John Mayer – Waiting On The World To Change (Guitar)

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Chords

Just standard chords for the song. I've been asked for strumming patterns, but it's fairly straightforward. Simply put, I think that it's just strumming, and then right before each change in chord, there's an accent on the off-beat. [Intro] D Bm G D A Bm G D [Verse]
D               Bm            G             D
Me and all my friends, we're all misunderstood.

      A                  Bm                    G            D
They say we stand for nothin', and there's no way we ever could.

               D             Bm                   G                   D
Now we see everythin' that's going wrong with the world and those who lead it

         A                  Bm                G              D
We just feel like we don't have the means to rise above and beat it.
[Chorus]
              D        Bm                      G        D
So we keep waitin',          waitin' on the world to change.

              A        Bm                      G        D
We keep on waitin',           waitin' on the world to change.

       D                Em                   Bm            Em7
It's hard to beat the system, when you're standin' at a distance,

              A         Bm                     G        D
So we keep waitin',           waitin' on the world to change.
[Verse]
      D                     Bm                    G                 D
Now  if  we  had    the   power  to bring our neighbors home from war

                  A              Bm                 G                 D
They would have never missed a Christmas, no more ribbons on their door

               D           Bm                 G               D
And when you trust your television, what you get is what you got

                  A            Bm                  G                D
'Cause when they own the information, oh, they can bend it all they want
[Chorus]
                   D        Bm                    G           D
That's why we're waitin',         waitin' on the world to change

              A      Bm                  G            D
We keep on waitin',       waitin' on the world to change

       D                Em             Bm                Em7
It's not that we don't care, we just know that the fight ain't fair

              A         Bm                  G        D
So we keep on waitin',        waitin' 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|---------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
                   D      Bm                    G         D
And we're still waitin',        waitin' on the world to change

              A      Bm                    G         D
We keep on waitin',        waitin' on the world to change

    D             Em              Bm           Em
One day our generation, is gonna rule the population

                 A     Bm                    G         D
So we keep on waitin',      waitin' on the world to change

                 A       Bm                    G         D
Now we keep on waitin',         waitin' on the world to change

               A     Bm                    G         D
We keep on waitin',       waitin' on the world to change.
[Outro]
                 G         D
Waitin' on the world to change (x4)
************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | r Release | b Bend | / Slide up | ~ Vibrato ************************************