The Waiting Chords
by Tom Petty
The Waiting by Tom Petty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords G, D/F#, Asus4, D, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro goes like this:
G D/F# Asus4 D G D/F# Asus4
A
Baby Dont It Feel Like
G D A G D
heaven right now Dont it Feel Like somethin from a Dream Yeah
A G D
Ive never Known nothin Quite like This Dont it
Bm
Feel like tonight Might never be again Baby
G
We know better than to try and pretend honey
A
no one could have ever told me bout this I said yeah yeah(yeah yeah)
A
yeah yeah yeah The
G D/F# A D
wait-ing is the hardest part
G D/F# Asus4 G D/F#
every day ya see one more card you take it on faith you
A D G D/F# Asus4 D
take it to the heart the wait ing is the hardest part
Well yah I might have chased a couple of women around,
all it ever got me was down
Yah, then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby you're the only one that's ever known how
To make me want to live like I want to live now
Chorus
Bm
Don't let 'em kill you baby
Don't let 'em get to you
Don't let 'em kill you baby
Don't let 'em get to you
A
I'll be your bleeding heart
D
I'll be your crying fool
G
Don't let this go too far
Asus4
Don't let 'em get to you
Solo over Verse
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