Is this what you’ve been waiting for ? (2025)    (video)

 

    (Is this what you’ve been waiting for)   +  Am

 

                             Am                                      F

1. I’m so far from home, I’ve been out here a long time

                          Am                                     G

    on the open road, I’ve been running for my life.

F                                   G                                  Em

    I’ve been going for hours, sick of staring at stars,

                                Am                  F       Fm

    nothing on the horizon, it’s only us, I need to feel the …

 

 C                                                 Am

Light and sound it’s all around, I feel the noise beneath the ground.

 Em         F                                 G

Ooh, is this what you’ve been waiting for ?

         C                                            Am

I've seen it on the movie screen. I can’t believe, is this a dream ?

Em        F                                 G                 - Am

Oh, is this what you’ve been waiting for ?

 

                              Am                                F

2. Feel the energy rising as the lights get low

                                    Am                                                G

    and my heartbeat’s climbing, through the glory of the afterglow.

F                                          G                                    Em

    As the night smashes through, I’m only looking at you,

                                 Am                   F          Fm

    together on the horizon, it’s only us, we need to feel the ….

 

+  CHORUS

 

     Am                                  F                                         C

+ This is what I came here for, all the things we left behind,

                                               G                                               Am

    this is what I’m searching for, something that will blow my mind.

                                             F                                         C

    This is what I came here for, all the things we left behind

                               Fm

    I need to feel, I need to feel the, I need to feel

    C                                                 Am

    light and sound it’s all around, I feel the noise beneath the ground.

      Em        F                                 G

    Ooh, is this what you’ve been waiting for ?

 

 C                                                 Am

Light and sound it’s all around, I feel the noise beneath the ground.

 Em         F                                 G

Ooh, is this what you’ve been waiting for ?

         C                                            Am

I've seen it on the movie screen. I can’t believe, is this a dream ?

Em        F                                 G

Oh, is this what you’ve been waiting for ?

 

     C   AmEm        F                                 G

+ Oh, oh, oh, is this what you’ve been waiting for ?

      C                                                Am

    Light and sound it’s all around, I feel the noise beneath the ground,

    Em    - F

    oh !

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Amy Macdonald)