Intro: B
 
Verse 1:
B                                Ebm
I'm waiting up, saving all my precious time
E                           B
Losing light, I'm missing my same old us
                       Ebm
Before we learned our truth too late
    E
Resigned to fate, fading away
 
Abm                  B
So tell me, can you turn around?
Gb
I need someone to tear me down
Abm                   B
Oh, tell me, can you turn around?
Gb
But either way
 
Chorus:
                   B
Hold me while you wait
                         Ebm
I wish that I was good enough -Hold me while you wait-
                        Abm
If only I could wake you up -Hold me while you wait-
                               Gb
My love, my love, my love, my love
                   B
Won't you stay a while? -Hold me while you wait-
 
Verse 2:
B                              Ebm
Tell me more, tell me something I don't know
       E
Did we come close to having it all?
 
Abm               B
If you're gonna waste my time
Gb
Let's waste it right
 
Chorus:
                       B
And hold me while you wait
                         Ebm
I wish that I was good enough -Hold me while you wait-
                        Abm
If only I could wake you up -Hold me while you wait-
                               Gb
My love, my love, my love, my love
 
Won't you stay a while? -Hold me while you wait
B                          Ebm
I wish you cared a little more -Hold me while you wait-
                           Abm
I wish you'd told me this before -Hold me while you wait-
                              Gb
My love, my love, my love, my love
 
Won't you stay a while? -Hold me while you wait-
 
Bridge:
E                    Gb
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
Abm                      B
Is it true? My faith is shaken, but I still believe
E                    Gb
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
Abm
So won't you stay a while?
 
Chorus:
                       B
And hold me while you wait
                         Ebm
I wish that I was good enough -Hold me while you wait-
                        Abm
If only I could wake you up -Hold me while you wait-
                               Gb
My love, my love, my love, my love
 
Won't you stay a while? -Hold me while you wait
B                          Ebm
I wish you cared a little more -Hold me while you wait-
                           Abm
I wish you'd told me this before -Hold me while you wait-
                              Gb
My love, my love, my love, my love
                   B
Won't you stay a while? -Hold me while you wait-
 
Outro:
        Ebm
Stay a while -Hold me while you wait-
        Abm
Stay a while -Hold me while you wait-
                     Gb
My love, my love, my love
                   B
Won't you stay a while?