Waiting On A Sign tab by Ben Harper

Waiting on a Sign
Ben Harper
(Give Till It's Gone - 2011)

Standard tuning EADGBe

RIFFS:

Main riff (2 versions) for verse

e|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------7----------------|--------------------9-9-7-9-|
A|------7-9---9-7------------|-------7-9-7----------------|
E|-7-10----------------------|--7-10-------10-7-----------|

e|---------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------7----------------|----------------------------|
A|------7-9---9-7--------7-7-|-------7-9-7----------7-9-9-|
E|-7-10-------------7-10-----|--7-10-------10-7---9-------|

Prechorus
         A             G
e|----------------5--------|-----------------3----------|
B|----------------5--------|-----------------3----------|
G|----------------6--------|-----------------4----------|
D|----------7-----7--------|-----------------5----------|
A|------7-9---10--7--------|-------7-9-7-----5----------|
E|-7-10-----------5--------|--7-10-------10--3----------|

Chorus

B B D \C# \ B B D \ E  B B D \C# \ B B A\B
e|------------|------------|------------|----------|
B|------------|------------|------------|----------|
G|------------|------------|------------|----------|
D|-9-9--12-11-|-9-9--12-14-|-9-9--12-11-|-9-9--7-9-|
A|-9-9--12-11-|-9-9--12-14-|-9-9--12-11-|-9-9--7-9-| x times
E|-7-7--10-9--|-7-7--10-12-|-7-7--10-9--|-7-7--5-7-|



CHORDS + LYRICS:

Intro:

Main riff 2 times

Verse 1:

Em           Am
I didn't come here trying to find forgiveness
        Em         Am
I didn't come here looking for a fix
        Em        Am
I didn't come here in hopes of seeing
        Em       Am
How the un-forsaken get their kicks

Pre-chorus:

A               G
It's like a cry for help nobody hears
 A              G
Close as you can get but I'm still nowhere near

Chorus:

B  (D-C#) B  (D-E)    B (D-C#)
Now I'm just down here waiting on a sign
  B    (A-B)  B (D-C#)
I'm running out of time
   B  (D-E)   B  (D-C#)
I'm here waiting on a sign, look

Verse 2:

Mother's only happy as her saddest child
To learn to live without can take a while
And it's a long way back to anywhere
And it's not too late, oh but it's getting there

Pre-chorus:

It like a cry for help that nobody hears
Close as you can get but I'm still nowhere near

Chorus:

I'm just here waiting on your sign
I'm running out of time
I'm waiting, waiting on a sign

[Solo on instrumental verse / prechorus / chorus]

Verse 3:

So you blow a veil of smoke
To protect yourself from the joke
Look around this room
And say, "Man, I don't belong here"

So many sides to the truth
But only one side to a fact
What will we do
With what we can't take back?

Pre-chorus:

Like a cry, like a cry for help that nobody hears
Close as you can get but I'm still nowhere near

Chorus:

I'm just down here waiting on a sign
I'm running, I'm running out of time
I'm waiting on a sign
Oh, I'm waiting on a sign

I'm just, got me here waiting on a sign
I'm just waiting on a sign
I'm just waiting on a sign
Just waiting on a sign