Waiting For The Man Chords

by Beck
KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays468

Waiting For The Man by Beck is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords D5, G/D, F#7, G, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
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16
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  			Intro

D5   G/D            D5   G/D 
I'm waitin' for my man 
       D5            G/D        D5   G/D 
Got twenty-six dollars in my hand 
D5                F#7 G                         E 
Up to Lexington, 125, feel sick and dirty more dead than alive 
D5   G/D            D5 G/D 
I'm waitin' for my man 

D5               G/D                      D5  G/D 
Up to a Brownstone, up three flights of stairs 
D5                G/D           D5  G/D 
Everybody's pinned, and nobody cares 
D5                      F#7 
Pardon me sir, it's the furthest from my mind 
G                       E 
I'm just waiting for a dear dear friend of mine 
D5 G/D              D5            G/D               D5 G/D 
I'm waiting for my man (waiting, waiting for my man) 

         D5  G/D                     D5 G/D 
Here he comes, he's all dressed in black 
         D5  G/D               D5 G/D 
Beat up shoes and a big straw hat 
D5                 F#7 
He's never early, he's always late 
 G                                  E 
First thing you learn is that you always gotta wait 
D5   G/D            D5 G/D 
I'm waitin' for my man 

D5                 G/D                                 D5  G/D 
Hey Baby don't you holler, darlin' don't you bawl and shout 
D5             G/D                    D5  G/D 
I'm feeling good, but gonna work it all out 
D5                 F#7 
I'm feeling good, feeling so fine 
G                     E 
Until tomorrow, it's just another time 
D5 G/D              D  G/D 
I'm waiting for my man 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante