at fault in this game of yours and mine
well i guess i'll never know
but as i sit here alone think of the girl who came softly inside of me
the look in her eyes the smell of her hair
call her my own but is she really there
love for life such noble words for noble minds
show me a love for life cause i'll be waiting for that day will arrive
when i'll feel alive i'll be waiting for that day
once i had a friend that i could count on times of need are not enough
once i found a love i had to know now we might know each other just to well
once i saw a dream i had to chase dreams quickly turn to reality 
now let me close my eyes because i don't want to see anything anymore