Instruments
| Eb | Cm | Db | Ab |verse| Eb | Cm | Little girl at a lonely well With the same little tale to tell| Db | Feeling trapped by the walls that hold her| Ab | Feeling stuck in the story they′ve told her| Eb | Cm | Another day where she fades away Never daring to disobey | Db | Dm7b5 G7 |So she's dreaming all alone Sharing secrets with the stone| Cm7 | Ab | My father told me long ago I braved a bitter storm of snow| Eb/Bb | [2/4] Fm7 Ab | Bbsus4 Bb | Is that a girl I′ll ever know again?
Hook
key up to Gb| Gb |I'm waiting on a wish Beneath a thousand treetops| Db/F | And as the silver sky stops| Ebm | B | I send a whisper to the water | Gb |Waiting on a wish Holding out for someday| Db/F | Hoping somehow, some way| Ebm | B | I'll become my father′s daughter | Gb | Db/F |I close my eyes and see The girl I′m meant to be | Ebm | Bm6 |Is she a part of me I've yet to find? | Gb/Db |Wondering, "will she appear? | Db7 |Or will I be forever here Waiting on a wish?"
Instruments
| Gb | Gb Db/F |
verse 2
key down to Eb| Eb | Cm7 | Little girl by a wild wood How she tries to be someone good| Db | But in the shadow the kingdom′s caught in| Ab Ab Bb |Somehow, fairness is long forgotten| Cm7 | Ab | So will she rise, or bow her head? Will she lead, or just be led?| Eb/Bb | [2/4] Fm7 Abmaj7 | Bb | Is she the girl she always said she'd be?
Hook 2
key up to Gb| Gb |I′m waiting on a wish Beneath a thousand treetops| Db/F | And as the silver sky stops| Ebm | B | I long to leave the walls behind me | Gb |Waiting on a wish Holding out for someday| Db/F | Hoping somehow, some way| Ebm | B | There comes a miracle to find me | Gb | Db/F |I close my eyes and see The girl I'm meant to be | Ebm | Bm6 |Is she a part of me I′ve had to hide? | Gb/Db |Wondering, "will she appear? | Db |Or will I spend another year Waiting on a wish?"
Bridge
| Ebm | B | They say all you have to do | Gb | Db |To make your wish come true Is let it echo, echo, echo, echo| Ebm | B | Your voice will carry through | Gb/Db | Db |And bring that dream to you Just like an echo, echo, echo | E B | Gb |Well, I can hear the echo loud and clear
[Cool Down]
| Ebm | B6 |But I'm still waiting... here
Instruments
| B | B | B | B |
Hook 3
| Gb | Db/F |Waiting on a wish...| Ebm | B | Beyond a whisper to the water | Gb |Waiting on a wish Is it almost someday?| Db/F | Can I somehow, some way| Ebm | B | B | Learn to be my father's daughter? | Gb/Db |Someone who could finally start | Ddim7 |Start speaking with a fearless heart | Ebm |Someone who just might be brave | Absus4 Ab |Someone no one needs to save | Gb/Db |Well, I can always dream, but then | Db |I wake up and it′s me again
Ending
| Gb | Gb |Waiting on a wish | Ebm | Bm6 |Waiting on a wish | Gb |Waiting on a wish
