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Richard Hawley – Darlin Wait For Me Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
D G D A D

[Verse 1]
G         D           G        D
Darling, wait for me, by your gate
                 A
In the evening light,
                 D
ah I just can't wait
G      D
For I have to go,
         G          D
in the morning too soon
                    A
So honey don't you cry,
                   D
I'll be back here soon

[Bridge]
     Gm
So think of me,
         Bbm        D
when you feel that moon
        E7
Oh it calls to me,
                A7
as it calls to you

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[Verse 2]
 G       D
Darling wait for me,
 G            D
I'll be home then
                  A
When the autumn leaves,
                D
bring me back again
 G       D
Darling wait for me,
   G            D
darling please wait
               A
Till evening light,
                 D
by your starlit gate

[Bridge]
    Gm
So think of me,
         Bbm        D
when you feel that moon
       E7
Oh it calls to me,
                A7
as it calls to you

[Verse 3]
        G     D           G     D
That's all I ask of you, all I ask
                  A
Till I hold your hand,
                      D
there'll be peace at last

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[Bridge]
      Gm      Bbm        D
Don't wait up till it's dark
            E7
All those lonely hours
             A7
that we're apart

[Outro]
 Gm       D
Darling please
 Gm       D
Darling please
 Gm       D
Darling please
 Gm     Bbm   D
Darling.... please

How to play Darlin Wait For Me: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Darlin Wait For Me by Richard Hawley on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Darlin Wait For Me by Richard Hawley keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 7 chords: D, G, A, Gm, Bbm, E7 and A7.

Listen for D – G – D – A (I – IV – I – V in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Gm and Bbm are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.