Nov242019

Beck – Die Waiting Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Die Waiting by Beck on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
D# G# D# G#

[Verse 1]
D#
When the sky fades out and the roads all end
G#
I’m gonna wait on you, gonna wait on you
D#
When the money runs out and the walls close in
G#
I’m gonna wait on you, gonna wait on you

[Interlude]
D# A# G#
D# A# G#

[Chorus]
D#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you
D# A#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you

[Verse 2]
D#
Coming off the feeling
D#
Got my body reeling
G#
Really coming off the ceiling
G#
All my memories got me kneeling
D#
Almost got a real thing
A#
Almost got a new leaf
D#
Darker than you ever knew it
D#
Something that you’re going through it, oh, yeah

[Interlude]
D# A# G#

[Chorus]
D#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you
D# A#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you

[Bridge]
D# G#
D# A# G# D# G# D#
Yeah, oh, yeah, oh

[Verse 3]
D#
When the sky fades out and the roads all end
G#
I’m gonna wait on you, gonna wait on you
D#
When the money runs out and the walls close in
G#
I’m gonna wait on you
D# A#
I can’t understand why I’ve waited for so long
G#
Just to walk out of the door, see the world moving on
D# A#
And I lay down in the sun with the moonlight in my eyes
G#
If it takes a lifetime, then you know I got time, oh, yeah

[Chorus]
D#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you
D# A#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you
D#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you
D# A#
I don’t care what I have to do
G#
Know that I’m gonna wait on you

[Outro]
D# A# G#

How to play Die Waiting: key, chords and progression

Die Waiting by Beck is centred on E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). The song uses 3 chords: D#, G# and A#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G# – D# – A# – G# (IV – I – V – IV in E♭ major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes D, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.