Biography:
Catherine Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975, in Houston, Texas, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina soon after) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, musician. She is currently based in New York.
Merritt's father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. She began her professional career in 1998 with her band The Carbines playing small clubs. In her early twenties, though Tift had gigged by herself, she decided she was not very good at music and better suited for writing short stories.
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Other songs:
- Aint Looking Closely
- All The Reasons We Dont Have To Fight
- Another Country
- Bird Of Freedom
- Broken
- Diamond Shoes
- Drifted Apart
- Eastern Light
- Engine To Turn
- Feel Of The World
- Feeling Of Beauty
- Good Hearted Man
- Hopes Too High
- I Am Your Tambourine
- I Know Him Too
- I Know What Im Looking For Now
- Keep You Happy
- Laid A Highway
- Late Night Pilgrim
- Little Birds
- Live Till You Die
- Mixtape
- Morning Is My Destination
- My Heart Is Free
- Never Talk About It
- Plainest Thing
- See You On The Moon
- Shadow In The Way
- Six More Days Of Rain
- Small Talk Relations
- Something To Me
- Still Not Home
- Still Pretending
- Stray Paper
- Sunday
- Supposed To Make You Happy
- Sweet Spot
- Tender Branch
- Too Soon To Go
- Traveling Alone
- Trouble Over Me
- Virginia No One Can Warn You
- Wait It Out
- Write My Ticket
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Tift Merritt - Wait It Out
INTRO: C Am F C G (2x)
C Am F C G
Well, Josie walks around like she bought herself some brand new clothes
C Am F C G
Singing to herself, swinging for the sidewalk Joes
Dm Em Dm F G
She got a cousin down in Reno, says the money's coming fast
Dm Em Dm F G F
So she's packing it up, but her momma says it ain't gonna last
CHORUS:
Dm7 C
Wait it out, wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. C Am F C G
I just got to burning and I won't stop now
C Am F C G
Well, the late-night, broken-down army ain't got no wheels
C Am F C G
Billy's leaning on an Eldorado just to see how it feels
Dm Em Dm F G
He's got his hands in his pockets, jangling a dollar in change
Dm Em Dm F G F
Leaving just as soon as he can get a job down in L.A.
CHORUS:
Dm7 C
Wait it out, wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. C Am F C G
I just got to burning and I won't stop now
INTERLUDE: C Am F Em
BRIDGE:
F Em
Your love's not sure
Am Em
Your heart needs time
F
Take all you want
G
But don't take mine
INSTRUMENTAL: F C F C Am G F
CHORUS:
N.C. C
Wait it out, we'll wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. F
I just got to burning and I won't stop
CHORUS:
Dm7 C
Wait it out, wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. C Am F C G
I just got to burning and I won't stop now
OUTRO: (## repeat 5x - fade to end ##)
C Am F C G
INTRO: C Am F C G (2x)
C Am F C G
Well, Josie walks around like she bought herself some brand new clothes
C Am F C G
Singing to herself, swinging for the sidewalk Joes
Dm Em Dm F G
She got a cousin down in Reno, says the money's coming fast
Dm Em Dm F G F
So she's packing it up, but her momma says it ain't gonna last
CHORUS:
Dm7 C
Wait it out, wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. C Am F C G
I just got to burning and I won't stop now
C Am F C G
Well, the late-night, broken-down army ain't got no wheels
C Am F C G
Billy's leaning on an Eldorado just to see how it feels
Dm Em Dm F G
He's got his hands in his pockets, jangling a dollar in change
Dm Em Dm F G F
Leaving just as soon as he can get a job down in L.A.
CHORUS:
Dm7 C
Wait it out, wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. C Am F C G
I just got to burning and I won't stop now
INTERLUDE: C Am F Em
BRIDGE:
F Em
Your love's not sure
Am Em
Your heart needs time
F
Take all you want
G
But don't take mine
INSTRUMENTAL: F C F C Am G F
CHORUS:
N.C. C
Wait it out, we'll wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. F
I just got to burning and I won't stop
CHORUS:
Dm7 C
Wait it out, wait it out
F C
So tired of hearing that I gotta slow down
Am G
I ain't gonna listen to them tell me how
F N.C. C Am F C G
I just got to burning and I won't stop now
OUTRO: (## repeat 5x - fade to end ##)
C Am F C G
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