Standard tuning
Capo on the 5th fret
If you prefer you can replace F by Fmaj7 (xx3210)
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by F, Bb & 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