Dont Wait Chords

KeyEm Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays413

Dont Wait by Jon Bryant is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, C, Am7, B7, Am and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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Em               G           C 
I woke up in Central California  
Em               G            C 
I woke up in someone else's shoes  
Em             G            C 
Mind a little hazy I can barely write my name  
Am7                 Em              B7 
Should I even care? Try to find my way?  

Em                 G             C 
I found out in lovely San Francisco,  
Em               G                C 
I found out between those golden gates  
Em                  G            C 
I set it all in motion when I pulled you on that stage  
Am7                    Em               B7 
How could I ever know, that you'd push away  

      C              G     Am   Em 
Don't wait for me to come back  
      C              G           Am 
Don't wait for me to come back around 
             C           G             Am           Em 
Though we’ve drifted far apart, you were always in my heart, 
            C             B7          Am   
But don't wait for me to come back around  

Em G C (x2) 

Em                 G         C 
I got lost in southern California  
Em                G                 C 
I got caught on that sweet sunset strip  
Em                 G          C 
Strangers in my corner, with candy and their trick  
Am7                Em          B7 
Do I even dare, oh do I even dare?  

      C              G     Am   Em 
Don't wait for me to come back  
      C              G           Am 
Don't wait for me to come back around 
             C           G             Am           Em 
Though we’ve drifted far apart, you were always in my heart, 
            C             B7        Am        Em 
But don't wait for me to come back down, Back down.  

Bm                Am               Em 
If you're flying high or swinging low  
Bm             Am               Em 
Don't wait for me to come back home  
Bm                           Am                 Em 
Cuz I've been holding on to you for quite some time  
          Bm            Am   Em 
I've been holding on to you, holding on to you  

      C              G     Am   Em 
Don't wait for me to come back  
      C              G           Am 
Don't wait for me to come back around 
             C           G             Am           Em 
Though we’ve drifted far apart, you were always in my heart, 
            C             B7          Am   
But don't wait for me to come back around 

Em G C (x2) 
    	

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