Waitin' In School Chords

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Waitin' In School by Ricky Nelson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Waitin' In School:Ricky Nelson. 
#2 in 1958. 

#1. 
E 
I've been a-waitin' in school all day long, 
                                 B7       E       
a-waitin' on the bell to ring so I can go home. 
E 
Throw my books on the table, pick up the telephone, 
                    B7            E 
"Hello, baby, let's get somethin' goin'." 

#2. 
E 
Headin' down to the drugstore to get a soda pop, 
                               B7               E 
Throw a nickel in the jukebox, then we start to rock. 
E 
My school gal baby, gonna tell ya some news, 
                           B7        E 
You sure look good in them baby-doll shoes. 

Chorus: 
E 
Well, it's a-one, two, a-pull off my shoes, 
                 B7 
Three, four, get out on the floor. 
E               A  
Five, six, come get your kicks, 
            B7                            E 
Down on the corner of Lincoln and a-Forty-Six. Yeah! 
E 
You got to moooo..ve... 

REPEAT:#2. 

Chorus: 
ADD: 
E 
You gotta move..start rockin' baby, 
  A 
a rockin', rockin' baby, 
      B7 
Gonna rock all night, rock all night, 
              E 
Just wait 'n' see. Yeah! 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

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100 BPM Andante