Waiting on the World to Change Chords
by John Mayer
Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm7, Bm7/9, G, A, Bm, Em7, Gm7/13, G#m7/13, Am7/13 and A#m7/13. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Bm7 Bm7/9 Bm7 G D
A Bm7 Bm G D
D Bm
Me and all my friends
G D
We're all misunderstood
A Bm
They say we stand for nothing
G D
And there's no way we ever could
D Bm
Now we see everything that's going wrong
G D
With the world and those who lead it
A Bm
We feel like we don't have the means
G D
To rise above and beat it
So we keep waiting
Bm G D
Waiting on the world to change
A Bm
We keep on waiting
Bm G D
Waiting on the world to change
D Em7
It's hard to beat the system
Bm7 Em7
When we're standing at a distance
A Bm7
So we keep waiting
Bm7 G D
Waiting on the world to change
D Bm
If we had the power
G D
To bring our neighbors home from war
A Bm
They would have never missed a Christmas
G D
No more ribbons on their door
D Bm
And when you trust your television
G D
What you get is what you got
A Bm
Cause when they own the information
G D
They can bend it all they want
That's why we're waiting
Bm G D
Waiting on the world to change
D A Bm
We keep on waiting, waiting
G D
Waiting on the world to change
D Em7
It's not that we don't care,
Bm Em7
We just know that the fight ain't fair
A
So we keep on waiting
Bm G D
Waiting on the world to change
(Gm7/13 G#m7/13)
Gm7/13 G#m7/13 Am7/13 A#m7/13 Gm7/13
Gm7/13 Bm
We keep on waiting
G D
Waiting on the world to change
D A Bm
We keep on waiting, waiting
G D
Waiting on the world to change
D Em7
One day our generation
Bm7 Em7
Is gonna rule the population
A Bm
So we keep on waiting
G D
Waiting on the world to change
A Bm
We keep on waiting
G D
Waiting on the world to change
A Bm
So we keep on waiting, waiting
G D
Waiting on the world to change