Somebody Waits Chords
by Blue Rodeo
Somebody Waits by Blue Rodeo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, C, D, Em, Dsus4 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse 1
G Am
Now, I think i know why.
C D G
You sounded so strange on the telephone.
G Am
But it's hard, when you discover.
C D G
What keeps you going, keeps you all alone.
Bridge 1
Em D
A dream so near, I thought the smoke might never clear.
Em D Dsus4 D
And hide it all behind, endless cigarettes and tears.
Chorus
G Em C D
Somebody waits for the time I know, it never comes.
Bm Em C D Dsus4 D
You get yourself so high,and you come down feeling blue.
G Em C D
One day you wake up and realize you've had enough.
Bm Em C D
A thousand shattered moments waiting just to happen.
C Bm Am G
To you, to you, to you
Solo ( Keyboard organ sound )
Em D Em D Dsus4 d
Verse2
G Am
Wait, until you're stronger.
C D
No sense starting when you're down so long.
G Am
Well it takes, my heart, a little longer.
C D
See the point of finally letting go.
Bridge2
Em D
You lose you're touch, out there standing in the rain.
Em D Dsus4 D
When it's all too much, you feel like slippin' down again.
Chorus X2