Chords with lyrics
Waiting For The Big One
Key: 
C majorC major, Time: 6/8, Tempo: 93
Intro:
|:C7 | |
Ab7Ab7 | :| (x 2)
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C minorCm 
FF 
Cm7Cm7| |F7/A Cm7Cm7 F7/A| |
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E7E7 /F# |/G /Ab |
A minorAm /B |/C /A |
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F7F7 |/C |
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D7D7 |/A |
G+G |
F/AF/A F#/Bb |
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G/BG/B | ||
Verse 1: {With piano only, tempo rubato} (0:54-)
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C7C7 | |Ab7Ab7 | |
The wine's all drunk and so am I
|C7C7 | |Ab7Ab7 | |
Here with the hoi-poloi, don't ask me why
|C minorCm FF Cm7Cm7 | |F7F7 Cm/F F7F7 | |
We're cele-brat-in' an-ticipatin' end of the year
|E7E7 |/F# /Ab |A minorAm | |
Everybody come, everybody here
|F7F7 | |
Well more or less,
|D7D7 |/E /F# |G+G |F/AF/A F#/Bb |
Some al-read-y in a mess
|G/BG/B | ||
I guess they're waiting for the big one.
[Verse 2] {Enters the band, play the intro} (1:44-)
Wonder why I'm cold. How did I get this far?
Had no money, had no car
I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles
'Cos I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals
Like the man says,
Sure hope Moses knows his roses
Or we'll all be waiting for the big one.
Interlude 1: (2:31-)
|C majorC | (x 4 bars)
|FF |G+G |
AbAb |
Bb majorBb |C majorC | ||
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DmDm |
Eb MajorEb |FF |G+G |AbAb |Bb majorBb ||
[Verse 3] (3:03-)
Once I was the credit to my credit card
spent what I hadn't got, wasn't hard
No trust in judgement no trust in money
Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey, oh
But in the meantime, ah
I'm gonna have me some fun
Waiting for the big one.
[Verse 4] (3:50-)
One too many, where ego I go too
Looking for the real thing
It don't come from what I do
No real communication moves out of my face
I'm beginning to think, yeah, I'm just out of place, a-ha
Won't get in too deep,
I want to get some sleep
To be ready for the big one,
To be ready for the big one
Interlude 2: (4:43-)
|C majorC | (x 4 bars)
|FF |G+G |AbAb |Bb majorBb |
|C majorC | | | ||
|DmDm |Eb MajorEb |FF |G+G |AbAb |Bb majorBb ||
(Intro) (5:20-) {Bluesy guitar solo}
Coda: (6:07-)
|C majorC | (x 4 bars)
{Enter female vocals, tempo rubato}
|FF |G+G |AbAb |Bb majorBb |
Ah, ah, uh, waiting for the
|C majorC | | | ||
big one________
|DmDm |Eb MajorEb |FF |G+G |AbAb |
Ah, ah, ah, ah, uh,
|Bb majorBb |C majorC ||
wainting for the big one___
{Drum solo}
| | | ||
|DmDm |Eb MajorEb |FF |G+G |
Ah, ah, ah, ah,
|AbAb |Bb majorBb |C majorC | ||
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