Waiting chords by
Green Day (Official Version)
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Key: Ab majorDifficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
I've  been waiting a long time
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
For   this moment to come
Ab5 Ab5 
 
I'm destined
Db5 Db5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
For   anything, at all
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Down  town lights will be shining
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
On    me like  a new diamond
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ring  out under the midnight hour
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Oh, no    one can   touch me now
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
And   I can't turn my back
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
It's too   late, ready or not at all

Chorus 1

F5

E5

I'm so much clo ser than

Eb5

Bb5

I have ever known

Db5

Ab5

Db5

Wake up

Verse 2
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Dawning of    a new era
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Calling, don't let it catch you falling
Db5 Db5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ready or not at all
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
So    close enough to taste it
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Almost, I     can embrace this
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Feeling, on    the tip of my tongue

Chorus 2
F5 F5 
 
E5 E5 
 
I'm so much clo ser than
Eb5 Eb5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
I     have ever known
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Wake up
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Better thank your lucky    stars
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Eb5 Eb5

Solo 1

Ab5

Db5

Bb5

Db5

Ab5

Db5

Bb5

Db5

Chorus 3
F5 F5 
 
E5 E5 
 
Well, I'm so much clo ser than
Eb5 Eb5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
I     have ever known
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Wake up
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Better thank your lucky    stars
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Eb5 Eb5

Verse 3
Ab Ab 
 
Dbadd9 Dbadd9 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Dbadd9 Dbadd9 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Dbadd9 Dbadd9 
 
I've been waiting   a lifetime
Bbm Bbm 
 
Dbadd9 Dbadd9 
 
For   this moment    to come
Ab Ab 
 
Dbadd9 Dbadd9 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Dbadd9 Dbadd9 
 
I'm destined for       anything at all
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Dumbstruck
Db5 Db5 
 
Color me stupid
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Good  luck
Db5 Db5 
 
You're gonna need it
Ab5 Ab5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Bb5 Bb5 
 
Db5 Db5 
 
Where I'm going if I get there at all

Outro 1

Ab5

Db5

Bb5

Db5

Wake up

Ab5

Better thank your lucky stars

Db5

Bb5

Db5

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsAb5 Db5 Bb5 F5 E5...

Chords

Ab5
Db5
Bb5
F5
E5
Eb5
Ab
Dbadd9
Bbm

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Ab5: 4-6-x-x-x-x
Db5: x-4-6-x-x-x
Bb5: x-1-3-x-x-x
F5: 1-3-x-x-x-x
E5: 0-2-x-x-x-x
Eb5: x-6-8-x-x-x
Ab: 4-6-6-5-4-4
Dbadd9: x-4-3-x-4-4
Bbm: x-1-3-3-2-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Waiting by Green Day, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of Ab major. It is designed for guitarists ready to move past the basics and capture the true feel of Green Day's performance.

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