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Waiting On A Friend

Key: C

Introduction:

                                                                            Cbass 
                                                  (for the first beat of the first/third meas.)
   Am                                           F                         G                                                   C 
      Watchin' girls go passing by                 It ain't the latest thing
   G                                                   C 
I'm just standin' in a doorway
   G                                                                 C 
I'm just trying to make some sense
    $
       Am                                                       F               G                                             C 
1. Out of these girls               passing by, the tales they tell of men
   G                                         C 
I'm not waiting on a lady
   G                                                     C 
I'm just waiting on a friend
2. A smile relieves a heart that grieves,
                               C                 F                                     C 
... on a friend             I'm just waiting on a friend
   F                                   C                               F                                     C 
  just waiting on a friend.               I'm just waiting on a friend,
           F                                 C                 F                                   C 
I'm just waiting on a friend,         just waiting on a friend
                                       Fand 
soloing away, then return to "$" for the last two verses)
3. Don't need a whore, don't need now booze,

                        C2and   Dmthat 
for one strum before the F.
Hope this helps.

 Am                           F                       G                                     C 
Watchin girls a-passin' by     It ain't the latest thing
 G                                           C               G                                                       C 
I'm just standin' in a doorway   I'm just tryin' to make some sense
 Am                                     F                               G                                     C 
out of these girls a-passin' by...the tales they tell of men
 G                                           C               G                                         C 
I'm not waitin' on a lady             I'm just waiting on a friend
 Am                                     F                                         G                             C 
A smile relieves the heart that bleeds         remember what I said
 G                                       C           G                                         C 
I'm not waitin' on a lady     I'm just waiting on a friend

 Am                                     F                                         G                                     C 
Don't need a whore I don't need no booze - don't need a virgin priest
 G                                               C                 G                                 C 
But I need someone I can cry to       I need someone to protect
 Am                         F                               G                               C 
Makin love and breakin hearts - it is a game for youth
 G                                               C           G                                       C 
but I'm not waiting on a lady...I'm just waitin on a friend
 C2   Dm  F{repeat, 
(just waitin on a friend)
fade
     C9  C 
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