Chords for Behind "The Waiting" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tempo:
114.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
F#
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] I [G] wanted something that had a little lick from the beginning.
And I just hit that.
[G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[G] [D] That's [A] all I [D] had, see.
I did [G] that for a week.
[D] [A]
Then finally I [G] hit
Waiting [D] is the hardest part.
[G] Every day [B] gets one more yard.
[G] [D] Take it on faith, take it to the top.
[G] [D] The waiting is [B] the hardest part.
I get to that, [G] and then I go, well, now what?
And it'd be like all week.
[D] [A]
[G] You eat dinner, you come back, sit down, pick up the guitar.
[A] People start banging on the wall, don't play that anymore!
[G] [D] [B]
[G] [D]
[G] Waiting is a great way to start a record with [D] a line,
Baby, don't it feel like heaven right now.
It's a great opening [A] line.
Oh, baby, don't it feel [G] like heaven [D] right now.
[B] Don't it feel like something [G] from a [D] dream.
Yeah, I've never known [G] nothing [D] quite like [Bm] this.
Don't it feel like tonight might never be [G] again.
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend.
[A]
Y'all told me about this, I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
The [D] waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see [A] one more [G] card.
You take [D] it on faith, [A] you [D] take it to the heart.
The waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
[D]
[A] The Waiting came out, I think I was such a [B] follower of his music
that I was waiting in line [E] to get his record the minute it came [G] out.
[Bm] Bought the record, brought [A] it home at lunch, learned that song,
[G] went back to school with it [Am] in my head,
[Bm] and then was playing it by the time I got home.
[G] The girls that I was going after when I was a kid,
they just loved fucking Tom Petty.
Everything was Tom Petty, Tom Petty, Tom Petty.
[G#]
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [F#] yeah.
The [C#] waiting is the hardest [F#] part.
[C#] Every day you see [G#] one more card.
[F#] You [C#] take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest part.
And [F#] the [C#] waiting [G#] is the hardest [F#] [C#] part.
[F#] [C#]
And I just hit that.
[G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[G] [D] That's [A] all I [D] had, see.
I did [G] that for a week.
[D] [A]
Then finally I [G] hit
Waiting [D] is the hardest part.
[G] Every day [B] gets one more yard.
[G] [D] Take it on faith, take it to the top.
[G] [D] The waiting is [B] the hardest part.
I get to that, [G] and then I go, well, now what?
And it'd be like all week.
[D] [A]
[G] You eat dinner, you come back, sit down, pick up the guitar.
[A] People start banging on the wall, don't play that anymore!
[G] [D] [B]
[G] [D]
[G] Waiting is a great way to start a record with [D] a line,
Baby, don't it feel like heaven right now.
It's a great opening [A] line.
Oh, baby, don't it feel [G] like heaven [D] right now.
[B] Don't it feel like something [G] from a [D] dream.
Yeah, I've never known [G] nothing [D] quite like [Bm] this.
Don't it feel like tonight might never be [G] again.
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend.
[A]
Y'all told me about this, I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
The [D] waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see [A] one more [G] card.
You take [D] it on faith, [A] you [D] take it to the heart.
The waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
[D]
[A] The Waiting came out, I think I was such a [B] follower of his music
that I was waiting in line [E] to get his record the minute it came [G] out.
[Bm] Bought the record, brought [A] it home at lunch, learned that song,
[G] went back to school with it [Am] in my head,
[Bm] and then was playing it by the time I got home.
[G] The girls that I was going after when I was a kid,
they just loved fucking Tom Petty.
Everything was Tom Petty, Tom Petty, Tom Petty.
[G#]
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [F#] yeah.
The [C#] waiting is the hardest [F#] part.
[C#] Every day you see [G#] one more card.
[F#] You [C#] take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest part.
And [F#] the [C#] waiting [G#] is the hardest [F#] [C#] part.
[F#] [C#]
Key:
G
D
A
F#
C#
G
D
A
_ _ [D] _ _ I [G] wanted something that _ had a little lick from the beginning.
And I just hit that.
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] That's [A] all I [D] had, see.
I did [G] that for a week.
[D] _ _ [A] _
Then finally I [G] hit_
Waiting _ [D] is the hardest part.
[G] Every day [B] gets one more yard.
[G] [D] Take it on faith, take it to the top.
[G] _ [D] The waiting is [B] the hardest part.
I get to that, _ [G] _ and then I go, well, now what?
_ And it'd be like all week.
[D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] You eat dinner, you come back, sit down, pick up the guitar. _
_ _ [A] _ _ People start banging on the wall, don't play that anymore!
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] Waiting is a great way to start a record with [D] a line,
Baby, don't it feel like heaven right now.
It's a great opening [A] line.
Oh, baby, don't it feel [G] like heaven [D] right now.
[B] Don't it feel like something [G] from a [D] dream.
Yeah, I've never known [G] nothing [D] quite like [Bm] this.
Don't it feel like tonight might never be [G] again.
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend.
[A] _ _
Y'all told me about this, I said, yeah, _ yeah, yeah, _ yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
The [D] waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see [A] one more [G] card.
You take [D] it on faith, [A] you [D] take it to the heart.
The waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] The Waiting came out, I think I was such a [B] follower of his music
that I was waiting in line [E] to get his record the minute it came [G] out.
[Bm] Bought the record, brought [A] it home at lunch, learned that song,
[G] went back to school with it [Am] in my head,
[Bm] and then was playing it by the time I got home. _
[G] The girls that I was going after when I was a kid,
they just loved fucking Tom Petty.
Everything was Tom Petty, Tom Petty, Tom Petty.
[G#] _
I _ _ _ said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [F#] yeah.
The [C#] waiting is the hardest [F#] part.
[C#] Every day you see [G#] one more card.
[F#] You [C#] take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest part. _ _ _ _
_ And [F#] the [C#] waiting [G#] is the _ _ hardest _ _ _ [F#] [C#] part.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
And I just hit that.
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] That's [A] all I [D] had, see.
I did [G] that for a week.
[D] _ _ [A] _
Then finally I [G] hit_
Waiting _ [D] is the hardest part.
[G] Every day [B] gets one more yard.
[G] [D] Take it on faith, take it to the top.
[G] _ [D] The waiting is [B] the hardest part.
I get to that, _ [G] _ and then I go, well, now what?
_ And it'd be like all week.
[D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] You eat dinner, you come back, sit down, pick up the guitar. _
_ _ [A] _ _ People start banging on the wall, don't play that anymore!
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] Waiting is a great way to start a record with [D] a line,
Baby, don't it feel like heaven right now.
It's a great opening [A] line.
Oh, baby, don't it feel [G] like heaven [D] right now.
[B] Don't it feel like something [G] from a [D] dream.
Yeah, I've never known [G] nothing [D] quite like [Bm] this.
Don't it feel like tonight might never be [G] again.
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend.
[A] _ _
Y'all told me about this, I said, yeah, _ yeah, yeah, _ yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
The [D] waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see [A] one more [G] card.
You take [D] it on faith, [A] you [D] take it to the heart.
The waiting is [A] the [D] hardest [G] part.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] The Waiting came out, I think I was such a [B] follower of his music
that I was waiting in line [E] to get his record the minute it came [G] out.
[Bm] Bought the record, brought [A] it home at lunch, learned that song,
[G] went back to school with it [Am] in my head,
[Bm] and then was playing it by the time I got home. _
[G] The girls that I was going after when I was a kid,
they just loved fucking Tom Petty.
Everything was Tom Petty, Tom Petty, Tom Petty.
[G#] _
I _ _ _ said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [F#] yeah.
The [C#] waiting is the hardest [F#] part.
[C#] Every day you see [G#] one more card.
[F#] You [C#] take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest part. _ _ _ _
_ And [F#] the [C#] waiting [G#] is the _ _ hardest _ _ _ [F#] [C#] part.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _