This song is easy and fun...but it will take a little work to get together.
Watch these vids to get some ideas of how to play depending on your position
Song Form
SONG FORM:
let's start with this
Song Lyrics and Chords
just go for power chords for now on guitar...
[Intro]
[Bass Solo] F#m C# x4
[Distortion] F#m C# x4, F#m(hold)
F#m C# x4
[Verse 1]
F#m C#
I am a patient boy
F#m C#
I wait I wait
F#m
I wait I wait
C#
My time is water
F#m C#
down a drain
F#m C#
Everybody's moving
F#m
Everybody's moving
C#
Everything is moving
Moving moving moving
F#m
Please don't
C# F#m
leave me to remain
In the waiting room
[Chorus 1]
C#
I don't want the news
E
(I cannot use it)
B
I don't want the news
E
(I won't live by it)
F#m C#
Sitting outside of town
F#m C#
Everybody's always down
E(hold)
(Tell me why)
F F#m
Because they can't get up
C# F#m
(Ahhh Come on and get up)
C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m(hold)
(Come on and get up)
[Post Chorus] F#m C# x4
[Verse 2]
F#m C#
But I won't sit idly by
F#m
(Ahhh) I'm planning
C#
a big surprise
F#m
I'm gonna fight
C# F#m C#
For what I want to be
F#m
And I won't make
C#
the same mistakes
F#m
(Because I know)
Because I know how
C#
much time that wastes
F#m
(And function)
C# F#m
Function is the key
Inside the waiting room
[Chorus 2]
C#
I don't want the news
E
(I cannot use it)
B
I don't want the news
E
(I won't live by it)
F#m C#
Sitting outside of town
F#m C#
Everybody's always down
E(hold)
(Tell me why)
F F#m
Because they can't get up
C# F#m
(Ahhh Come on and get up)
upon the waiting room
[Interlude] C# E B E F#m C# F#m C# x2
[Outro]
F#m C#
Sitting in the waiting room
F#m C#
Sitting in the waiting room
F#m C#
Sitting in the waiting room
F#m C#
Sitting in the waiting room
E(hold)
(Tell me why)
F F#m(hold)
Because they can't get up
Bass Vid
The notes on this video are mostly solid, definitely good enough to study.
My only critique is that I will require some staccato stops rather than the whole thing being one long breath.
Guitar Tutorial
I found this video of a guy playing through--easy to see the shapes.
