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Joe Walsh – Waffle Stomp Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
N.C.  A    F7 E7 A N.C.

[Verse 1]
N.C.
The terminally bored
                            A E
Sit around with nothin' to do
A N.C.
They say work is hell
F7              E7
Heaven knows it just
      A7    A
ain't true

[Verse 2]
A
Well you can punch out your boss
A
Get fired from your job
   D
Collect unemployment
D
For your own enjoyment
A
Take out the trash
     B7
Come down with a rash
E7
Pick up disease

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[Verse 3]
A
Have doughnuts and coffee
A
With Colonel Khadafi
D
Write a new novel
D
That's perfectly awful
A
Buy some new work boots
E                    A
Stomp on a waffle or two

[Bridge]
       D
Take a long overdue vacation
         G
Book yourself on a flight
to the moon
     E7                         A
Volunteer for a brain operation
E7
Don't let nobody tell you
                          A
that there's nothin' to do

[Guitar Solo]
A    D  E7  A

[Verse 4]
A
Well you can jump off a roof
A
Pretend you can fly
D
Maybe you'll bounce
D
Maybe you'll die
A7
Maybe you'll splat
                   E7
And flap until that

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[Verse 5]
              A
Well, you can practice your bongo
A
Go to the Congo
    D
Get lost on safari
D
Ask "Where the hell are we?"
A
Speak in Swahili
     E                          A
They tell me that a lot of them do

[Guitar Solo]
A   D A   F7 E7 A7

[Verse 6]
A
Talk on the phone
A
Call up the coast
D
Call up collect
D
Dial direct
A7
Reverse the charges
                        E7
If they accept, they're home

[Verse 7]
            A
Or, you can go overseas
A
Speak Japanese
D
Buy a new Sony
     A
They make great TV's
A
Do the Watusi
E7                  A
Watch "I Love Lucy" too

[Interlude]
A   D  G  E  A N.C.

[Outro]
    E
But don't let nobody tell
                            A
you that there's nothin' to do
A
Well, well, well, well, well, well
E7
Don't let nobody tell you that
                    E  E7  A
there's nothin' to do

How to play Waffle Stomp: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Waffle Stomp by Joe Walsh on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Waffle Stomp by Joe Walsh is written in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯) and moves through 8 chords: A, F7, E7, E, A7, D, B7 and G.

Listen for E7 – A – D – A (V7 – I – IV – I in A major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – doh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.