Crying Waiting Hoping Chords

KeyD Capo6st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays434

Crying Waiting Hoping by Steve Earle is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords D, Dsus, A, Asus and G. 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
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Intro: 
 D  Dsus D  A  Asus A     (3X)       A  Asus A 
 
  
  D    A    D    G    D    A   D G  D A 
 
 
Verse 1: 
D        A        D      G                   
Crying, Waiting, Hoping you'll come back 
   D                  A              D     A 
I just can't seem to get you off my mind 
D        A        D      G                    
Crying, Waiting, Hoping you'll come back 
           D                   A                      
D   G  D    
You're the one I love, and I think about you all the 
time 
 
 
 
Verse 2: 
 A          D          G       D         A        
Crying, my tears keep falling all night long 
 A           D       G           D         A        
Waiting, it feels so useless I know it's wrong 
         D       A        D      G                  
To keep crying, waiting, hoping you'll come back 
      D                       A                   D    
G    D 
Baby someday soon things'll change and you'll be mine 
 
 
Guitar Solo: 
 
 D  Dsus D  A  Asus A  A  Asus A   G      (2X) 
 
 
 
VERSE 2 
 
Bridge: 
D        A        D      G                   
Crying, waiting, hoping you'll come back 
       D                       A                   D   
     
Maybe someday soon things'll change and you'll be mine 
  A                   D                     
Change and you'll be mine 
  A                   D       A        D          
Change and you'll be crying, waiting, hoping  
    	

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