Waiting For My Child Chords
Waiting For My Child by Patty Griffin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords F, Fmaj7, Bb, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Standard tuning
Capo on the 5th fret
If you prefer you can replace F by Fmaj7 (xx3210)
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by F, Bb & C)
Intro: C
C F
I was talking to a lady a few days ago
C G
And these are the words she said
C
If you see my child somewhere
F C
As you journey here and there
G C
Tell him I'm waiting for my child to come home
C F C
I am waiting and waiting for my child to come
C F G
I'm waiting and waiting for my child to come
C
If you can't come home
F C
Could you please send me a letter
G C
A letter would mean so much to me
C
Oh my child may be somewhere
F
On his sick bed
C G
With no one there to rub his aching head
C
Oh my child may be somewhere
F
In some lonely jail
C G C (G)
With no one there to go his bail
C F C
If I only knew what town my child was in
G
I'll be there on that early morning train
C
And no matter what's crime
F C
Lord you know that this child is mine
G C
That's why I'd be waiting for my child to come home
C F C
I am waiting and waiting for my child to come
C F G
I'm waiting and waiting for my child to come
C
If you can't come home
F C
Could you please send me a letter
G C
A letter would mean so much to me
C G
I am waiting, waiting
C F
I am waiting and waiting
C G F C
I am waiting for my child to come home