What Are We Waiting On Chords
What Are We Waiting On by Woody Guthrie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F C
There's a great and a bloody fight 'round this whole world tonight
G
And the battle, the bombs and shrapnel reign
C F C
Hitler told the world around he would tear our union down
But our union's gonna break them slavery chains
G C
Our union's gonna break them slavery chains
C F C
I walked up on a mountain in the middle of the sky
G
Could see every farm and every town
C F C
I could see all the people in this whole wide world
That's the union that'll tear old Hitler down
G C
That's the union that'll tear the fascists down
C F C
When I think of the men and the ships going down
G
While the Russians fight on across the dawn
C F C
There's London in ruins and Paris in chains
Good people, what are we waiting on?
G C
Good people, what are we waiting on?
C F C
Yes, I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets
G
Allies the whole wide world around
C F C
To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks
If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down, down, down
G C
If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down
C
But when I think of the ships and the men going down
G
While the Russians fight on across the dawn
C F C
There's London in ruins and Paris in chains
Good people, what are we waiting on?
G C
Good people, what are we waiting on?
C
So I thank the Soviets and the mighty Chinese vets
G
Allies the whole wide world around
C F C
To the battling British, thanks, you can have ten million Yanks
If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down, down, down
G C
If it takes 'em to tear the fascists down