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It goes something like this.  Listen to the song for how to strum it. (It's mostly all down strokes)
A   Amaj7   A7    D    F    A    E   A
 On the quick up strokes hammer the the B string on the 3rd fret with your pinky.
I haven't got the chorus down yet, but its similar to the verses...Sorry.
So we Athink that we're imAmaj7portant
And we A7think that we make sense D  
And we tFhink there's something betteAr on the otheEr side of this fence A  
And you can Asoak your bread in graAmaj7vy 
You can A7soak your bread in soup D  
But the Fcar that you are drAiving doesn't reaElly belong to you A  
Chorus
So you know you'll always be waiting 
Always be waiting 
For someone else to call 
Yeah you know you'll always be waiting 
Always be waiting 
I say always be waiting 
Verse (played same as above)
And you can soak your bread in water 
You can soak your bread in wine 
It can seem like you are living like you're having a real good time 
And you can do it to your conscience 
You can do it all the time 
You can do it with a vengeance in the morning after nine 
Repeat Chorus

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Waiting

by CAKE

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Amaj7

It goes something like this. Listen to the song for how to strum it. (It's mostly all down strokes)

A Amaj7 A7 D F A E A

On the quick up strokes hammer the the B string on the 3rd fret with your pinky.

I haven't got the chorus down yet, but its similar to the verses...Sorry.

A Amaj7

So we think that we're important

A7 D

And we think that we make sense

F A E A

And we think there's something better on the other side of this fence

A Amaj7

And you can soak your bread in gravy

A7 D

You can soak your bread in soup

F A E A

But the car that you are driving doesn't really belong to you

Chorus

So you know you'll always be waiting

Always be waiting

For someone else to call

Yeah you know you'll always be waiting

Always be waiting

I say always be waiting

Verse (played same as above)

And you can soak your bread in water

You can soak your bread in wine

It can seem like you are living like you're having a real good time

And you can do it to your conscience

You can do it all the time

You can do it with a vengeance in the morning after nine

Repeat Chorus

About Waiting Chords by CAKE

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