Waiting For The Bus Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays514

Waiting For The Bus by ZZ Top is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: 
RIFF 1 
E------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
B------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
G-----------------|------------5---|----------------|-------------5---| 
D-7---5---7---5-|---7-7--5-----|-7--5---7---5-|--7-7---5-------| 
A------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
E------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
 
Repeats 
RIFF1 
Have Mercy,         Been Waitin on the bus all day. 
 
RIFF 2 
E------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
B------------------|--------------6|----------------|---------------6--| 
G---7--5---7--5-|---7-7---5----|--7--5--7---5-|---7-7--5-------| 
D------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
A------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
E------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
 
Repeat 
RIFF 1 
 
RIFF 3 
E------------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------| 
B------------------|---------3------|----------------|------------------| 
G------------------|------2---------|---------2-----|------------------| 
D------------------|---0------------|------2--------|------------------| 
A---2----------3--|-----------------|---0----------|---5<3----------| 
E---0----3<5-----|----------------|---------------|-----------5--0--| 
               
Repeat  Sequence 
 
Before solo 
E----------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
B----------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
G----------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| 
D---5---5-----7----9-|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
A---3---3-----5----7-|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
E-----------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
Solo 
End of Solo 
E----------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
B----------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
G----------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| 
D----------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
A---7-----5----4-----|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
E----------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
Repeat Riff 1 
 
E------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
B------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
G-----------------|------------5---|----------------|------------------| 
D-7---5---7---5-|---7-7--5-----|-7--5---7---5-|------------------| 
A------------------|----------------|----------------|---3<0----------| 
E------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------3--0--| 
Goes into Jesus Just Left Chicago. 
 

    	

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