A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Waiting On The World To Change by John Mayer - Guitar Chords

Artist John Mayer How to play the guitar chord D.jpg How to play the guitar chord Bm.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord A.jpg How to play the guitar chord Em.jpg How to play the guitar chord Em7.jpg

<< Back to John Mayer Song List

Version 1 Version 2 Version 5 
            Just standard chords for the song.

I've been asked for strumming patterns, but it's fairly straightforward. 
Simply put, I think that it's just strumming, and then right before each change in 
chord, there's an accent on the off-beat.


[Intro]

D    Bm    G    D
A    Bm    G    D


[Verse]

D               Bm            G             D
Me and all my friends, we're all misunderstood.
      A                  Bm                    G            D
They say we stand for nothin', and there's no way we ever could.
               D             Bm                   G                   D
Now we see everythin' that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it
         A                  Bm                G              D
We just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it.


[Chorus]

              D        Bm                      G        D
So we keep waitin',          waitin' on the world to change.
              A        Bm                      G        D
We keep on waitin',           waitin' on the world to change.
       D                Em                   Bm            Em7
It's hard to beat the system, when you're standin' at a distance,
              A         Bm                     G        D
So we keep waitin',           waitin' on the world to change.


[Verse]

      D                     Bm                    G                 D
Now  if  we  had    the   power  to bring our neighbors home from war
                  A              Bm                 G                 D
They would have never missed a Christmas, no more ribbons on their door
               D           Bm                 G               D
And when you trust your television, what you get is what you got
                  A            Bm                  G                D
'Cause when they own the information, oh, they can bend it all they want


[Chorus]

                   D        Bm                    G           D
That's why we're waitin',         waitin' on the world to change
              A      Bm                  G            D
We keep on waitin',       waitin' on the world to change
       D                Em             Bm                Em7
It's not that we don't care, we just know that the fight ain't fair
              A         Bm                  G        D
So we keep on waitin',        waitin' on the world to change


[Solo]

First Part

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7~~5h7/10~~7h10/12~~10h12/15~~12h15/17~17/19~~15~~~----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

       1     2     3    1/2     (easier than counting the bends)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---19b20r19b20r19b202r19---15~~~~~-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

2nd Part

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------12/15--10h12---------------7/10~---------------------|
G|-----11h14--------------11-----7h9-------9h11------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------12~~~~~~----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


[Chorus]

                   D      Bm                    G         D
And we're still waitin',        waitin' on the world to change
              A      Bm                    G         D
We keep on waitin',        waitin' on the world to change
    D             Em              Bm           Em
One day our generation, is gonna rule the population
                 A     Bm                    G         D
So we keep on waitin',      waitin' on the world to change
                 A       Bm                    G         D
Now we keep on waitin',         waitin' on the world to change
               A     Bm                    G         D
We keep on waitin',       waitin' on the world to change.

[Outro]
                 G         D
Waitin' on the world to change (x4)


************************************

| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| b   Bend
| /   Slide up
| ~   Vibrato

************************************

We also have 66 songs by John Mayer

Artist John Mayer.jpg more songs



Guitar-Link.com Email: info@guitar-link.com