Waiting on the World to Change

John Mayer

[Intro]

D		Bm		G		D

A		Bm		G		D

Verse-1:

D	Bm	G	D
Me and all my fr	iends, we’re a	ll misundersto	od.

	A	Bm	G	D
They s	ay we stand for not	hing, and theres no wa	y we ever cou	ld.

	D	Bm	G	D
Now we see ever	ything thats g	oing wrong with the w	orld and those who l	ead it

	A	Bm	G	D
We just f	eel like we don’t h	ave the means to r	ise above and b	eat it.

Chrous-1:

	D	Bm	G	D
So we keep wai	ting,	waiting on the wor	ld to cha	nge.

	A	Bm	G	D
We keep on wai	ting,	waiting on the wo	rld to ch	ange.

	D	Em	Bm	Em7
It’s ha	rd to beat the sy	stem, when you’re sta	nding at a dis	tance,

	A	Bm	G	D
So we keep wai	ting,	waiting on the wo	rld to ch	ange.

Verse-2:

	D	Bm	G	D
Now i	f we had the po	wer to bring our neig	hbors home from wa	r

	A	Bm	G	D
They would have ne	ver missed a Ch	ristmas, No more ri	bbons on their doo	r

	D	Bm	G	D
And when you tr	ust your tel	evision, What you g	et is what you g	ot

	A	Bm	G	D
Cause when they ow	n the informa	tion, oh, They can b	end it all they w	ant

Chrous-2:

	D	Bm	G	D
That’s why we’re wa	iting	Waiting on the wo	rld to chang	e

	A	Bm	G	D
We keep on wai	ting	Waiting on the w	orld to chang	e

	D	Em	Bm	Em7
It’s no	t that we don’t c	are, We just kn	ow that the fight	ain’t fair

	A	Bm	G	D
So we keep on	waiting	Waiting on the	world to	change

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2nd Part e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------12/15-------------------7/10~------------------------| G|-----11h14--------14h16-11-----7h9-------9h11------------------| D|---------------------------------------------12~~~~~~----------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chrous-3:

	D	Bm	G	D
And we’re still wai	ting	Waiting on the wo	rld to cha	nge

	A	Bm	G	D
We keep on wai	ting	Waiting on the wo	rld to cha	nge

	D	Em	Bm	Em7
One	day our genera	tion, Is gonna r	ule the popul	ation

	A	Bm	G	D
So we keep on wai	ting	Waiting on the wo	rld to cha	nge

	A	Bm	G	D
Now we keep on wa	iting	Waiting on the w	orld to ch	ange

	A	Bm	G	D
We keep on wait	ing,	waiting on the wo	rld to cha	nge.

[Outro] (4x)

	G	D
Waiting on the wo	rld to cha	nge