Originally in D, I play in C, or A capo 3
Intro
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| Me and all my fr | iends, we’re a | ll misundersto | od |
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| They s | ay we stand for n | othing and, there’s no wa | y we ever cou | ld |
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| Now we see | everything that’s g | oing wrong with the w | orld and those who l | ead it |
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| We just f | eel like we don’t h | ave the means to r | ise above and b | eat it |
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| So we keep wai | ting, (wa | iting) waiting on the wo | rld to change |
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| We keep on wai | ting, (wa | iting) waiting on the wo | rld to change |
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| It’s ha | rd to beat the sy | stem, when you’re stan | ding at a dis | tance |
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| So we keep wai | ting, (wai | ting) waiting on the wo | rld to change |
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| Now i | f we had the p | ower to bring our ne | ighbors home from w | ar |
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| They would have n | ever missed a C | hristmas, no more r | ibbons on their do | or |
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| And when you tr | ust your televi | sion, what you g | et is what you got |
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| Cause when they o | wn the inform | ation, oh they can b | end it all they want |
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| That’s why we’re w | aiting (w | aiting) waiting on the w | orld to change |
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| We keep on wai | ting, (wa | iting) waiting on the wo | rld to change |
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| It’s no | t that we don’t c | are, we just k | now that the fight ai | n’t fair |
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| So we keep on | waiting (w | aiting) waiting on the | world to change |
Very skippable bridge
| Cm7 | Cm7 | Cm7 | Cm7 |
| Cm7 | Cm7 | Cm7 | C7#9 |
Solo
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| And we’re stil | l waiting (wa | iting) waiting on the w | orld to change |
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| We keep on wai | ting (wai | ting) waiting on the wor | ld to change |
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| One | day our genera | tion is gonna r | ule the popula | tion |
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| So we keep on | waiting (w | aiting) waiting on the | world to change |
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| No we keep on | waiting (w | aiting) waiting on the | world to change |
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| We keep on wai | ting, (wai | ting) we’re waiting on the wor | ld to change |
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| Waiting on the wor | ld to change |
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| Waiting on the wor | ld to change |
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| Waiting on the wor | ld to change |