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I couldn’t find the chords for this anywhere so through watching videos of Tom performing this, I figured I’d
write them down.
*Keep 3rd and 4th fingers on the 3rd fret, bottoms two strings during verses and outro. Much easier.
*Tom takes his index finger on and off the D string when playing Cadd9, listen to the song to find timing.
Em7e|3   Bm7e|3   Ge|3   Cadd9e|3    Ce|0    De|0
B|3   B|3   B|3   B|3    B|1    B|3
G|0   G|2   G|0   G|0    G|0    G|0
D|2   D|0   D|0   D|2    D|2    D|4
A|2   A|2   A|2   A|3    A|3    A|5
E|0   E|0   E|3   E|0    E|0    E|0
[Intro]
 Em7   Bm7   G   Cadd9x2
[Verse]
Come and Em7take my Bm7hand
And Gtravel the Cadd9world
Come and Em7feel my Bm7heart
And Grip it Cadd9apart
CAnd if you Dclose your Em7eyes
CWake up to Da different Em7sky
Oh come Bm7on
Come and Em7drag my Bm7heels
through the Gthick and the Cadd9thin
Come and Em7stand by Bm7me
and let the Gfuture Cadd9begin
CSo Dtake me Em7higher
CHigh enough to Dsee the Em7stars
Oh come Bm7on
[Chorus]
Em7(OohBm7, ooGh)     Cadd9I'm not waiting for you
Em7(OohBm7, ooGh)     Cadd9You'll be in my review
Em7(OohBm7, ooGh)     Cadd9I'm not waiting anyBm7more
*quick strum
What are you waiting for?
 Em7   Bm7   G   Cadd9x2
[Verse]
Em7Remember the tBm7ime
Gwhen you were Cadd9afraid
Em7To open your Bm7heart
Gand give it Cadd9away
CBut if you Dclose your Em7eyes
CWake up to a Ddifferent Em7sky
Oh come Bm7on
[Chorus x2]
Em7(OohBm7, ooGh)     Cadd9I'm not waiting for you
Em7(OohBm7, ooGh)     Cadd9You'll be in my review
Em7(OohBm7, ooGh)     Cadd9I'm not waiting Bm7anymore
*quick strum
What are you waiting for?
Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9
What are you waiting for?
Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9
[Outro] *single strums
Come and Em7take my Bm7hand
And Gtravel the Cadd9world.

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Waiting

by Tom Speight

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Bm7

Cadd9

I couldn’t find the chords for this anywhere so through watching videos of Tom performing this, I figured I’d

write them down.

*Keep 3rd and 4th fingers on the 3rd fret, bottoms two strings during verses and outro. Much easier.

*Tom takes his index finger on and off the D string when playing Cadd9, listen to the song to find timing.

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9 C D

e|3 e|3 e|3 e|3 e|0 e|0

B|3 B|3 B|3 B|3 B|1 B|3

G|0 G|2 G|0 G|0 G|0 G|0

D|2 D|0 D|0 D|2 D|2 D|4

A|2 A|2 A|2 A|3 A|3 A|5

E|0 E|0 E|3 E|0 E|0 E|0

[Intro]

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

[Verse]

Em7 Bm7

Come and take my hand

G Cadd9

And travel the world

Em7 Bm7

Come and feel my heart

G Cadd9

And rip it apart

C D Em7

And if you close your eyes

C D Em7

Wake up to a different sky

Bm7

Oh come on

Em7 Bm7

Come and drag my heels

G Cadd9

through the thick and the thin

Em7 Bm7

Come and stand by me

G Cadd9

and let the future begin

C D Em7

So take me higher

C D Em7

High enough to see the stars

Bm7

Oh come on

[Chorus]

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

(Ooh, ooh) I'm not waiting for you

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

(Ooh, ooh) You'll be in my review

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9 Bm7

(Ooh, ooh) I'm not waiting anymore

*quick strum

What are you waiting for?

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

[Verse]

Em7 Bm7

Remember the time

G Cadd9

when you were afraid

Em7 Bm7

To open your heart

G Cadd9

and give it away

C D Em7

But if you close your eyes

C D Em7

Wake up to a different sky

Bm7

Oh come on

[Chorus x2]

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

(Ooh, ooh) I'm not waiting for you

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

(Ooh, ooh) You'll be in my review

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9 Bm7

(Ooh, ooh) I'm not waiting anymore

*quick strum

What are you waiting for?

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

What are you waiting for?

Em7 Bm7 G Cadd9

[Outro] *single strums

Em7 Bm7

Come and take my hand

G Cadd9

And travel the world.

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