One of the best pop voices of the 1980’s and 1990’s. John Waite has a voice that could make any song sound good… it just so happens, this is also one of the best pop songs ever written. It was released 1984 and nominated for a Grammy Award.
PRO TIP: Original key is F#. As a male singer, you really have to be on your game to nail it in this key. Which is why we’ve also done a version in E (-2 semitones). REAL Tracks and Chord Charts are available for both keys. The demo above is the REAL track in the original key.
Missing You
John Waite
Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I’m still standing here
And you’re miles away
And I’m wondering why you left
And there’s a storm that’s raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time
Thinking about you
And it’s almost driving me wild
And there’s a heart that’s breaking
Down this long distance line tonight
I ain’t missing you at all (missing you)
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter, what I might say
There’s a message in the wild
And I’m sending you this signal tonight
You don’t know how desperate I’ve become
And it looks like I’m losing this fight
In your world I have no meaning
Though I’m trying hard to understand
And it’s my heart that’s breaking
Down this long distance line tonight
I ain’t missing you at all (missing you)
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter, what my friends say
MIDDLE
And there’s a message that I’m sending out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can’t bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload
I ain’t missing you at all (missing you)
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter, what my friends say
I ain’t missing you (missing you)
I ain’t missing you, I can lie to myself
And there’s a storm that’s raging
Through my frozen heart tonight
I ain’t missing you at all (missing you)
Since you’ve been gone away
I ain’t missing you
No matter, what my friends say
Ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you, I ain’t missing you
I’ve been lying to myself
I ain’t missing you, I ain’t missing you…
Songwriters: John Waite, Mark Leonard, Charles Sandford
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