Peter Gabriel - Waiting For The Big One Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


Intro
  C7          A♭7

 Cm  F  Cm7      F7 A  Cm7  F7 A
 E7    F♯   G    A♭  Am   B    C    A

 F7       C
 D7       A      G       F/A  F♯ B♭
 G/B

Verse 1
{With piano only, tempo rubato} (0:54-)

 C7  The wine's all drunk A♭7   and so am I
 C7  Here with the hoi-poloi, don't A♭7   ask me why
 Cm  We're FcelCm7e-brat-in' aF7n-ticipatinCm' eFnd oF7f the year
 E7  Everybody cF♯ome, A♭    Ameverybody here

 F7  Well more or less,
 D7  Some al-rEead-yF♯  in a Gmess  F/A       F♯          B♭
 G/B   I guess they're waiting for the big  one.

Verse 2
{Enters the band, play the intro} (1:44-)

 Wonder why I'm cold. How did I get this far?
 Had no money, had no car
 I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles
 'Cos I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals

 Like the man says,
 Sure hope Moses knows his roses
 Or we'll all be waiting for the big one.

Interlude 1
 C

 F     G     A♭    B♭    C

 Dm    E♭    F     G     A♭    B♭

Verse 3
 Once I was the credit to my credit card
 spent what I hadn't got, wasn't hard
 No trust in judgement no trust in money
 Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey, oh

 But in the meantime, ah
 I'm gonna have me some fun
 Waiting for the big one.

Verse 4
 One too many, where ego I go too
 Looking for the real thing
 It don't come from what I do
 No real communication moves out of my face
 I'm beginning to think, yeah, I'm just out of place, a-ha

 Won't get in too deep,
 I want to get some sleep
 To be ready for the big one,

 To be ready for the big one

Interlude 2
 C

 F     G     A♭    B♭
 C

 Dm    E♭    F     G     A♭    B♭

(Intro) (5:20-) {Bluesy guitar solo}

Coda
 C

{Enter female vocals, tempo rubato}
 FAh,   Gah,   A♭uh,   B♭waiting for the
 Cbig one________

 DmAh,   E♭ah,   Fah,   Gah,   A♭uh,
 B♭wainting for the Cbig one___

{Drum solo}

 DmAh,   E♭ah,   Fah,   Gah,
 A♭Uh,   B♭uh,   Cuh,______