Waiting For My Chance To Come Chords

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Waiting For My Chance To Come by Noah And The Whale is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em7, Dsus4, Asus4, Cadd9 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro riff: 
 
E|---3---7-7-7-5-3-----------| 
B|---3---8-8-8-7-1-----------| 
G|---0-----------0-------0---| 
D|---0-----------2-0-0h2-----| 
A|---2-----------3-----------| 
E|---3-----------0-----------| 
 

               G              D        C 
Well I'm just waiting for my chance to come 
        G     D                C      D 
Just a silhouette against the rising sun 
          Em7              Dsus4 
Watch the water, watch the sky 
           G              Asus4 
Count the days as they go by 
         Cadd9           Dsus4    G 
I'm just waiting for my chance to come 

          G          D         C 
Well it takes real guts to be alone 
         G     D             C      D 
Going head to head with the great unknown 
          Em7           Dsus4       G             Asus4 
But there is no sweeter sound, on the king's road I'm bound 
          Cadd9            Dsus4     G 
And just waiting for your chance to come 

             Em            G                 D                C 
'Cause it's hard to feel like, you're worth something in this life 
             Em             G          D            C 
When you're walking next to me, I can hear my body speak 
             C              D        G 
We're just waiting for a chance to come 
             C              D        G 
We're just waiting for a chance to come 


INTRO RIFF x2 

        G               D         C 
Your immortal smile is burned in me 
        G         D       C     D 
When I close my eyes its all I see 
          Em7              Dsus4 
Among the canyons and the stars 
           G               Asus4 
You're the guide inside my heart 
         Cadd9           Dsus4    G 
I'm just waiting for my chance to come 

                G              D        C 
And you're just looking for a way outta here 
               G      D            C     D 
Yeah, a way to see this old life all disappear 
        Em7           Dsus4       G                 Asus4 
Take a gamble on your heart, it will lead you through the dark 
            Cadd9             Dsus4    G 
You're just waiting for your chance to come 

             Em            G                 D                C 
'Cause it's hard to feel like, you're worth something in this life 
             Em             G          D            C 
When you're walking next to me, I can hear my body speak 
             C              D        G 
We're just waiting for a chance to come 
             C              D        G 
We're just waiting for a chance to come 

            C                 G D 
And no one's gonna get in my way 
                          C 
Gonna figure it out for myself 
                              G D 
Yeah no-one's gonna make me stay 
                          C 
Gonna figure it out for myself 
         Em7    Dsus4  G 
'Cause I don't  need      nothing 
         Cadd9         Dsus4     G 
I'm just waiting for a chance to come 

INTRO RIFF x4 

END ON G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante