Chords for Tom Petty - The Waiting (Live 1985)

Tempo:
123.35 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

A

Bm

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Petty - The Waiting (Live 1985) chords
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[A#] [Dm]
[N] It's been a long time, you know, it's been a long time since we've been out on a tour.
This is the first one in several [G] years.
It's [D] real nice to be back.
[Dm] [G]
[N] We were gonna go, you know, we were gonna go like last year, and then I had a fit one night and broke my hand against the wall.
And I haven't done that since.
[G]
[Gm] It's a real drag, you know, they drive you down to the emergency room.
[G]
The doctor says, uh, so you're a guitar player.
He says, I don't think you're gonna play the guitar [E] anymore, [G] son.
I said, fuck that.
Yeah,
[A#] I just went through a lot of [A] days of just, you know, picking [G] up my guitar at [B] home.
[N] But I just couldn't get it together, you know, and I picked [G] it up every day.
[N] And, uh, one day after many months, you know, I picked it up, I was sitting there in my house and [G#] I looked at it real hard, [G] you know.
And I went
[Dm]
[G] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
Hey baby, don't it feel [G] like heaven [D] right now?
[A] Don't it feel like something [G] from a [D] dream?
And [A] I've [G] never felt nothing quite [A] like this.
Don't [Bm] it [F#] feel like the [Bm] life I've [F#] never been [G] in?
Baby, we've known better than to try and pretend.
[A] No one could have ever told me about this.
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
[D] Waiting is the hardest part.
[G] [D] Every day you see one more [G] card.
You take [D] it on faith, you take it to the heart.
[G] [D] Hating is the hardest [G] part.
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[Dm]
[A]
Oh yeah, I might have chased a couple [G] [D] women around.
Oh, but it got [G] me down.
[D] Yeah, [A] it did, it never does.
[G] It made me [A] feel [Bm] good, but never [F#m] as good [Bm] as I feel [A] right [G] now.
Baby, you're the only one who could have never known how to [A] make me want to live.
I want to live now.
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[G] [D] Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you get one more yard.
[G] You [D] take it on faith, [Dm] you take it to the heart.
[G] The [D] waiting is the hardest part.
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [A]
[Bm] Don't let it [F#m] kill you, baby.
[Bm] Don't let [F#m] it get to [Bm] you.
Don't [F#m] let it kill you, babe.
[Bm] [F#m] Don't let it get to [A] you.
I'll be a green and white.
[D] I'll be a crying [G] fool.
But don't let this go too [F#] far.
Don't let it get to you.
[G] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [Bm]
[E] [Bm] [G]
[A]
Oh yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
Waiting [D]
[A] is the [D] hardest part.
Every [A] day you get one more yard.
[G] You [D] take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D]
[G] The [D] waiting [A] is the hardest part. [Gm] Yeah.
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
Oh, [G] yeah.
[D]
[G] [A] Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [G] Oh, [D] [A]
[G] yeah.
[D]
[G] Waiting is the hardest part.
[D] [A] [D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
Bm
13421112
Dm
2311
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
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To learn Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - (Live At The Wiltern/1985) The Waiting chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: D, A, G, D and G. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 61 BPM and then match the original tempo of 123 BPM. With an eye on the song's key D Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[A#] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] It's been a long time, you know, it's been a long time since we've been out on a tour.
This is the first one in several [G] years.
_ _ _ It's _ _ _ _ [D] real nice to be back. _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] We were gonna go, you know, we were gonna go like last year, and then I had a fit one night and broke my hand against the wall.
And I _ _ haven't done that since.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] It's a real drag, you know, they drive you down to the emergency room.
[G] _ _
_ The doctor says, uh, so you're a guitar player.
_ _ _ _ _ He says, I don't think you're gonna play the guitar [E] anymore, [G] son. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I said, fuck that. _ _
Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] I just went through a lot of [A] days of just, you know, picking [G] up my guitar at [B] home. _ _ _ _
[N] But I just couldn't get it together, you know, and I picked [G] it up every day.
_ _ _ _ [N] And, uh, one day after many months, you know, I picked it up, I was sitting there in my house and [G#] I looked at it real hard, [G] you know.
_ And I went_
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey baby, don't it feel [G] like heaven [D] right now?
[A] Don't it feel like something [G] from a [D] dream?
And [A] I've _ [G] never felt nothing quite [A] like this.
Don't [Bm] it [F#] feel like the [Bm] life I've [F#] never been [G] in?
Baby, we've known better than to try and pretend.
[A] No one could have ever told me about this.
I said, yeah, yeah, _ yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
_ [D] _ Waiting is the hardest part.
[G] [D] Every day you see one more [G] card.
You take [D] it on faith, you take it to the heart.
[G] _ _ [D] Hating is the hardest [G] part.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh yeah, I might have chased a couple [G] [D] women around.
Oh, but it got [G] me down.
_ [D] Yeah, [A] it did, it never does.
[G] It made me [A] feel [Bm] good, but never [F#m] as good [Bm] as I feel [A] right [G] now.
Baby, you're the only one who could have never known how to [A] make me want to live.
I want to live now.
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[G] _ [D] Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you get one more yard.
[G] You [D] take it on faith, [Dm] you take it to the heart.
[G] The [D] waiting is the hardest part.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Don't let it [F#m] kill you, baby.
[Bm] Don't let [F#m] it get to [Bm] you.
Don't [F#m] let it kill you, babe.
[Bm] [F#m] Don't let it get to [A] you.
I'll be a green and white.
[D] I'll be a crying [G] fool.
But don't let this go too [F#] far.
Don't let it get to you.
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
Waiting [D] _
[A] is the [D] hardest part.
_ Every [A] day you get one more yard.
[G] You [D] take it on faith, you take it to the heart.
The waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] The [D] waiting [A] is the hardest _ _ part. _ [Gm] Yeah.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
Oh, [G] yeah.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[D] [G] Oh, [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] yeah.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Waiting is the hardest part.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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It's Betty Comden, Jule Styne and Adolph Green who authored this song.

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