Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

[This is the exact pattern for the first four measures; it varies some

through the song. Sometimes there's a quick hammer-on from 0 to 2 on

the B string right before a low E at the beginning of Em measures.]

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Through the wind and the rain I hear my mother's cry

She says, I know my baby's out there, I just couldn't bear to ask her why

From my womb into the world, lord, I wish the child would call

You know I'm needing some company, she makes my life so full

Take my advice, go ahead and live your own life

[tacet]

Everybody's waiting for someone to come home

Like the pharaoh waits for the sand

This world is burning with the tension of human hands

Waiting to be cleansed, waiting for their ace of spades

They say, I sure hope he's coming 'cause I feel like I've just been saved

Take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive

And everybody's waiting for someone to come home

Guitar solo

C (9 fr.) ]

Come to me and cleanse my soul (I'm free, I'm free)

Only with you am I whole (Can't you see that I am me)

I'll be waiting by the window (I'll be heading for the door)

I was driving down Highway 85, yeah

Had to pull off the road just to hear my radio coming in clearer

Lord, this life's so full [???], I said, why do we ask for more?

Why we waitin' for the man to come, we forgot what he's comin' for

Won't you take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive

And everybody's waiting for someone to come home

[etc...]

(I'll be waiting by the window)

And everybody's waiting for someone to come home

(I'll be waiting by the window)

Everybody's waiting for someone to come home

Come home

TAB:

/ and \ are slides up and down.

T=10; E=11; W=12; F=14.

E~~~~ means bend up a half step (from F# to G), then back down to F#.

The notes in parentheses (7,8,9) are softer.

"45" and "EW" are quick hammer-ons; "EWE" is a quick hammer-on followed

by a quick pull-off.

LEAD GUITAR INTRO:

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Guitar solo

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