Waiting On An Angel | Chords + Lyrics (tune down 1 tone)
Intro
| 3/4 C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 |
| C | C/B | Am7 | G5 (hold) |
Verse 1
||: C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 :||
Waiting on an angel.
One to carry me home.
Hope you come to see me soon.
| F | G | Am | Am7/E | F | G |
‘Cause I don’t wanna go alone, I don’t wanna go alone.
Instrumental 1
||: C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 :||
Verse 2
||: C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 :||
Now, angel, won’t you come by me?
Angel, hear my plea.
Take my hand, lift me up.
| F | G | Am | Am7/E | F | G | C | C/E |
So that I can fly with thee, so that I can fly with thee.
Bridge 1
| F | G | Am | Am/E |
And I’m waiting on an angel.
| F | G | C | C/E |
And I know it won’t be long.
| F | G | Am | Am/E |
To find myself a resting place.
| F | G | C | C/E | F | G |
In my angel’s arms, in my angel’s arms.
Instrumental 2
||: C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 :||
Verse 3
||: C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 :||
So speak kind to a stranger.
‘Cause you’ll never know.
It just might be an angel.
| F | G | Am | Am7/E | F | G | C | C/E |
Come, oh, knocking at your door, come knocking at your door.
Bridge 2
| F | G | Am | Am/E |
And I’m waiting on an angel.
| F | G | C | C/E |
And I know it won’t be long.
| F | G | Am | Am/E |
To find myself a resting place.
| F | G | C | C/E | F | G |
In my angel’s arms, oh, in my angel’s arms, oh, arms
Instrumental 3
||: C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 :||
Verse 4
||: C | C/B | Am7 | G Gsus4 :||
Waiting on an angel.
One to carry me home.
Hope you come and see me soon.
| F | G | C | C/E |
‘Cause I don’t wanna go alone.
| F | G | C | C/E |
I don’t wanna go alone, don’t wanna go.
| F | G | C |
I don’t wanna go alone.
Waiting On An Angel’s chords, progressions, and TAB
Played in 3/4, Ben Harper‘s Waiting On An Angel uses common open-position chords, although if you try to play along, you’ll soon realize that he’s tuned down all strings a tone, making a C chord sound like a Bb.
To get on the same frequency as Ben, use my chromatic tuner. Once sorted, you can play along using the chords and lyrics above.
Members get TAB so they can play it exactly like Ben does, or teach someone else how to do it, this really is a perfect beginner song.
Here’s a link to the complete lesson (members only): Waiting On An Angel chord analysis and TAB.
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