I Have Waited So Long Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays657

I Have Waited So Long by Foreigner is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Dsus4, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
|D Dsus4 |D | 

verse 1 
                    Em 
I have waited oh so long 
                         D            Dsus4  D 
Please don't tell me baby I was wrong 
                Em 
Dreaming of you every night 
                        D             Dsus4  D 
Holding back until the time was right 

                  A 
I've counted the days  (Day after day) 
                   D 
Since we've been apart 
                   A 
Now I've found my way  (I've found my way) 
                    D 
Right back to your heart 

verse 2 
                                 Em 
I've been searching for you everywhere 
                            D         Dsus4  D 
Calling you, but you were never there 
                    Em 
Seeking in the dark of night 
                             D         Dsus4  D 
Hoping one day you would shine a light 

Instrumental 
|Em |Em |D Dsus4 |D |  (x2) 

                  A 
I've counted the days  (Day after day) 
                   D 
Since we've been apart 
                   A 
Now I've found my way  (I've found my way) 
                    D 
Right back to your heart 

                      Em 
I have waited oh, so long 
                                   D   Dsus4  D 
Please don't tell me baby, I was wrong 
                     Em 
Dreaming of you every night  (Every night, every night) 
                       D             Dsus4  D 
Holding back 'til the time was right 
  Em                    D    Dsus4  D 
Oh, I have waited so long 
  Em                       D  Dsus4  D 
Ah, don't tell me I was wrong 

Instrumental 
|Em |Em |D Dsus4 |D | 

Outro 
            Em                             D  Dsus4  D 
I dream of you  (I'm dreaming of you baby) 

Instrumental 
|Em |Em |D Dsus4 |D | 

Ending 
           Em   D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4 
Don't go away 
    	

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