Apr142021

James Vincent McMorrow – Waiting Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
G Bm Em C D   G

[Verse 1]
             Bm
Crying in my car
             Em
I cry when I want
                            C
What I have to do is just think
about the day
D                            G
that you told me I'm always sad
                 Bm
And you like my love
                Em
But I talk too much
It's just the sky is
          C
so damn beautiful
             D              G
I feel like that deserves another
look

[Pre-Chorus]
               Bm
And I wasn't nervous
               G
And I wasn't angry
                C
I was just so happy you
             Em
were here at all
          Bm
Fingers aching
            G
Chest wide open

[Chorus]
                     C
And I feel like you saw me
               G
Like I never could see myself
          Bm
When you told me
                   Em            D
That there wasn't much left and then
         C                     G
So I'm waiting to see when my hope
will come back
          Bm
And I'm waiting
             Em   D G
I'm always waiting

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[Verse 2]
                 Bm
Well, look at us now
             Em
As big as a house
                        C
What we used to drive past
            D
and dream about the day
             G
it would bе ours
                              Bm
It's time that I was on the plane
                   Em
I'll bе holding a drink
                     C
I'm thinking all I needed
          D
was some ultraviolet light
         Em
into my veins

[Pre-Chorus]
               D
But I wasn't nervous
                G
From all that dreaming
               C
I was just so happy I
             Em
can dream at all
              D
It's in my dreams and
              G
I'm usually laughing

[Chorus]
                     C
And I feel like you saw me
               G
Like I never could see myself
          Bm
When you told me
                  Em             D
That there wasn't much left and then
            C
So you're waiting to see when
    G
my hope will come back
           Bm
And I'm waiting
             Em        D
I'm always waiting for it

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[Outro]
         C
And I'm sorry
              G
If I never showed you enough
         Bm
In your song
                  Em     D
And I'm still without it...
           C
So we're waiting
                   G
To see when the flood will come in
            Bm
Still I'm waiting
             Em   D
I'm always waiting

[Instrumental]
G Bm Em C D x2

How to play Waiting: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Waiting by James Vincent McMorrow on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Waiting by James Vincent McMorrow is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 5 chords: G, Bm, Em, C and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Bm – Em – C (I – iii – vi – IV in G major). In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.