The Worlds Not Waiting Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays439

The Worlds Not Waiting by Fall Out Boy is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Riff 1: 
 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------- 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------- 
G|--------------------------------------------------------------- 
D|-------22222-555555-------------------------------------------- 
A|-55555-22222-333333-55555--4--------5-------4-----------------5 
E|-33333-00000--------33333--2-222222-3-33333-2-22222  x's 2 ---3 
 
pm                            ......   .....   ..... 

 
Riff 2:         Part A                                   Part B 
E|------------------------------------------------|--------------------- 
B|------------------------------------------------|--------------------- 
G|------------------------------------------------|--------------------- 
D|------------------------------------------------|--------777777------- 
A|----5----5----4----4----7----7----6----6--------|--9--4--555555-777777 
 
E|-00-3-00-3-00-2-00-2-00-5-00-5-00-4-00-4  x's 4-|--7--2---------555555 x's 2  Then Part A x's 4 
pm..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   ..   .. 

Riff 3: 
 
E|--------------------- 
B|--------------------- 
G|--------------------- 
D|-------2------------- 
A|-7--4--2--4---------7 
E|-5--2--0--2 x's 4 --5 
 

Riff 4: Pm's begin while lead is still playing, then they combine. 
 
E|----------------------------------------------- 
B|----------------------------------------------- 
G|----------------------------------------------- 
D|----------------------------------------------- 
A|-5/4/7-5-4--------5/4/7--5555555555555555555--5 
E|-----------x's 5---------3333333333333333333--3 
 
pm                        ................... 

Outro: 
E|------------------------------ 
B|------------------------------ 
G|------------------------------ 
D|------2222-5555--------------- 
A|-5555-2222-3333-5555---------5 
E|-3333-0000------3333 x's 8---3 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante