Intro: C     F     C     F      
       
   Am                      F             
   Watchin' girls go passing by 
   G                          C  
   It ain't the latest thing   
   G                          C              
   I'm just standin' in a doorway 
   G                                 C             
   I'm just trying to make some sense   
   

   Am                      F          
   Out of these girls  passing by,
   G                       C
   the tales they tell of men   
   G                                 C             
   I'm not waiting on a lady             
   G                                    C           
   I'm just waiting on a friend
  

   Am                      F          
   A smile relieves a heart that grieves, 
   G                       C
   remember what I said. 
   G                                  C
   I'm not waiting on a lady, 
   G                                   C
   I'm just waiting on a friend. 
  
(Bridge)
                C     F                   C  
 ... on a friend     I'm just waiting on a friend   
 F                  C       F                   C  
 just waiting on a friend. I'm just waiting on a friend,  
      F                 C      F                  C      
 I'm just waiting on a friend, just waiting on a friend 
 
 (solo)
   Am                            F        
   Don't need a whore, don't need now booze, 
   G                       C  
   don't need a virgin priest. 
   G                                               C  
   But I need some one I can cry to, 
   G                                     C  
   I need someone to protect. 
  

   Am                            F        
   Ooh, making love and breaking hearts, 
   G                             C  
    It is a game for youth. 
    G                                      C  
    But I'm not waiting on a lady, 
    G                                     C  
    I'm just waiting on a friend.             

(repeat bridge)