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The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Words by Eugene Lockhart, Music by Ernest Seitz - 1919
 Verse:
Am               Dm Em            C7 Dm E7
Am               Dm Em            C7 Am             D7 G7              C
Dm               G7 C              Em Dm             G7 Am             E7
Am               Dm Em            C7 Dm G7              G+
 Chorus:
C                  G+ Am             G+ C               Am E7
F                  G7 C D7 G7              G+
C                  G+ Am             G+ C               Am E7
F                   G7 C               A7 Fm6          G7 C    (G+ to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
Click here to play the chorus in the key of F.
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Verse:
Down in the lazy west rides the moon,  Warm as a night in June;
Stars shimm'ring soft in a bed of blue,  While I am calling and calling you.
Sweetly you are dreaming,  As the dawn comes slowly streaming;
Waken love in your bower,  Greet our trysting hour.
 
Chorus:
Dear one the world,  Is waiting for the sunrise,
Ev'ry rose is heavy with dew.
The thrush on high,  His sleepy mate is calling,
And my heart is calling you!
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Performer Links:
(webpage)
 
Listen to the WineLand Banjo Band perform "Waiting For The Sunrise" with solo breaks (youtube)
Joe Litvinchuk on 5-String Banjo at timestamp 2:25
 
Listen to the WineLand Banjo Band perform "Waiting For The Sunrise" (youtube)
 
Listen to Georgette Twain perform "Waiting for The Sunrise" (youtube, timestamp 4:05)
 
Listen to Eddie Peabody explain how to play "Waiting For The Sunrise" (youtube)
 
Watch Gary Isbell perform "Waiting For The Sunrise" (youtube)
 
Watch Don Van Palta perform "Waiting For The Sunrise" with Fred Finn (youtube)
 
Watch Don Van Palta perform and explain "Waiting For The Sunrise" (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
Click here for a plectrum chord-melody chart of "Waiting For The Sunrise" (pdf)
 
This Chord Chart may not appear correctly with some browsers.  It should be viewed with a full size window.
The chord names should appear in single rows.   Let me know of any problems.
 
email: jbott@ix.netcom.com