The Rolling Stones – I Am Waiting (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by The Rolling Stones (From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH) Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keith Richards - Acoustic 12-string Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Jones - Dulcimer' Intro Q=92 C 4/4 Gtr I (Ac. 12-string Gtr.) Q E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-----6-------6-|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7---5-5-7---|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr II (Dulcimer arr. for Gtr.)
| W                W
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
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                         3/4
  E E E E S S S S S S E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-----6-------6-|--5--5--5--5--3--3-||
|-5-5-5-5-5-7---5-5-7---|--5--5--5--5--3--3-||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
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| W                        E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
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1st - 4th Verses $ $$ C 4/4 3/4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o--3--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
||---3--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
||--------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------|
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|    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
||--12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
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||o-------------------------|-------------------|
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  Bb                                C
 4/4                               3/4
   S S  E  S S  E  S S  E  S S  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|--------------------|
|----3-----1-3-------3-----1-3----|--5--5--5--5--3--3--|
|--3---------------3--------------|--5--5--5--5--3--3--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|
|  E    E  E    E  E    E  E    E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------13---13-15---15-|-15-15-15-15--------|
|-15---15-------------------------|-------------15-15--|
|---------15---15-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|

  C
 4/4                       3/4
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-17-17-17-17-17-17-15-15-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|

  Bb                                C
 4/4                               3/4
   S S  E  S S  E  S S  E  S S  E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------1-------1-------1-------1-|---------------------|
|----3-----1-3-------3-----1-3----|--5--5--5--5--3--3---|
|--3---------------3--------------|--5--5--5--5--3--3---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|
|  E    E  E    E  E    E  E    E    E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------13---13-15---15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15---|
|-15---15-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------15---15-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|

  G                         C
 4/4
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3-------|
|--3--3--5--5--6--6--3--3-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|
|--4--4--5--5--7--7--4--4-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|
|--5--5--5--5--7--7--5--5-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------13-13-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

                            1.
              To Dbl. Coda
  G                          C
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------------|--3--3--3--3--3--3--------||
|--3--3--5--5--6--6--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-o||
|--4--4--5--5--7--7--4--4--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--||
|--5--5--5--5--7--7--5--5--|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------13-13--|-13-15-15-15-15-15--------||
|-13-15-15-15-15-15--------|-------------------15-15-o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||

                            Bridge
  2.,D.S.
  C                          Dm
 4/4
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-||----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-||----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-||----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------||-10-------------------------------------------|
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|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E     E     E     E     E     E     E
|-13-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-||--1--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1----|
|-------------------------||--3--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|
|-------------------------||--2--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
|-------------------------||--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
|-------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------||----------------------------------------------|

  G
   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------------------|
|
|  E  E     E     E     E     E     E     E
|--3--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|
|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
|--2--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
|--3--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|

  C             Em/B            Am            C
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---8-8-8-8-8-8---7-7-7-7-7-7-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-8-------------7-------------|-5-----------------------------|
|
| E E   E   E   E E   E   E     E E   E   E   E   E   E   E
|-0-0---0---0---0-0---0---0---|-0-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
|-1-1---1---1---0-0---0---0---|-1-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|
|-0-0---0---0---0-0---0---0---|-2-2---2---2---0---0---0---0---|
|-2-2---2---2---2-2---2---2---|-2-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-3-3---3---3---2-2---2---2---|-0-0---0---0---3---3---3---3---|
|---------------0-0---0---0---|-------------------------------|

  Dm
   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q    Q
|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10---|
|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10---|
|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-10-----------------------------|
|
|  E  E     E     E     E E  E E
|--1--1-----1-----1-----1-1--1-1-|
|--3--3-----3-----3-----3-3--3-3-|
|--2--2-----2-----2-----2-2--2-2-|
|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-0--0-0-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

                                 To Coda
  G                                        C                 Bb
   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------------------------------------|--------------------1--1-|
|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|
|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|
|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  E  E     E     E     E     E     E E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--3--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-|
|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-0--|-------------------------|
|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-0--|-------------------------|
|--0--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-0--|-------------------------|
|--2--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-2--|-------------------------|
|--3--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3--|-------------------------|

              D.S. al Coda &
                    Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------1--1--||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10--||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||
|--------------------------||

                                 D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  C                 Bb                        Bb
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------------1--1-|--------------------1--1--||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10--||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||

                               Outro
  &&
   E  E  E  E  E  E  S S  E      E  E  E  E  E  E  S S  E
|-------------------------1-||--------------------------1-|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5----3----||o--5--5--5--5--5--5----3----|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3------||---5--5--5--5--5--5--3------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------------||o---------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E      E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15---15-||--12-12-12-12-12-12-10---10-|
|---------------------------||o---------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------------||o---------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------|

   E  E  E  E  E  E  S S  E  4x
|-------------------------1--||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5----3----o||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3-------||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  4x
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10---10--||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths