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From: gphelan@nyx.cs.du.edu (Greg Phelan)
Subject: TAB: The waiting (Tom Petty)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 92 04:19:46 GMT


Someone asked for the tab to this Tom Petty classic so here it is:

Intro goes like this:
G D/F# Asus4 D   G D/F# Asus4

chords:
D/F# 2xO23x
Asus4 xO223O

ABaby (x02220@1)Dont It Feal Like H
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)         Dheaven (xx0232@1)right  now Dont it Feal Like sin   Dream        Yeah
A (x02220@1)                    G (320003@1)            DIve (xx0232@1)never Known nothin  Quite like      This Dont it
BmFeal (x24432@1)like tonight Might never be again Baby
AWe (x02220@1)know better than to try and pretend honey
Ano (x02220@1)one could a ever told me bout this I said yeah yeah(yeah yeah)
Ayeah (x02220@1)yeah yeah The
G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)    A (x02220@1)        Dwait-ing (xx0232@1)is the hardest    part
G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)      Asus4 (x02230@1)           G (320003@1)           D/F#every (200232@1)day ya see  one more card you take it on    faith you
A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)    Asus4 (x02230@1)    Dtake (xx0232@1)it to the heart the wait ing is the hardest  part


Any questions problems feel free to e-mail me

your pal

Greg




Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:28:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Len Moskowitz 
Subject: Re: Tom Petty-"The Waiting"


WILDANLYN  wrote:

>I need the words and music to "The Waiting" by Tom Petty.

INTRO: (Note: before hitting the G chord play the F# note on the low E
string.  Walk the bass notes down and strum like Roger McGuinn!)

G  G/F#  Asus4  D
G G/F# Asus4
G  G/F#  Asus4  D
G  G/F#  Asus4  A

VERSE 1
    A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)          DOh, (xx0232@1)baby don't it feel like heaven right now
         A (x02220@1)                        G (320003@1)DDon't (xx0232@1)it feel like something from a dream
      A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)        DYeah, (xx0232@1)I've never nothing quite like this
         Bm (x24432@1)      
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again
      GBaby, (320003@1)we know better than to try and pretend
       AHoney, (x02220@1)no one could've ever told me about this
I said yeh, yeh, yeah yeah yeah yeah

CHORUS
    G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)     A (x02220@1)     DThe (xx0232@1)waiting is the hardest part
G (320003@1)   G/F# (320002@1)       A (x02220@1)     
Every day you see one more card
    G (320003@1)        G/F# (320002@1)     A (x02220@1)            DYou (xx0232@1)take it on faith, you take it to the heart
    G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)     A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1)A (x02220@1)DThe (xx0232@1)waiting is the hardest part

VERSE 2
Well yeah I might've chased a couple women around
All it ever got me was down
Yeah, then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby you're the only one that's ever known how
to make me wanna live like I wanna live now
I said yeh, yeh, yeh yeh yeh yeh

CHORUS
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

BRIDGE
Bm (x24432@1)             Bar2
Oh don't let 'em kill you babe
Bm (x24432@1)          Bar2
Don't let 'em get to you
Bm (x24432@1)          Bar2
Don't let 'em kill you babe
Bm (x24432@1)          Bar2
Don't let 'em get to you
AI'll (x02220@1)be your bleedin' heart
DI'll (xx0232@1)be your cryin' fool
GDon't (320003@1)let this go too far
F#Don't (244322@1)let it get to you

(Solo)   

A G D
A G D
A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A

Yeh, yeh, yeh yeh yeh yeh

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
The waiting is the hardest part


Chord Tab
        EADGBe
G       320033 or 355433
G/F#    200033
Asus4   x02230 or x02233 or 577755
A       x02220 or 577655
D (xx0232@1)     xx0232
Bm      xx4432 or 224432
Bar2    222222