Everybodys Waiting

	  		INTRO: 
  
{This is the exact pattern for the first four measures; it varies some 
 through the song.  Sometimes there's a quick hammer-on from 0 to 2 on 
 the A string right before a low E at the beginning of Em measures.} 
  
  Em                 D11        Em                 D11 
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
G ----0-----0-----|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-| 
D --2---2-----2---|----0-----4-----|----2-----2---0-|----0-----4-----| 
A 2-------------0-|3-----5-----5---|2-----2-----2---|3-----5-----5---| 
E --------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
  
Em            Em            C             D11       Em  Em  C  D11 
  Through the wind and the rain I hear my mother's cry 
    Em   Em                C        D11                Em      Em      C D11 
She says, I know my baby's out there, I just couldn't bear to ask her why 
Em         Em            C    D11   Em             Em        C   D11 
  From my womb into the world, lord, I wish the child would call 
Em             Em            C     D11    Em       Em      C   D11 
  You know I'm needing some company, she makes my life so full 
D11    D11         C   C   D11             D11       C      C 
       Take my advice,       go ahead and live your own life 
D11     D11     D11 {tacet}                Em   Em   C   D11 
  Everybody's waiting for someone to come home 
  
Like the pharaoh waits for the sand 
This world is burning with the tension of human hands 
Waiting to be cleansed, waiting for their ace of spades 
They say, I sure hope he's coming 'cause I feel like I've just been saved 
Take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive 
And everybody's waiting for someone to come home 
  
{guitar solo:  Em  Em    D11 } 
  
Em  Em       C       C         D11   D11   D11   D11    Em 
    Come to me and cleanse my soul  (I'm free,   I'm free) 
Em    C       C      D11   D11         D11     D11    Em 
Only with you am I whole   (Can't you see that I am me) 
Em       C       C      D11    D11      D11     D11     Em   Em  C  D11 
I'll be waiting by the window (I'll be heading for the door) 
  
I was driving down Highway 85, yeah 
Had to pull off the road just to hear my radio coming in clearer 
Lord, this life's so full {???}, I said, why do we ask for more? 
Why we waitin' for the man to come, we forgot what he's comin' for 
Won't you take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive 
And everybody's waiting for someone to come home 
  
Em  Em       C      D11     Em    Em  C  D11  {etc...} 
   (I'll be waiting by the window) 
And everybody's waiting for someone to come home 
(I'll be waiting by the window) 
Everybody's waiting for someone to come home 
    Em    Em  C  D11  Em 
Come home 
 
 
 
TAB: 
 
{I'm never exactly sure if I have the right frets for the notes when I 
 figure out a guitar solo.  So, as usual, the _notes_ are right, but Emily 
 might play the notes on different strings than I've written down.} 
  
/ and \ are slides up and down. 
T=10; E=11; W=12; F=14. 
E~~~~ means bend up a half step (from F# to G), then back down to F# 
The notes in parentheses (7,8,9) are softer. 
"45" and "EW" are quick hammer-ons; "EWE" is a quick hammer-on followed 
   by a quick pull-off. 
  
LEAD GUITAR INTRO: 
  
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
G ---0-/4-4--2--2/|7-----7/9-9/E-E-|E~~~~-9---E-E-E-|E~~~~-9\(7)-7\5-5-| 
D /5--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ .  ^  . ^ .   
  
E ------------------|----------------|----------0-----|----------------| 
B ----------3-------|----------------|------8----(8)--|----T---\-8-----| 
G 45-45-2-4---4-5-2-|4-0-2---0-------|----9---9----(9)|----------------| 
D ------------------|------4---4-5\2-|----------------|----------------| 
A ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
  ^  .  ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   
  
E ----------0-----|----------------| 
B ------8-----8---|----T-----8-----| 
G ----9---9-----9-|--9-------------| 
D ----------------|----------------| 
A ----------------|----------------| 
E ----------------|----------------| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
  
  
GUITAR SOLO: 
  
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
G ---0-/4-4--2--2/|7-----7/9-9/E-E-|E~~~~-9---E-E-E-|E~~~~-9---7---5-| 
D /5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   
  
E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
G 45-4---7-5-45-4-2-|5---4---0-------|--------------0-|----------------| 
D ------------------|--4---2---2-4-4-|--4-2-4-2-4-5---|5/7-7--/9-------| 
A ------------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------| 
E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
  ^  . ^ . ^ .  ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   
  
E -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| 
B ----------8------|T-----------------|--------------T---|8---7-----------| 
G ----5-7/9-----9/E|----E-E-EW-W---W/F|F-W---EWE-9-E---E-|--9---9---------| 
D -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| 
A -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| 
E -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^  . ^ .   ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   
  
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
B 8---------------|T-T--/W-W-------|----------------|-/5------/8-----| 
G --9/E-E-----W---|----------------|------------0-2/|4---------------| 
D ----------------|-----------W\\\\|------0-2-4-----|----------------| 
A ----------------|----------------|0-2-3-----------|----------------| 
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   
  
E ----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|----------------| 
B ------8-----8---|----T-----8-----|------8-----8---|----T-----8-----| 
G ----9---9-----9-|--9-------------|----9---9-----9-|--9-------------| 
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
 
 
 
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]