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Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 15:04:11 -0400
From: Dann Butterfield
Subject: CRD: 'Watching and Waiting' by The Moody Blues
Watching And Waiting
(Justin Hayward/Ray Thomas)
THE MOODY BLUES
>From To Our Children's Children's Children, 1969
** CaddF: x30211
** CaddD: x30230
F / / / Em / / / (x4)
Verse 1:
F Em F Em
Watching and waiting, for a friend to play with
F C CaddF C CaddD C
Why have I been alone so long
F Em F Em
Mole he is burrowing, his way to the sunlight
F C CaddF C CaddD C
He knows there's someone there so strong
Chorus:
G F G
'Cos here there's lots of room for doing
F C D
The things you've always been denied
G F G
So look and gather all you want to
F C D
There's no one here to stop you trying
C Am D
C G C
Verse 2:
Soon you will see me, 'cos I'll be all around you
But where I come from I can't tell
Don't be alarmed by my fields and my forests
They're here for only you to share
(chorus)
F Em F Em
Watching and waiting, for someone to understand me
F C
I hope it won't be very long
F / / / Em / / / (repeat to fade)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#1 by Chris Pray at Jul 31, 1985 at 8:34 PM EST |
| Aha! This album is about leaving earth and the conquest of space-how about this for an idea?- i believe it was meant to act as poetry/song sung by, who else, Planet Earth in the first person. when i thought about it like this, some of the lyrics could make sense. Maybe He/She is lonely now that His/Her inhabitants (we, the homo sapiens) have left. trying to persuade us to come back, cuz earth is lonely without us. | |
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Justice Wanna Be |
#2 by Justice Fish at Apr 21, 1994 at 3:43 PM EST |
| Beautiful song. At the time Justin Hayward thought it would be as big a hit as Nights in White Satin. It wasn't, but it's still a beautiful song. In the context of the album (To Our Childrens Childrens Children) this song makes sense. The theme of the album is about travelling through space and the loneliness associated with it. This song closes the album as fitting conclusion to have reached a heaven-like utopia. The "mole burrowing" part (imho) to analagous to travelling thru the dark space of the universe to reach utopia. | |
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Josh Professional |
#3 by Josh Wilson at Jul 22, 1998 at 9:07 PM EST |
| Considering where this song originated from...this song may be about how we're leaving Earth for greener pastures... Consider the lines.. 'Cos here there's lots of room for doing The things you've always been denied. So look and gather all you want to, There's no one here to stop you trying. I think those lines are about our infinite ability to consume every resource within our purview. I may be right or wrong, but it's worth a listen. The Moodies rule! | |
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ryan Lead Player |
#4 by ryan harney at Jun 7, 2006 at 8:27 PM EST |
| I love this song. It's very beautiful. I don't have any definite meaning but I bet it means someone who's free to roam around fields and forests. However, my personal interpretation was one of a person who yearns to meet someone who will truly understand them. This person promises the person that they'll be good to them and that they're free to explore them hence fields and forests. However, I can't quite figure out lines 4-6. | |
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