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Drake Bell – Waiting For The World Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsCmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm G7 C#dim CC/EF Am Abdim7

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 VERSE 1:
  Cmaj7             Fmaj7
  Stuck in my room, always 
  on zoom
   Dm                  G7
  Nothing to do, it’s another day
  Cmaj7           Fmaj7
  Losing my mind, stuck on rewind
  Dm                      
  Who would’ve thought it 
        G7
  would get this strange?
 Cmaj7           Fmaj7
  Six feet away, self-isolating
   Dm                   
  Waiting for the world 
     G7
  to get us back to normal

 PRE-CHORUS 1:
      Cmaj7              
  Just do what they say, 
       C#dim
  it’s not a cliché
   Dm                        
  Wear a mask or stay inside 
      G7
  and everything is gonna be

 CHORUS 1:
  C         C/E
  Okay, but you better pray
       F                   
  The world doesn’t end or 
        G7
  get invaded by aliens
       C             C/E
  The moon explodes, nuclear codes
     F                    G7    
  A catastrophic meteor crashes 
                    (Cmaj7)
  down and ruins the earth

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TRANSITION 1:
|| Cmaj7 / / / | Cmaj7 / / / 
| F / G7 / ||

 VERSE 2:
  Cmaj7                  
  Stores are all closed, 
     Fmaj7
  no toilet paper rolls
       Dm                 
  Just cut me some slack, 
       G7
  I’m working from home
  Cmaj7             
  Always in sweats, 
        Fmaj7
  don’t have to get dressed
  Dm                    
  Can't see my friends, 
          G7
  feeling all alone
  Cmaj7              
  Counting the days, 
     Fmaj7
  is this just a phase?
     Dm                  
  Or has the whole world 
   G7
  found a new normal?

 PRE-CHORUS 2:
      Cmaj7              
  Just do what they say, 
       C#dim
  it’s not a cliché
   Dm                        
  Wear a mask or stay inside 
      G7
  and everything is gonna be

 CHORUS 2:
  C         C/E
  Okay, but you better pray
       F                   
  The world doesn’t end or 
        G7
  get invaded by aliens
       C             C/E
  The moon explodes, nuclear codes
     F                    G7    
  A catastrophic meteor crashes 
                      Dm
  down and ruins the earth

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 BRIDGE:
  Am                      Dm
  How could this get any worse?
  C/E            F
  How many more days?
            C         C/E
 'Til we're okay, we don't 
 have to pray
       F                   
  The world doesn’t end or 
        G7
  get invaded by aliens
       C             C/E
  The moon explodes, nuclear 
  codes
     F                   Abdim7
  A catastrophic meteor crashes 
  down...

 CHORUS 3:
  C         C/E
  Okay, but you better pray
       F                   
  The world doesn’t end or 
        G7
  get invaded by aliens
       C             C/E
  The moon explodes, nuclear 
  codes
     F                    G7
  A catastrophic meteor crashes 
  down and ruins the...

 CHORUS 4/OUTRO:
  C         C/E
  Okay, but you better pray
       F                   
  The world doesn’t end or 
        G7
  get invaded by aliens
       C             C/E
  The moon explodes, nuclear codes
     F                    G7    
  A catastrophic meteor crashes 
                     Cmaj7
  down and ruins the earth

How to play Waiting For The World: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Waiting For The World by Drake Bell on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Waiting For The World by Drake Bell, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 10 chords: Cmaj7, Fmaj7, Dm, G7, C#dim, C, C/E, F, Am and Abdim7.

Listen for C – C/E – F – G7 (I – I – IV – V7 in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – doh – fah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: C#dim, F and Abdim7 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.