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Waiting To Know You

The Fiery Furnaces
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{section: Verse}
waiting to know you, far away
I'm waiting to know you, far away
{section: Chorus}
Synth solo over intro chords:
{section: Verse}
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Flashlight the cave, listen short-wave, yeah
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Dredge up the lake, all the trees shake, yeah
{section: Chorus}
And when I'm about to give up hope,
But nope, with my telescope,
I'm standing guard the navy yard
To see, could there one for me be?
Baby oh no, where did you go?
Synth solo over intro chords:
{section: Verse}
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Send up a balloon, says write to me soon, yeah
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Flashlight the cave, listen short-wave, yeah
{section: Chorus}
And when I'm about to give up hope,
But nope, with my telescope,
I'm standing guard the navy yard
To see, could there one for me be?
Baby oh no, where did you go?
Synth solo over intro chords:
{section: Outro}
{section: Synth solo}
best played with a slide if you attempt it at all on guitar):
{sot} repeat 3 times
For the outro guitar solo, just play the bass notes of the given chords:
over the chords. The piano does most of the work in the outro and would be
nigh-impossible to replicate on the guitar.

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Arrangement source for Waiting To Know You by The Fiery Furnaces

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
[C]    [C]    [[C]/[B]]    [C/B]    [[C]/[A]]    [C/A]    [F]    [G/D]

{section: Verse}
[C]I'm  [C]
          [C/B]     [C/B]    [[C]/[A]]    [C/A]
waiting to know you, far     away
Send[F] up a balloon, sa[G/D]ys write to me s[C]oon, [C]yeah
              [C/B]     [C/B]  [[C]/[A]]    [C/A]
I'm waiting to know you, far    away
Set[F] up at the pier, wai[G/D]t 'till you get her[C]e, ye[C]ah

{section: Chorus}
And when[F] I'm about [F]to give up hope
But[Am] nope, with [Am]my telescope
I'm[F] standing guard t[F]he navy yard
To[C] see, could the[C/B]re one for me b[C/A]e?
[F]Baby oh n[G/D]o, where did you go?

Synth solo over intro chords:
[C]    [C]    [[C]/[B]]    [C/B]    [[C]/[A]]    [C/A]    [F]    [G/D]

{section: Verse}
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Flashlight the cave, listen short-wave, yeah
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Dredge up the lake, all the trees shake, yeah

{section: Chorus}
And when I'm about to give up hope,
But nope, with my telescope,
I'm standing guard the navy yard
To see, could there one for me be?
Baby oh no, where did you go?

Synth solo over intro chords:
[C]    [C]    [[C]/[B]]    [C/B]    [[C]/[A]]    [C/A]    [F]    [G/D]

{section: Verse}
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Send up a balloon, says write to me soon, yeah
I'm waiting to know you, far away
Flashlight the cave, listen short-wave, yeah

{section: Chorus}
And when I'm about to give up hope,
But nope, with my telescope,
I'm standing guard the navy yard
To see, could there one for me be?
Baby oh no, where did you go?

Synth solo over intro chords:
[C]    [C]    [[C]/[B]]    [C/B]    [[C]/[A]]    [C/A]
[F]Baby oh no[G/D], where did you go?

{section: Outro}
[G]    [[G/f#]]    [G/E]
[G]    [[G/f#]]    [G/E]
[C]    [Am]
[G]    [[G/f#]]    [G/E]
[Dm]    [C#]    [Dm]    [C#]
[Dm]    [C#]    [Dm]    [C#]

[C]    [C/B]    [C/A]

{section: Synth solo}
best played with a slide if you attempt it at all on guitar):

{sot}    repeat 3 times
E |-3-/12----8-\3-/8-----5-\3--|--10\8--8-/12\10\8-/12\10\8-/12\10\8-/15-|-
B |---------------------------o|-----------------------------------------|-
G |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-
A |---------------------------o|-----------------------------------------|-
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-{eot}

For the outro guitar solo, just play the bass notes of the given chords:
[G] [F#] [E] [G] [F#] [E] [C] [Am]

over the chords. The piano does most of the work in the outro and would be
nigh-impossible to replicate on the guitar.

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