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
It's not WHAT you strum...
...But HOW you strum it!
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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
G 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