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Jan 4, 2023
Waiting On A Friend by The Rolling Stones
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Waiting On A Friend
By:   The Rolling Stones

[intro:]  |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |  {Cadd9  x32030  F6  xx3231  F xx3211 }
          |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
          |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
          |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |  

[verse: 1] 
|Am                 |F
  Watching girls go passing by
   |G               |C
It ain't the latest thing
|G        G7           |C      |       |
I'm just standing in a doorway
|G        |G7                 |Cadd9   | C    C/B |   {bass walk down C B A}
 I'm just trying to make some sense

[verse: 2] 
|Am                    |F
 Out of these girls go passing by
    |G                 |C      |
The tales they tell of men
|G        |G7          |C      |       |
  I'm not waiting on a lady
|G        |G7           |Cadd9   | C    C/B |   {bass walk down C B A}
  I'm just waiting on a friend

[verse: 3] 
|Am                 |F
 A smile relieves a heart that grieves
|G               |C      |
 Remember what I said
|G        |G7          |C    |     |
  I'm not waiting on a lady
|G         |G7          |Cadd9     |F6 F
  I'm just waiting on a friend     I'm just waiting on a friend
                        |Cadd9     |F6 F
                                   I'm just waiting on a friend
                        |Cadd9     |F6 F
                                   I'm just waiting on a friend
 
 
[solo: sax] |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
            |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
            |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
            |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |   

[verse: 4]
Am                          F
Don't need a whore  I don't need no booze
G                   C
Don't need a virgin priest
|G          |G7            |C     |     |
  But I need someone I can cry to
|G         |G7        |Cadd9   | C    C/B |   {bass walk down C B A}
 I need someone to protect

[verse: 5] 
|Am                       |F       |
 Making love and breaking hearts
|G                |C     |
 It is a game for youth
|G        |G7          |C     |     |
  I'm not waiting on a lady
|G         |G7          |Cadd9     |F6 F
  I'm just waiting on a friend     I'm just waiting on a friend
                        |Cadd9     |F6 F
                                   I'm just waiting on a friend
                        |Cadd9     |F6 F
                                   I'm just waiting on a friend
                        |Cadd9     |F6 F
                                   I'm just waiting on a friend


[solo: sax] |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
            |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
            |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |
            |Cadd9  |F6 F  |Cadd9  |F6 F   |   
            |Cadd9  {finish}




chords:

Am      002210  or 577555
C       032010  or 335553
C/B     x22010 
Cadd9   x32030
F       133211    
F6      xx3231
G       320003  or 355433
G7      320001  or 353433