Author/Artist: Cake Title: Waiting Album: Pressure Chief Transcribed by: Robert Fenstermaker Email: Rfenster@tulane.edu This is my first submitted tab, I hope it works for you guys d- downstroke u- upstroke The change from down to up is really quick, it adds a flare to the song though the song can be played without it. It is possible to do these quick changes as hammer-ons and pull offs though I am pretty sure Cake doesn't play it like that from the recording. Also the change in the fourth set of strokes can be replaced by just hitting the open E string though you will have to mute the B string Ok here is the basic format of the song for intro, verse and chorus as far as I can tell there are no real variations d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud ---------------------------------------------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-232--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-222--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud ---------------------------------------------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-353-------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-232-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-222--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-222-| ------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud --------------------------------------------------| ------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-232-----------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-121--2-2-2-2-2-2-222-----------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-222----------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| on the aaaaalways be waaaaitng part just repeat the last 4 chord sets. TIMING Here is a sample verse. I only wrote out the words on which the chords change. For simplicity's sake I did not record the quick changes. So............. important.........think that we make ---------------------------------------------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| sense.......... think there's....better ---------------------------------------------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| other fence --------------------------------------------------| ------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| Now what I wrote down was the simple version. Cake's guitarist actually does a hammer on and a pull off on some of them Enjoy! Questions, Comments, or errors? Email me
