Waiting For The Hurricane Acoustic ukulele

Waiting For The Hurricane Acoustic

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Chris de Burgh - Waiting For The Hurricane
From the albums: Best Moves (1981) and Home (2012)
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The chords I wrote here are for the acoustic version of 
Waiting For The Hurricane of the album Home, 
Though you can also play them along with the original.
This song is originally played with a 12-snared guitar.


Intro:
Em  C D Em  C D

   Em
 Standing in the foyer of the grand hotel,
  Cmaj7
 Suitcase in his hand looking for a bill,
            D                                         B7
 There's a hurricane coming and everyone's trying to get away,

  Em
 Time of the season, time of the year, 
      Cmaj7
 The weather reporter from miami is clear,
          D                                     Em
 "find a save place to hide," there's no place here,

               D
 And then the lights go down, 
          C
 In that caribbean town,
          Cmaj7
 And the fishing boats that go out from the coast,
                   Em
 Are tied up and dry, yeah yeah yeah,

C                                         G
 Suddenly there's a movement to the telephone,
      B7               Em   D Cmaj7
 But nobody's calling home tonight,
          Em            D          Cmaj7   
 They've taken out the very last flight,
            Em             D     G C
 And they closed down the borderline,

            G                 D
 'cos there ain't nowhere to hide,
                  C
 Waiting for the hurricane,
           G               D
 There is nowhere here to hide,
                  C
 Waiting for the hurricane,
              G               D
 Oh there is nowhere you can hide,
                  C          D        Em  C D Em  C D 
 Waiting for the hurricane, no no no no...

   Em
 Staring out the window of the grand hotel,
      Cmaj7
 The sea was roaring, I remember well,
               D                         Em
 And then the honeymoon bride began to cry,

             D
 But as the band played on,
      C
 Some old love song,
          Cmaj7
 Well he held her hand, gave her to understand,
             Em
 It'll be alright, yeah yeah yeah,

C                                       G
 Suddenly there's a movement to the radio,
      B7               Em   D Cmaj7
 But nobody's getting home tonight,
          Em            D          Cmaj7
 They've taken out the very last flight,
            Em             D     G C
 And they closed down the borderline,

            G                 D
 'cos there ain't nowhere to hide,
                  C
 Waiting for the hurricane,
           G               D
 There is nowhere here to hide,
                  C
 Waiting for the hurricane,
              G               D
 Oh there is nowhere you can hide,
                  C       
 Waiting for the hurricane,   
  D        Em  C D Em  C D        Em  C D Em  C D Em
 No no no no,           no no no no, 
           C
 There is nowhere you can hide, 
                  Cmaj7
 Waiting for the hurricane...

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