Year: 1989 - Album: Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh
Written by Chris de Burgh
D A D Out on the water I can hear them call G D/F# Asus A I feel the rhythm inside of me D A D This is the moment I've been waiting for G D/F# Asus When I'm hearing the drums in the night A G D/F# Asus When I'm seeing the river of light D Hey, hey A D Out on the water it's another world G D/F# Asus G - A - D I feel the power inside of me A D The flame is here and now it has to burn G D/F# Asus You can live but you cannot survive G D/F# Asus And it's something you cannot deny D G To the waiting heart (this waiting heart) A D G To the waiting heart (this waiting heart) A D A D Oh, I'm holding on, I'm just holding on A/G D/F# Asus Holding on, Wellahiya A D A D Holding on, I'm just holding on A/G D/F# Asus Holding on, Wellahiya A D A/C# Bm A And maybe tonight (tonight I'll go) G D/F# Em7 Asus I'll go down to the river where my love will be A D A/C# Bm A This time (this time I know) G D/F# Em7 Asus She will lay down beside me, 'cause everything comes____ A D G To the waiting heart (this waiting heart) A D G To the waiting heart (this waiting heart) D Hey, hey Saxophone Break: D A D G D A D A D G D A D Hey, hey D A D Out on the water I can hear them call G D/F# Asus G - A - D I feel the rhythm inside of me A D This is the moment I've been waiting for G D/F# Asus It is here, now I'm breaking away G D/F# Asus And it's fortune that favours the brave D Bm - A - G And the waiting heart A D G Oh, the waiting heart (this waiting heart) A D G Oh, the waiting heart (this waiting heart) A D G Yeah, the waiting heart (this waiting heart) A D C G D Oh this waiting heart (this waiting heart) OUTRO: (# repeat & fade #) G Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana A D This waiting heart G Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana A D This waiting heart G Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana A D This waiting heart G Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana Mamana A D This waiting heart