{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":975224,"song":"Waiting On The World To Change","artist":"John Mayer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11621075-waiting-on-the-world-to-change-chords-by-john-mayer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/975224?type=chord","rating":4.77199,"votes":1112,"content":"Just standard chords for the song.\r\n\r\nI've been asked for strumming patterns, but it's fairly straightforward. \r\nSimply put, I think that it's just strumming, and then right before each change in \r\nchord, there's an accent on the off-beat.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMe and all my friends, we're all misunderstood.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey say we stand for nothin', and there's no way we ever could.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow we see everythin' that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we keep waitin',          waitin' on the world to change.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe keep on waitin',           waitin' on the world to change.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to beat the system, when you're standin' at a distance,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we keep waitin',           waitin' on the world to change.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow  if  we  had    the   power  to bring our neighbors home from war[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey would have never missed a Christmas, no more ribbons on their door[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when you trust your television, what you get is what you got[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause when they own the information, oh, they can bend it all they want[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's why we're waitin',         waitin' on the world to change[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe keep on waitin',       waitin' on the world to change[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt's not that we don't care, we just know that the fight ain't fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we keep on waitin',        waitin' on the world to change[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\nFirst Part\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--7~~5h7/10~~7h10/12~~10h12/15~~12h15/17~17/19~~15~~~----------|\r\nG|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       1     2     3    1/2     (easier than counting the bends)\r\ne|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---19b20r19b20r19b202r19---15~~~~~-----------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n2nd Part\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------12/15--10h12---------------7/10~---------------------|\r\nG|-----11h14--------------11-----7h9-------9h11------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------------------12~~~~~~----------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we're still waitin',        waitin' on the world to change[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe keep on waitin',        waitin' on the world to change[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOne day our generation, is gonna rule the population[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we keep on waitin',      waitin' on the world to change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow we keep on waitin',         waitin' on the world to change[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe keep on waitin',       waitin' on the world to change.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWaitin' on the world to change (x4)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| h   Hammer-on\r\n| p   Pull-off\r\n| r   Release\r\n| b   Bend\r\n| /   Slide up\r\n| ~   Vibrato\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"Just standard chords for the song.\n\nI've been asked for strumming patterns, but it's fairly straightforward. \nSimply put, I think that it's just strumming, and then right before each change in \nchord, there's an accent on the off-beat.\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nD    Bm    G    D\nA    Bm    G    D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\nFirst Part\n\n\n\n\n\n2nd Part\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| h   Hammer-on\n| p   Pull-off\n| r   Release\n| b   Bend\n| /   Slide up\n| ~   Vibrato\n\n************************************","chords":["D","Bm","G","A","Em","Em7","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}