Everybodys Waiting Tab by Indigo Girls

Everybodys Waiting tab by Indigo Girls

Guitar Tab

EVERYBODY'S WAITING (FOR SOMEONE TO COME HOME)
(by Amy Ray)
----------------------------------------------
[each chord is about half a measure; D11=554030]

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               C(9)  D11        Em               C(9)  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-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

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Em            Em            C             D11       Em  Em  C  D11
  Through ..
    Em   Em                C        D11                Em      Em      C D11
She ..
Em         Em            C    D11   Em             Em        C   D11
  From ..
Em             Em            C     D11    Em       Em      C   D11
  You ..
D11    D11         C   C   D11             D11       C      C
       Take ..
D11     D11     D11 [tacet]                Em   Em   C   D11
  Everybody's ..

Like ..
This ..
Waiting ..
They ..
Take ..
And ..

[guitar solo:  Em  Em  C(9)  D11 ]

Em  Em       C       C         D11   D11   D11   D11    Em
    Come ..
Em    C       C      D11   D11         D11     D11    Em
Only ..
Em       C       C      D11    D11      D11     D11     Em   Em  C  D11
I'll ..)

I ..
Had ..
Lord, ..
Why ..
Won't ..
And ..

Em  Em       C      D11     Em    Em  C  D11  [etc...]
   (I'll ..
And ..
(I'll ..)
Everybody's..
    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, schneider@pobox.com

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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