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Everybodys Waiting

Indigo Girls

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From: indigo@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Adam Schneider) indigo girls EVERYBODY'S WAITING (FOR SOMEONE TO COME HOME) (by Amy Ray) ---------------------------------------------- [each chord is about half a measure; D11=554030] INTRO: [This is the exact pattern for the first four measures; it varies some through the song. Sometimes there's a quick hammer-on from 0 to 2 on the B string right before a low E at the beginning of Em measures.] Em C(9) D11 Em C(9) D11 E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----0-----0-----|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-| D --2---2-----2---|----0-----4-----|----2-----2---0-|----0-----4-----| A 2-------------0-|3-----5-----5---|2-----2-----2---|3-----5-----5---| E --------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . Em Em C D11 Em Em C D11 Through the wind and the rain I hear my mother's cry Em Em C D11 Em Em C D11 She says, I know my baby's out there, I just couldn't bear to ask her why Em Em C D11 Em Em C D11 From my womb into the world, lord, I wish the child would call Em Em C D11 Em Em C D11 You know I'm needing some company, she makes my life so full D11 D11 C C D11 D11 C C Take my advice, go ahead and live your own life D11 D11 D11 [tacet] Em Em C D11 Everybody's waiting for someone to come home Like the pharaoh waits for the sand This world is burning with the tension of human hands Waiting to be cleansed, waiting for their ace of spades They say, I sure hope he's coming 'cause I feel like I've just been saved Take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive And everybody's waiting for someone to come home [guitar solo: Em Em C(9) D11 ] Em Em C C D11 D11 D11 D11 Em Come to me and cleanse my soul (I'm free, I'm free) Em C C D11 D11 D11 D11 Em Only with you am I whole (Can't you see that I am me) Em C C D11 D11 D11 D11 Em Em C D11 I'll be waiting by the window (I'll be heading for the door) I was driving down Highway 85, yeah Had to pull off the road just to hear my radio coming in clearer Lord, this life's so full [???], I said, why do we ask for more? Why we waitin' for the man to come, we forgot what he's comin' for Won't you take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive And everybody's waiting for someone to come home Em Em C D11 Em Em C D11 [etc...] (I'll be waiting by the window) And everybody's waiting for someone to come home (I'll be waiting by the window) Everybody's waiting for someone to come home Em Em C D11 Em Come home TAB: / and \ are slides up and down. T=10; E=11; W=12; F=14. E~~~~ means bend up a half step (from F# to G), then back down to F#. The notes in parentheses (7,8,9) are softer. "45" and "EW" are quick hammer-ons; "EWE" is a quick hammer-on followed by a quick pull-off. LEAD GUITAR INTRO: E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| G ---0-/4-4--2--2/|7-----7/9-9/E-E-|E~~~~-9---E-E-E-|E~~~~-9\(7)-7\5-5-| D /5--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E ------------------|----------------|----------0-----|----------------| B ----------3-------|----------------|------8----(8)--|----T---\-8-----| G 45-45-2-4---4-5-2-|4-0-2---0-------|----9---9----(9)|----------------| D ------------------|------4---4-5\2-|----------------|----------------| A ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E ----------0-----|----------------| B ------8-----8---|----T-----8-----| G ----9---9-----9-|--9-------------| D ----------------|----------------| A ----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . GUITAR SOLO: E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ---0-/4-4--2--2/|7-----7/9-9/E-E-|E~~~~-9---E-E-E-|E~~~~-9---7---5-| D /5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G 45-4---7-5-45-4-2-|5---4---0-------|--------------0-|----------------| D ------------------|--4---2---2-4-4-|--4-2-4-2-4-5---|5/7-7--/9-------| A ------------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------| E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| B ----------8------|T-----------------|--------------T---|8---7-----------| G ----5-7/9-----9/E|----E-E-EW-W---W/F|F-W---EWE-9-E---E-|--9---9---------| D -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| A -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| E -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B 8---------------|T-T--/W-W-------|----------------|-/5------/8-----| G --9/E-E-----W---|----------------|------------0-2/|4---------------| D ----------------|-----------W\\\\|------0-2-4-----|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|0-2-3-----------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E ----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|----------------| B ------8-----8---|----T-----8-----|------8-----8---|----T-----8-----| G ----9---9-----9-|--9-------------|----9---9-----9-|--9-------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== Adam Schneider indigo@ucscb.ucsc.edu St. Paul, MN Mail me if you want guitar chords for Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, etc. ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-==
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