Hold Me While You Wait Piano Notes and Chords (Lewis Capaldi)




Piano Notes for Hold Me While You Wait (Lewis Capaldi)

[B] B D# F# G#~~~
|  I’m waitin’ up,

D# F#  G#~ F#~
savin’   all   my

[D#] C#~~ D#~~ *A#~~ [D#] ~
|   pre_   cious      time


[E] C#~~ D#~~ *G#~ *F#~~
|    Losin’          light,

F# G# F# D#~~ [B] ~ D# F# G#~~~
I’m missin’ my   |  same old us


Key Information

Key Signature: Five sharps (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#)
Scale: B Major Scale (five black keys)
B Major Scale Notes: B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#

The relative minor of B major is G# minor (same notes but arranged in a different order).
G# minor Scale Notes: G#, A#, B, C#, D#, E, F#

The enharmonic equivalent of B major is Cb major (same notes but written or notated differently).
Cb major Scale Notes: Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb, Ab, Bb

Tempo: 107 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate


Hold Me While You Wait Piano Chords

Notes of the B Major Scale:
B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B

Chords of the B Major Scale:
B, C#m, D#m, E, F#, G#m and A#dm
(i.e., B major, C# minor, D# minor, E major, F# major, G# minor and A# diminished)

Chords used for the song Hold Me While You Wait are:
B, D#, E, G#m, F#, D#7


How to Play Hold Me While You Wait Piano Notes

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Hold Me While You Wait Piano Notes and Chords

Intro

Chords for Intro:
B~ B~ B   B~ B~ B~


Verse 1

I’m waitin’ up, savin’ all my precious time
Losin’ light, I’m missin’ my same old us
Before we learned our truth too late
Resigned to fate, fadin’ away


[B] B D# F# G#~~~
|  I’m waitin’ up,

D# F#  G#~ F#~
savin’   all   my

[D#] C#~~ D#~~ *A#~~ [D#] ~
|   pre_   cious      time


[E] C#~~ D#~~ *G#~ *F#~~
|    Losin’          light,

F# G# F# D#~~ [B] ~ D# F# G#~~~
I’m missin’ my   |  same old us


[B] D# F# G#~ F#~ [D#] C#~~ D#~~ *A#~~
Before we learned our | truth too late

[E] C#~~ D#~~ *G#~ *F#~~
Re | signed to fate,

F# G# D# F#~~ [G#] ~
fadin’ away


Pre-Chorus

So tell me, can you turn around?
I need someone to tear me down
Oh, tell me, can you turn around?
But either way


[G#] F# B B B B
|    So tell me, can you

[B] B~ F#~ C#* D#* C#*~~
| turn around?

[F#] ~ B B B B~~~
|   I need someone

B C#* D#* C#*~ [G#] B~~
to tear me down

[G#] F# B B B B
|    Oh, tell me, can you

[B] B~ F#~ C#* D#* C#*~~
| turn around?

[F#] ~ C#* C#* C#* C#*~~
|   But either way


Chorus

Hold me while you wait
I wish that I was good enough (Hold me while you wait)
If only I could wake you up (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won’t you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)


[F#] ~ *B *B *B *B [B] *B~~~
|   Hold me while you | wait

F# F# D# D# C# C# D# D#~~ [D#] ~~
I wish that I was good enough |

F# F# D# D# C# G#~ D# C# [G#] *B~
If only I could wake you up

C#~ *B~ C#~ [G#] *B~ C#~ *B~ *B~ *A#~ [F#] ~
My love, my love, my love, my | love

D#~ F#~ [F#] G#~~ D# F#~~ [B] D#~~
Won’t you stay a while?


Verse 2

Tell me more, tell me something I don’t know
Did we come close to havin’ it all?
If you’re gonna waste my time
Let’s waste it right


[B] D# F# G#~~~
|  Tell me more,

D# F# G#~ F#~ [D#]
tell me something

C#~~ D#~~ *A#~~ [D#] ~
| I  don’t know

[E] C#~~ D#~~ *G#~ *F#~~
| Could we come close

G# G# G# G# F#~ [G#] ~
to havin’ it all?

G# G# G# G# [B] G#~ F#~ C#* D#* C#*~~
If you’re gonna | waste my time

[F#] ~ C# C# C# C#~~
|   Let’s waste it right



Chorus

[F#] ~ *B *B *B *B [B] *B~~~
|   Hold me while you | wait

F# F# D# D# C# C# D# D#~~ [D#] ~~
I wish that I was good enough |

F# F# D# D# C# G#~ D# C# [G#] *B~
If only I could wake you up

C#~ *B~ C#~ [G#] *B~ C#~ *B~ *B~ *A#~ [F#] ~
My love, my love, my love, my | love

D#~ F#~ [F#] G#~~ D# F#~~ [B] *B~~~
Won’t you stay a while?


Chorus (2)

I wish you cared a little more (Hold me while you wait)
I wish you’d told me this before (Hold me while you wait)
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won’t you stay a while? (Hold me while you wait)


F# [B] F# D# D# C# C# D# D#~~ [D#] ~~
|  I wish you cared a little more

F# [D#] F# D# D# C# G#~ D# C# [G#] *B~
I wish you’d told me this before
                                G#m

C#~ *B~ C#~ [G#] *B~ C#~ *B~ *B~ *A#~ [F#] ~
My love, my love, my love, my | love

D#~ F#~ [F#] G#~~ D# F#~~ [B] *B~~~
Won’t you stay a while?


Bridge

This is you, this is me, this is all we need
Is it true? My faith is shaken, but I still believe
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
So won’t you stay a while?


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