Waiting On the World to Change — John Mayer
Chords and lyrics for Waiting On the World to Change by John Mayer (key of D).
Intro
[D] [Bm] [G] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D]
Verse 1
[D]Me and all my friends, we're all [Bm]misunderstood.
[A]They say we stand for nothing, and there's no way [Bm]we ever [G]could.
[D]Now we see everything that's going wrong with the world [Bm]and those [G]who lead [D]it.
[A]We just feel like we don't have the means to rise [Bm]above and [G]beat [D]it.
Chorus
[D]So we keep waiting, [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[A]We keep on waiting, [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[D]It's hard to beat the system, when you're standing [Em7]at a distance, [Bm] [G]
[A]So we keep waiting, [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
Verse 2
[D]Now if we had the power to bring our [Bm]neighbors home from [G]war [D]
[A]They would have never missed a [Bm]Christmas, [G]no more ribbons on their [D]door.
[D]And when you trust your television, what you [Bm]get is what you [G]got [D]
[A]'Cause when they own the information, [Bm]oh they can bend it [G]all they [D]want.
Chorus
[D]That's why we're waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[A]We keep on waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[D]It's not that we don't care, [Em7]we just know that the fight ain't [Bm]fair [G]
[A]So we keep on waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
Bridge
[Dm7] [Dm7] [Dm7] [Dm7]
Solo
[D] [Bm] [G] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D]
Chorus
[D]And we're still waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[A]We keep on waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[D]One day our generation is gonna rule the [G]population [D]
[A]We keep on waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[A]We keep on waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
[A]We keep on waiting [Bm]waiting on the [G]world to [D]change.
Outro
[D]Waiting on the [G]world to change.
[D]Waiting on the [G]world to change.
[D]Waiting on the [G]world to change.
[D]