Chords for Tom Petty - The Waiting (Live 1985) Pack up the Plantation
Tempo:
123.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Start Jamming...
[Dm]
[Cm] It's been a long time, you know, it's been a long time since [N] we've been out on a tour.
This is [A] the first one in [G] several years.
It's real nice to [C#] 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 [G] I [N]
haven't done that since.
[Gm]
It's a real drag, you know, they drive [G] you down to the emergency room.
The doctor says, so you're a guitar player.
He says, I don't think you're gonna play the guitar [E] anymore, [G] son.
[Cm] I said, [G] fuck that.
Yeah,
[N] I just went through a lot of days of just, you know, picking up my guitar and [G] holding
it [N] and I just couldn't get it together, you know, and I picked it up [G] every day.
And [D]
one day after many months, you know, I picked it [G] up, I was sitting there in my house
and I looked at it real hard, you know, [F#] and I [G] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[Dm] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [D] [A] went
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] [F#m]
[G]
[A]
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 [G] heart.
The [D] hating is the hardest [G] part.
[D] [Dm]
[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] [A] Yeah, it did, it never does.
[G] [D] Didn't even feel [A] [Bm] good.
But it [E] hurt as good [Bm] as I feel [A] right [G] now.
Baby, it drove me wild.
Didn't even know how [A] to make me want to live.
And I wanna live now.
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[D] Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see one more card.
[G] You take it [D] on me, [Dm] you take it to the heart
[G] Love [D] is the hardest [G] part
[D] Don't [G] [D] [G] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [A]
[Bm] let [F#m] it kill you [Bm] baby, don't [F#m] let it get to [Bm] you
Don't [F#m] let it kill you baby, [Bm] [F#m] don't let it get to [A] you
I'll be your greater [D] heart, I'll be your crime
[G] So don't let this go to [F#] far, don't let it get to you
[G] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [Bm]
[G]
[A]
[G] [D] Waiting [A] is the [D] hardest [G] part
[D] Every [A] day, one more [D] night
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
Waiting is the hardest [G] part
[D]
[G] [D]
Waiting [A] is the hardest [Gm] part Baby
[D] I'm
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
[A]
[G] a murderer
[D]
[A] [G] [D] [A] I'm a [Gm] [D] murderer
[A] [G] I'm [A] [G] [D] [A]
a [G] [D] murderer
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G] [N]
[Cm] It's been a long time, you know, it's been a long time since [N] we've been out on a tour.
This is [A] the first one in [G] several years.
It's real nice to [C#] 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 [G] I [N]
haven't done that since.
[Gm]
It's a real drag, you know, they drive [G] you down to the emergency room.
The doctor says, so you're a guitar player.
He says, I don't think you're gonna play the guitar [E] anymore, [G] son.
[Cm] I said, [G] fuck that.
Yeah,
[N] I just went through a lot of days of just, you know, picking up my guitar and [G] holding
it [N] and I just couldn't get it together, you know, and I picked it up [G] every day.
And [D]
one day after many months, you know, I picked it [G] up, I was sitting there in my house
and I looked at it real hard, you know, [F#] and I [G] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[Dm] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [D] [A] went
[Bm] [F#] [Bm] [F#m]
[G]
[A]
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 [G] heart.
The [D] hating is the hardest [G] part.
[D] [Dm]
[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] [A] Yeah, it did, it never does.
[G] [D] Didn't even feel [A] [Bm] good.
But it [E] hurt as good [Bm] as I feel [A] right [G] now.
Baby, it drove me wild.
Didn't even know how [A] to make me want to live.
And I wanna live now.
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[D] Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see one more card.
[G] You take it [D] on me, [Dm] you take it to the heart
[G] Love [D] is the hardest [G] part
[D] Don't [G] [D] [G] [A]
[G] [D]
[G] [A]
[Bm] let [F#m] it kill you [Bm] baby, don't [F#m] let it get to [Bm] you
Don't [F#m] let it kill you baby, [Bm] [F#m] don't let it get to [A] you
I'll be your greater [D] heart, I'll be your crime
[G] So don't let this go to [F#] far, don't let it get to you
[G] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [Bm]
[G]
[A]
[G] [D] Waiting [A] is the [D] hardest [G] part
[D] Every [A] day, one more [D] night
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
Waiting is the hardest [G] part
[D]
[G] [D]
Waiting [A] is the hardest [Gm] part Baby
[D] I'm
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D]
[A]
[G] a murderer
[D]
[A] [G] [D] [A] I'm a [Gm] [D] murderer
[A] [G] I'm [A] [G] [D] [A]
a [G] [D] murderer
[G] [D] [A]
[G] [D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G] [N]
Key:
G
D
A
Bm
Dm
G
D
A
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] It's been a long time, you know, it's been a long time since [N] we've been out on a tour.
This is [A] the first one in [G] several years.
_ _ _ It's _ _ _ _ real nice to [C#] 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 [G] I _ [N] _
haven't done that since.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a real drag, you know, they drive [G] you down to the emergency room. _ _
_ _ The doctor says, so you're a guitar player.
_ _ _ _ _ He says, I don't think you're gonna play the guitar [E] anymore, [G] son. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] I said, [G] fuck that. _
Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ I just went through a lot of days of just, you know, picking up my guitar and [G] holding
it _ _ _ [N] and I just couldn't get it together, you know, and I picked it up [G] every day.
_ _ _ _ And _ [D]
one day after many months, you know, I picked it [G] up, I was sitting there in my house
and I looked at it real hard, you know, _ [F#] and I [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] went_
[Bm] _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ 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 [G] heart.
The [D] hating is the hardest [G] part.
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[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] _ [A] Yeah, it did, it never does.
[G] [D] Didn't even feel [A] [Bm] good.
But it [E] hurt as good [Bm] as I feel [A] right [G] now.
Baby, it drove me wild.
Didn't even know how [A] to make me want to live.
And I wanna live now.
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[D] Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see one more card.
[G] You take it [D] on me, [Dm] you take it to the heart
[G] Love [D] _ is the hardest _ [G] part
[D] _ _ _ Don't _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] let [F#m] it kill you [Bm] baby, don't [F#m] let it get to [Bm] you
Don't [F#m] let it kill you baby, [Bm] [F#m] don't let it get to [A] you
I'll be your greater [D] heart, I'll be your crime
[G] So don't let this go to [F#] far, don't let it get to you
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] Waiting [A] is the [D] hardest [G] part
[D] Every [A] day, one more [D] night
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
Waiting is the hardest [G] part
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
Waiting [A] is the _ _ hardest _ _ [Gm] part Baby
_ _ [D] I'm _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] a murderer
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ I'm a _ [Gm] _ [D] murderer
_ [A] _ [G] I'm [A] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
a [G] [D] murderer _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Cm] It's been a long time, you know, it's been a long time since [N] we've been out on a tour.
This is [A] the first one in [G] several years.
_ _ _ It's _ _ _ _ real nice to [C#] 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 [G] I _ [N] _
haven't done that since.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ It's a real drag, you know, they drive [G] you down to the emergency room. _ _
_ _ The doctor says, so you're a guitar player.
_ _ _ _ _ He says, I don't think you're gonna play the guitar [E] anymore, [G] son. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] I said, [G] fuck that. _
Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ I just went through a lot of days of just, you know, picking up my guitar and [G] holding
it _ _ _ [N] and I just couldn't get it together, you know, and I picked it up [G] every day.
_ _ _ _ And _ [D]
one day after many months, you know, I picked it [G] up, I was sitting there in my house
and I looked at it real hard, you know, _ [F#] and I [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] went_
[Bm] _ [F#] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ 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 [G] heart.
The [D] hating is the hardest [G] part.
_ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[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] _ [A] Yeah, it did, it never does.
[G] [D] Didn't even feel [A] [Bm] good.
But it [E] hurt as good [Bm] as I feel [A] right [G] now.
Baby, it drove me wild.
Didn't even know how [A] to make me want to live.
And I wanna live now.
I said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[D] Waiting is the hardest [G] part.
[D] Every day you see one more card.
[G] You take it [D] on me, [Dm] you take it to the heart
[G] Love [D] _ is the hardest _ [G] part
[D] _ _ _ Don't _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] let [F#m] it kill you [Bm] baby, don't [F#m] let it get to [Bm] you
Don't [F#m] let it kill you baby, [Bm] [F#m] don't let it get to [A] you
I'll be your greater [D] heart, I'll be your crime
[G] So don't let this go to [F#] far, don't let it get to you
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] Waiting [A] is the [D] hardest [G] part
[D] Every [A] day, one more [D] night
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
Waiting is the hardest [G] part
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
Waiting [A] is the _ _ hardest _ _ [Gm] part Baby
_ _ [D] I'm _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] a murderer
[D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ I'm a _ [Gm] _ [D] murderer
_ [A] _ [G] I'm [A] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
a [G] [D] murderer _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _