Chords for "Return to Waterloo"

Date: August 30, 1997  4:24 PM
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson


RETURN TO WATERLOO

G   G7    C                       D         G                C        C/B    Am
          Look at all the people around me, same old faces joining the queue 
                    Em  Am  Em   C              G (n.c.)
For return to Waterloo,         return to Waterloo

G        Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G    C+G  C+F  C+G  C+F  C+G
         oooh...

G                               G G/F# Em                                         
Started off this morning as usual,     checkin' out the mail and all the bills to pay
Em/G  Em/F#  Am                                      D          B           Em   Em/D
            Maybe something special's gonna happen, maybe this is my lucky day
      C                   D          G                   C      C/B   Am  Am/G  Am
The forecast says heavy weather, so take your umbrella just in case
 Em         Am    Em             Am      Em          C           G
Will I get away, will I see it through       on the return to Waterloo

G  Gmaj7  G  Gmaj7  G  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G    C+G  C+F  C+G C+F  C+G
                                   Return to Waterloo
G  Gmaj7  G  Gmaj7  G  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G    C+G  C+F  C+G C+F  C+G
                                   Return to Waterloo 

G  RIFF    Dm          F                           C      G   RIFF
         Somehow I feel that the world's been passin' me by 
 Dm                 F              C       G   RIFF
Can't help thinkin' somehow been living a lie 
 Dm              F                             C         G
Now I'm asking questions, I never thought I'd ask them before
      Em        G        A  RIFF 2        D             D7
Like "why" or "how" or "what       am I doing it for?"

  D                              Bm  
Will I reach my destination, or will I get off along the way?
G     Bb     D
            Will I reach my destination?
G                           G/F#         Em                            Em/G  Em/F#
Will I reach my destination,     have I stopped or am I only going slow?
 Am                                    D          B             Em   Em/D
Have we got a couple more stations, or is this as far as we all go?
     C                           D
The headlines cry out from the papers
  G            Bm        F                          C  C/B  Am Am/G
"Inflation," "murder," "wars," who really wants to know?
        Am        Em     Am  Em         C               G
If I return to Waterloo,         it'll cost me more in 1992 

G  Gmaj7  G  Gmaj7  G  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G   C+G C+F  C+G C+F  C+G  G   G7

 Am         Em    Am             Em         Am                Em
Will I get away, will I see it through? And come back home to you
         C (n.c.)     G
On the return to Waterloo 

G  Gmaj7  G  Gmaj7  G   Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G  Em+F#  Em+G    C+G  C+F  C+G C+F  C+G 
C+G  C+F  C+G  C+F  C+G    C+G  C+F  C+G C+F  C+G    C+G  C+F  C+G  C+F  C+G


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B --------- -------       C+G:  x 3 2 0 1 3     C+F: x 3 2 0 1 2
G --------- -------       Em/G: x x x 0 0 0   Em/F#: x x 4 0 0 0 
D --------- -------       Em/D: 0 2 0 0 0 0
A ---0-2--- -2-4-0-
E -3-----3- -------




Date: October 5, 2008
From:  Jan Hauenstein

This is the version from 'The Songs Of Ray Davies - Waterloo Sunset'.

Return To Waterloo Raymond Douglas Davies

(G) (Em) (C)
(G)Started off this morning as usual,
(G/F#) (Em)Checkin' out the mail and all the bills to pay.
(Em/D) (Am)Maybe something special's gonna happen,
(D)Maybe this (B)is my lucky (Em)day. (Em/D)
The (C)forecast says heavy (D)weather,
So (G)take your umbrella, (C)just in (C/B)case. (Am) (Am/G) (Am)
(Em)Will I get a(Am)way,
(Em)Will I see it (Am)through, (Em)
On the re(C)(hold)turn to (C)Water(G)loo? (Em) (C) (G)

(Dm) Somehow I (F)feel that the world's been (C)passin' me (G)by, (G/A)(G/B)(G)
(Dm)Can't help thinkin' (F) somehow I´ve been (C)living a (G)lie, (G/A)(G/B)(G)
(Dm) When I was young, the (F)future was clear, it was (C)easy to (G)see. (G/A)(G/B)(G)
But (Em)now I´m (G)here, (A) and I just (D)want to be free.

Will I reach my destination,
Or (Bm)will I get off along the way? (G) (Bb)
(D)Will I reach my destination?

(G)Will I reach my destination,
(G/F#) Have I (Em)stopped or am I only going slow?
(Em/D) (Am)Have we got a couple more stations,
Or (D)is this as (B)far as we all (Em)go? (Em/D)
The (C)headlines cry out from the (D)papers
'In(G)flation', (Bm/F#)'murder', (F)'wars',
Who (C)really (C/B)wants to (Am)know? (Am/G)
If I re(Am)turn to Water(Em)loo, (Am) (Em)
It will (C)cost me more in 199(G)2. (G7)

(Am)Will I get a(Em)way,
(Am)Will I see it (Em)through,
And (Am)come back home to (Em)you
On the (C)return to Water(G)loo? (Em) (C)(hold)

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