Elvis Costello Waiting For The End Of The World Chords
Tempo:
142.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Gm
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G]
[Cm]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[Gm]
[C] A [G] man from the television, rolling through the day, now I wonder who's gonna stick it in this town.
[C] I [Gm] was looking for [C] a little entertainment, floating, [Gm] flying, let loose, [C] hands up, ready.
[G]
Right now [C] there's an evening, [D] sit down and [F] power all along.
[C] [D] Stuck in a tunnel [F] where no [C] light shines, [D] got hundreds of other girls who [F] were just [C] scared.
Oh, [D] how nobody was singing, and I don't know how.
[G] Waiting [C] for the end of [G] the world.
Waiting for [C] the [G] end of the world.
[F] [G] Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes.
[C] [Gm]
Police got [C] back to normal, as the [Gm] train [C] began to roll again.
Got to the station, now I'm feeling a little [Gm] sated.
[C] Legendary hitchhiker, says that he [F] knows where to [G] hide.
I'd [F] like to put a [G] spade on someone like [D] that,
when she smoked five of [F] them [C] mother's cigarettes.
[D] She's such an illusion now, she's got the number [G] one.
[C] Waiting for the end of [G] the world.
Waiting for the end of the world.
Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes.
[C]
[G] [C]
[Gm] Then arrived, [C] the corner [F] congregation [G] and the police.
Hopped right up [C] to the train where [F] we were, police [G] station.
I'm
[Bbm] [Gb] [Fm] from the scandal [C] in the [Gm] national wealth.
[G] The average driver who gets marriages and solo wedding [D] dress.
You must see the driving [F] as we roll on [C] the beach, and [D] don't roll out.
Clean [G] out of reach, waiting for the end of the world.
Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world.
Waiting [C] for the end of the [G] world.
Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world.
[C] [Bb] [C] [G]
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[Gm]
[C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] I've been waiting.
[C]
[G] [C] I've [G] been waiting.
[C] I've [G] [C] [Gm] been waiting.
I've been waiting.
[C]
[G] [C] Waiting [G] for you.
Waiting for [Gm] you.
[C] So [G] long.
[C] [G] So long.
So long.
So long.
[C] So
[G] [C] [F]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [Em] dear Lord.
[Cm]
[Eb] [G]
[Cm] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[Gm]
[C] A [G] man from the television, rolling through the day, now I wonder who's gonna stick it in this town.
[C] I [Gm] was looking for [C] a little entertainment, floating, [Gm] flying, let loose, [C] hands up, ready.
[G]
Right now [C] there's an evening, [D] sit down and [F] power all along.
[C] [D] Stuck in a tunnel [F] where no [C] light shines, [D] got hundreds of other girls who [F] were just [C] scared.
Oh, [D] how nobody was singing, and I don't know how.
[G] Waiting [C] for the end of [G] the world.
Waiting for [C] the [G] end of the world.
[F] [G] Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes.
[C] [Gm]
Police got [C] back to normal, as the [Gm] train [C] began to roll again.
Got to the station, now I'm feeling a little [Gm] sated.
[C] Legendary hitchhiker, says that he [F] knows where to [G] hide.
I'd [F] like to put a [G] spade on someone like [D] that,
when she smoked five of [F] them [C] mother's cigarettes.
[D] She's such an illusion now, she's got the number [G] one.
[C] Waiting for the end of [G] the world.
Waiting for the end of the world.
Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes.
[C]
[G] [C]
[Gm] Then arrived, [C] the corner [F] congregation [G] and the police.
Hopped right up [C] to the train where [F] we were, police [G] station.
I'm
[Bbm] [Gb] [Fm] from the scandal [C] in the [Gm] national wealth.
[G] The average driver who gets marriages and solo wedding [D] dress.
You must see the driving [F] as we roll on [C] the beach, and [D] don't roll out.
Clean [G] out of reach, waiting for the end of the world.
Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world.
Waiting [C] for the end of the [G] world.
Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world.
[C] [Bb] [C] [G]
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[Gm]
[C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] I've been waiting.
[C]
[G] [C] I've [G] been waiting.
[C] I've [G] [C] [Gm] been waiting.
I've been waiting.
[C]
[G] [C] Waiting [G] for you.
Waiting for [Gm] you.
[C] So [G] long.
[C] [G] So long.
So long.
So long.
[C] So
[G] [C] [F]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[F] [G] [Em] dear Lord.
Key:
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_ [C] A [G] man from the television, rolling through the day, now I wonder who's gonna stick it in this town.
_ _ [C] I [Gm] was looking for [C] a little entertainment, floating, [Gm] flying, let loose, [C] hands up, ready.
[G]
Right now [C] there's an evening, [D] sit down and [F] power all along.
_ [C] _ _ [D] Stuck in a tunnel [F] where no [C] light shines, [D] got hundreds of other girls who [F] were just [C] scared.
Oh, [D] how nobody was singing, and I don't know how.
[G] Waiting [C] for the end of [G] the world.
_ _ Waiting for [C] the [G] end of the world.
[F] _ [G] _ Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ Police got [C] back to normal, as the [Gm] train [C] began to roll again.
Got to the station, now I'm feeling a little [Gm] sated. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Legendary hitchhiker, says that he [F] knows where to [G] hide.
I'd [F] like to put a [G] spade on someone like [D] that,
when she smoked five of [F] them [C] mother's cigarettes.
[D] She's such an illusion now, she's got the number [G] one.
[C] Waiting for the end of [G] the world.
_ Waiting for the end of the world.
_ Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes.
[C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ Then arrived, [C] the corner [F] congregation [G] and the police.
Hopped right up [C] to the train where [F] we were, police [G] station.
_ _ I'm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] from the scandal [C] in the [Gm] national wealth.
[G] The average driver who gets marriages and solo wedding [D] dress.
You must see the driving [F] as we roll on [C] the beach, and [D] don't roll out. _
_ _ Clean [G] out of reach, waiting for the end of the world.
_ _ Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world.
_ _ Waiting [C] for the end of the [G] world.
_ _ Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ I've been waiting.
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] I've [G] been waiting.
[C] I've [G] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] been waiting. _
_ _ _ I've been waiting.
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] Waiting [G] for you. _
_ _ _ Waiting for [Gm] you.
_ _ [C] _ So [G] long. _
[C] _ [G] _ _ So long. _
_ _ _ So long. _
So long.
_ [C] So _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[F] _ [G] _ [Em] dear Lord. _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] A [G] man from the television, rolling through the day, now I wonder who's gonna stick it in this town.
_ _ [C] I [Gm] was looking for [C] a little entertainment, floating, [Gm] flying, let loose, [C] hands up, ready.
[G]
Right now [C] there's an evening, [D] sit down and [F] power all along.
_ [C] _ _ [D] Stuck in a tunnel [F] where no [C] light shines, [D] got hundreds of other girls who [F] were just [C] scared.
Oh, [D] how nobody was singing, and I don't know how.
[G] Waiting [C] for the end of [G] the world.
_ _ Waiting for [C] the [G] end of the world.
[F] _ [G] _ Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ Police got [C] back to normal, as the [Gm] train [C] began to roll again.
Got to the station, now I'm feeling a little [Gm] sated. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Legendary hitchhiker, says that he [F] knows where to [G] hide.
I'd [F] like to put a [G] spade on someone like [D] that,
when she smoked five of [F] them [C] mother's cigarettes.
[D] She's such an illusion now, she's got the number [G] one.
[C] Waiting for the end of [G] the world.
_ Waiting for the end of the world.
_ Waiting for the end of the world.
[Em] Dear Lord, [G] I'm telling you I'm gonna get going, cause it feels like a few minutes.
[C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ Then arrived, [C] the corner [F] congregation [G] and the police.
Hopped right up [C] to the train where [F] we were, police [G] station.
_ _ I'm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] from the scandal [C] in the [Gm] national wealth.
[G] The average driver who gets marriages and solo wedding [D] dress.
You must see the driving [F] as we roll on [C] the beach, and [D] don't roll out. _
_ _ Clean [G] out of reach, waiting for the end of the world.
_ _ Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world.
_ _ Waiting [C] for the end of the [G] world.
_ _ Waiting for the [C] end of the [G] world. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ I've been waiting.
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_ [G] _ _ [C] I've [G] been waiting.
[C] I've [G] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] been waiting. _
_ _ _ I've been waiting.
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] Waiting [G] for you. _
_ _ _ Waiting for [Gm] you.
_ _ [C] _ So [G] long. _
[C] _ [G] _ _ So long. _
_ _ _ So long. _
So long.
_ [C] So _ _
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[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[F] _ [G] _ [Em] dear Lord. _ _ _
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