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Waiting On A Friend
The Rolling Stones
BSB3xe7h7jo
00:00 Song Demo
01:41 Lesson Intro
01:58 Chords - Verse Am F G C
03:58 Strumming Pattern
05:22 Improve Your Strum!
05:39 Intro/Chorus Chords
06:51 Intro Riff
08:59 Chorus Riff
09:53 Lesson Outro

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[INTRO]

 

   Cadd9            F6    Fmaj7

|--0--0--0--0-------1--------0------------|

|--3--3--3--3-------3--------1------------|

|--0--0--0--0-------2-----2--2------------|

|--2--2--2--2--x----3--x--3--3------------|

|--3--3--3--3--x-------x----------2--3----|

|--------------x-------x------------------|

   D D  D  D      D     D  D   

 

 

[VERSE 1]

Am                   F

  Watching girls go passing by

                      C

  It ain't the latest thing 

G                         C

  I'm just standing in a doorway

G                               C

  I'm just trying to make some sense

 

[VERSE 2]

Am                    F  

  Out of these girls passing by

G                         C

  The tales they tell of men

G                       C

  I'm not waiting on a lady

G                        C

  I'm just waiting on friend

 

[VERSE 3]

Am                     F

  A smile relieves a heart that grieves

G                   C

  Remember what I said

G                     C

  I'm not waiting on a lady

G                          C*

  I'm just waiting on a friend

 

[CHORUS]

F                        C

I'm just waiting on a friend

F                      C

  Just waiting on a friend 

F                        C

I'm just waiting on a friend

F                        C

I'm just waiting on a friend

F                     
  Just waiting on a friend 

 

[INTERLUDE]

|C   |F   | x7

 

[VERSE 4]

Am                             F

  Don't need a whore, I don't need no booze
G                       C

  Don't need a virgin priest

G                            C

  But I need someone I can cry to

G                       C

  I need someone to protect

Am                   F

  Making love and breaking hearts

G                    C

  It is a game for youth

G                           C

  But I'm not waiting on a lady

G                          C*

  I'm just waiting on a friend

 

[CHORUS]

F                        C

I'm just waiting on a friend

F                        C

I'm just waiting on a friend

F                 C

  Waiting on a friend

F                        C

I'm just waiting on a friend

F                      C

  Just waiting on a friend 

F                 C

  Waiting on a friend

 

[OUTRO]

|C   |F   | (repeat)

 

 

 

*CHORUS RIFF:

   Cadd9                F6    Fmaj7

|------0--0--0--0-------1--------0----0--0--0--0--|

|------3--3--3--3-------3--------1----1--1--1--1--|

|--0---0--0--0--0-------2-----2--2----2--2--2--2--|

|--2---2--2--2--2--x----3--x--3--3----3--3--3--3--|

|--3---3--3--3--3--x-------x----------------------|

|------------------x-------x----------------------|

   D  D  D  D D       D     D D    D  U D  U