Waiting
Green Day
Warning: (2000)/International Superhits! (2001)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: Normal (Capo on 1st fret for soft part)
Notes: Intro and soft part after 2nd chorus on acoustic or quiet
clean electric guitar.  End of chorus strums need really fast
switching between G# and C#.  When it's played live, there is no
capo, and the soft chords are just played as bar chords.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord

Verse (x2)
   G#5  C#5  A#5  C#5  (x4)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------6---------6---------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6----8----6---------------------------------------------|
A|-6----4----8----4---------------------------------------------|
E|-4---------6--------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 1
   F5   E5   D#5  A#5     C#5-G#5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------8------------666---666-----------------------------|
D|-3----2----8----8-------666666666-----------------------------|
A|-3----2----6----8-------444666444-----------------------------|
E|-1----0----6----6----------444--------------------------------|

Chorus 2
   F5   E5   D#5  A#5   | C#5-G#5  (x3)    | C#5-G#5   D#5
e|----------------------|------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|------------------|--------------------|
G|-----------8----------|-666---666---6-6--|-666---6--/8--------|
D|-3----2----8----8-----|-6666666666666666-|-66666666-/8--------|
A|-3----2----6----8-----|-4446664446664646-|-44466646-/6--------|
E|-1----0----6----6-----|----444---444-4-4-|----444-4-----------|

Solo (played over verse chords)
e|--------------------------------------------------1-----------|
B|-------------------(x2)----------------------3------3---------|
G|-8---5---3-5-6-5-3------5---1---3-5-6-5-3--3----3-----3--1----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

3rd chorus lead
e|------8---11-9--------8---11-8--------8---11-8----------------|
B|-/8h9---9------9----9---9------9----9---9------9--------------|
G|------------------9---------------8---------------7\3---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Soft Part (Capo 1st fret, chords relative to capo)
   G Cadd9 A7sus4 Cadd9  (x3)
e|-3----3----3----3---------------------------------------------|
B|-3----3----3----3---------------------------------------------|
G|-0----0----2----0---------------------------------------------|
D|-0----2----2----2---------------------------------------------|
A|-2----3----0----3---------------------------------------------|
E|-3------------------------------------------------------------|


Order

Intro (verse chords, 1 guitar)
Verse 1
Chorus 1
Verse 2
Chorus 2
Solo
Chorus 2 (with 3rd chorus lead)
Soft Part
Pause
Verse 3
End (Verse chords)


Lyrics

I've been waiting a long time
For this moment to come			   (Intro)
I'm destined for anything at all

Downtown lights will be shining
On me, like a new diamond
Ring out, under the midnight hour	   (Verse 1)
Well no one can touch me now
And I can't turn my back
It's too late, ready or not at all

Well I'm so much closer than
I have ever known...			   (Chorus 1)
Wake up!

Dawning of a new era
Calling, don't let it catch ya
Falling, ready or not at all		   (Verse 2)
So close, enough to taste it
Almost, I can almost embrace this
Feeling, on the tip of my tongue

Well I'm so much closer than
I have ever known...			   (Chorus 2)
Wake up!
You better thank your lucky stars

(Solo)
(Chorus 2)
(Intro) (replace "long time" with "lifetime")
(Pause)

Dumbstruck, colour me stupid
Good luck, you're gonna need it		   (Verse 3)
Where I'm going, if I get there at all

Wake up!				   (End)
You better thank your lucky stars!