• Song:

    Waiting On The World To Change

  • Artist:

    John Mayer

  • Album:

    Waiting On The World To...

Just standard chords for the song.

I've Been Asked for strumming Patterns, but its fairly straight forward. 
Simply Put, I think that its just strumming, and then right before each change in 
chord, there's an accent on the off-beat.

Intro: D (xx0232@1)             Bm (x24432@1)          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)             Bm (x24432@1)          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)             Bm (x24432@1)          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)     
Me and all my friends, we're all misunderstood.

A (x02220@1)                Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)          DThey (xx0232@1)say we stand for nothing, and theres no way we ever could.

D (xx0232@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                 G (320003@1)                 DNow (xx0232@1)we see everything thats going wrong with the world and those who lead it

A (x02220@1)                Bm (x24432@1)              G (320003@1)            DWe (xx0232@1)just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it.

D (xx0232@1)      Bm (x24432@1)                    G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)we keep waiting,          waiting on the world to change.

A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)                    G (320003@1)      DWe (xx0232@1)keep on waiting,           waiting on the world to change.

D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)          GIt's (320003@1)hard to beat the system, when you're standing at a distance,

A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)                   G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)we keep waiting,           waiting on the world to change.

D (xx0232@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)               DNow (xx0232@1) if  we  had    the   power  to bring our neighbors home from war

A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)               DThey (xx0232@1)would have never missed a Christmas, No more ribbons on their door

D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)               G (320003@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)when you trust your television, What you get is what you got

A (x02220@1)          Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)              DCause (xx0232@1)when they own the information, oh, They can bend it all they want
  
                   D (xx0232@1)      Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)         DThat's (xx0232@1)why we're waiting         Waiting on the world to change

A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)          DWe (xx0232@1)keep on waiting       Waiting on the world to change

D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)            Bm (x24432@1)              GIt's (320003@1)not that we don't care, We just know that the fight ain't fair

A (x02220@1)       Bm (x24432@1)                G (320003@1)      DSo (xx0232@1)we keep on waiting        Waiting 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|---------------------------------------------------------------|

D (xx0232@1)    Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)we're still waiting        Waiting on the world to change

A (x02220@1)    Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)       DWe (xx0232@1)keep on waiting        Waiting on the world to change

D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)             Bm (x24432@1)         GOne (320003@1)day our generation, Is gonna rule the population

A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)       DSo (xx0232@1)we keep on waiting       Waiting on the world to change

A (x02220@1)     Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)       DNow (xx0232@1)we keep on waiting         Waiting on the world to change

A (x02220@1)   Bm (x24432@1)                  G (320003@1)       DWe (xx0232@1)keep on waiting,       waiting on the world to change.

G (320003@1)       DWaiting (xx0232@1)on the world to change(x4)

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