Tuning: E A D G B E

Tabbed By: Year20xxgamer Ask me questions about this tab on either YouTube or Twitter account! http://www.youtube.com/user/year20xxgamer?feature=mhee https://twitter.com/#!/year20xxgamer BAND: TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS SONG: THE WAITING YEAR: 1981 Album: HARD PROMISES Note: Playing along with the song will give you a better idea of when to play each chord, and how long to strum it. I try to make my tabs as close to the original recording as possible (i.e. using the exact same chords the artist(s) did, so please give me feedback!) [Intro] G D/F# A D G D/F# A G D/F# A D G D/F# A [Verse 1]

Oh ^Ababy don’t it feel like ^Gheaven right ^Dnow Don’t it ^Afeel like somethin' from a ^Gdream ^D Yeah ^AI’ve never known nothing ^Gquite like ^Dthis Don’t it ^Bmfeel like tonight might never be again Baby, ^Gwe know better than to try and pretend Honey, ^Ano one could have ever told me 'bout this ^AYeah, yeah, (yeah yeah), yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

The ^Gwait^D/F#ing is the ^Ahardest ^Dpart ^GEvery ^D/F#day you see ^Aone more card You ^Gtake it on ^D/F#faith, you ^Atake it to the ^Dheart The ^Gwait^D/F#ing is the ^Ahardest ^Dpart G D/F# A D

[Verse 2]

Well ^Ayeah I might have chased a couple of ^Gwomen a^Dround ^AAll it ever got me was ^Gdown ^D Yeah, ^Athen there were those that ^Gmade me feel ^Dgood But ^Bmnever as good as I feel right now Baby ^Gyou’re the only one that's ever known how To ^Amake me wanna live like I wanna live, now I said ^AYeah, yeah, (yeah yeah), yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

The ^Gwait^D/F#ing is the ^Ahardest ^Dpart ^GEvery ^D/F#day you get ^Aone more yard You ^Gtake it on ^D/F#faith, you ^Atake it to the ^Dheart The ^Gwait^D/F#ing is the ^Ahardest ^Dpart G D/F# A D

[Bridge]

O^Bmh, don’t let it kill you baby, don’t let it get to you ^Bm Don’t let em kill you baby, don’t let em get to you ^A I’ll be your bleedin' heart, ^D I’ll be your cryin' fool ^G Don’t let this go too far,^F# don’t let it get to you

[Solo] A G D A G D A G D Bm G A

^AYeah, yeah, (yeah yeah), yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Chorus]

The ^Gwait^D/F#ing is the ^Ahardest ^Dpart ^GEvery ^D/F#day you get ^Aone more yard You ^Gtake it on ^D/F#faith, you ^Atake it to the ^Dheart The ^Gwait^D/F#ing is the ^Ahardest ^Dpart G D/F# A D

Yeah, the ^Gwait^D/F#ing is the ^Ahar----dest ^Gpart^D/F# ^A ^D G D/F# A

G D/F# A D

^G ^D/F# ^A Ohhhh! G D/F# A D ^G ^D/F# ^A Is the hardest part

G D/F# A D

^G ^D/F# ^A Ohhhh! G D/F# A D ^G ^D/F# ^A Is the hardest part

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The waiting