Waiting in the Wings Lyrics

BBM (Moore/Bruce)
I can't believe that there's no tablature available on-line for this great band (BBM:
Baker, Jack Bruce, Gary Moore). ?Waiting in the Wings? is the opening track from their
album ?Around the Next Dream? and is reminiscent of Cream's ?White Room? and/or ?Tales
Brave Ulysses?. It's certainly very creamy and features some wonderful wah-wah guitar by
Moore. I've transcribed the opening and middle solos, but the outro solo is perhaps the
impressive. I've worked out most of this (30 bars) but haven't got around to
it. It's a time-consuming process, but if anyone is interested I can get it written down
posted. There are also a few lead guitar fills in verses 2 & 3.
let ring |----riff 1----|
|------2-------------------2p0------|-(0)------0---------------------3b4--|
|--------------0---1-------------2--|--3--------------(3)--3h5------------|
|------2-------------------2p0------|-(0)----------0-----------------3b4--|
|--------------0---1-------------2--|--3--------------(3)--3h5------------|
Intro solo (with wah-wah)
She was standing in the dark
Gm riff 1
Waiting in the wings
Just around the next dream
She was holding all the keys
To set my heart free
Behind the shadows of love
From the distance I could see
Her standing alone
Shine like a jewel in the night
Hidden from the eyes
A thief of the soul
Behind the shadows of love
Chorus (with wah-wah)
Set me on fire with the stories you tell
Drown in an ocean of dreams
Close to the flame on wings of desire
Nothing's what it seems
She was waiting outside
With arms open wide
Ready to break my heart's fall
Oh the lightening in her eyes
I learned how to fly
Behind the shadows of love
Solo (with wah-wah)
|--12b14--------|--------------------12b13-12?10h12p10-----|
|--10-12-12b14-10h12-12----10-------|--0-(7)-8b12r8-6b8-6b7----------|
|-----------------------------12/0--|--0-(7)----------------7-5b6----|
|---------------------------|----------------10-12?10h12p10--------|
|--6-5-3?7h7----------------|--------------------------------------|
|--10-12?(12)/7-0--------------|--(10)------(10)------(10)------(10)---------|
|--13b15---13b15---(15)-13p10-13-13--|--10------------10----10-12-10-------10-----|
|--13b15---13b15---(15)--------------|--------13b15------13-10-------13b14----10--|
|------20b22-(22)-20b22-20b22-------|
Set me on fire with the stories you tell
Drown in an ocean of dreams
Close to the flame on wings of desire
Nothing's what it seems
Intro (D5/ D5/F/ G5) x2
Outro solo (with wah-wah) over (Dm/ F/ Gm) x7
29 July 2007
There is no official BBM website since the band was a short-lived enterprise in 1994,
refer to individual band member websites:
www.ginger-baker.com
www.jackbruce.com
www.gary-moore.com