Waiting For Somebody Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays425

Waiting For Somebody by Paul westerberg is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, C, F, A, E and B. 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
  			Tuning (low to high) = D, G, C, F, A, D or (E  A, D, G, B, E for the studio version of the song) 

Intro: 

D---3---3---3---------------------------------3--- 
A---1---1---1--------0---1---0---1---0---0---0--- 
F---0---0---0--------0---0---0---0---0---0---0--- 
C---3---3---3--------0---0---0---0---0---0---0--- 
G---3---3---3--------x---x---x---x---x---x---x--- 
D--------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3--- 

MAIN RIFF: 

D--------------------------------------- 
A---1---3---3---0-h-1----1---1---1----- 
F---x---x---0---2--------0---2---0----- 
C---3---3---x---2--------3---3---3----- 
G---3---3---3---0---------------------- 
D-----------3-------------------------- 


D-------------------------------------- 
A---1---3---3---0-h-1----1------------ 
F---x---x---0---2--------0------------ 
C---3---3---x---2--------3------------ 
G---3---3---3---0--------3------------ 
D-----------3-------------------------- 

………….I’ve been waiting for the day 

D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------- 
F---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--- 
C---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2--- 
G---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x--- 
D----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--- 


D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3----- 
A---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-----------------------------------0-0----- 
F---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0---- 
C---3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2---3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0---0-0---- 
G---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--- x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x---x-x--- 
D---------------------------------------------3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---- 


….somebody….somebody….. 

D--------------------0------------0-------- 
A---1---3---3---------1------------1------- 
F---x---x---0------------2------------0---- 
C---3---3---x---2-------------3------------ 
G---3---3---3---0-------------------------- 
D-----------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