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