The Indigo Girls are Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met on the playground in grammar school in Decatur, Georgia, USA, and have been playing together since high school.
Their first release in 1985 was a seven-inch single named "Crazy Game", with the B-side "Everybody's Waiting (for Someone to Come Home)". That same year, the Indigo Girls released a six-track Extended play album named "Indigo Girls", and in 1987 released their first full-length album, Strange Fire, recorded at John Keane Studio in Athens, Georgia, and including "Crazy Game".
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EVERYBODY'S WAITING (FOR SOMEONE TO COME HOME) (by Amy Ray) ---------------------------------------------- [each chord is about half a measure; D11=554030]
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.]
EmC(9)D11EmC(9) D11 E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----0-----0-----|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-| D --2---2-----2---|----0-----4-----|----2-----2---0-|----0-----4-----| A 2-------------0-|3-----5-----5---|2-----2-----2---|3-----5-----5---| E --------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
EmEmCD11EmEmCD11 Through the wind and the rain I hear my mother's cry EmEmCD11EmEmCD11 She says, I know my baby's out there, I just couldn't bear to ask her why EmEmCD11EmEmCD11 From my womb into the world, lord, I wish the child would call EmEmCD11EmEmCD11 You know I'm needing some company, she makes my life so full D11D11CCD11D11CC Take my advice, go ahead and live your own life D11D11D11 [tacet] EmEmCD11 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: EmEmC(9)D11 ]
EmEmCCD11D11D11D11Em Come to me and cleanse my soul (I'm free, I'm free) EmCCD11D11D11D11Em Only with you am I whole (Can't you see that I am me) EmCCD11D11D11D11EmEmCD11 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
EmEmCD11EmEmCD11 [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 EmEmCD11Em 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:
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| G ---0-/4-4--2--2/|7-----7/9-9/E-E-|E~~~~-9---E-E-E-|E~~~~-9(7)-75-5-| D /5--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E ------------------|----------------|----------0-----|----------------| B ----------3-------|----------------|------8----(8)--|----T----8-----| G 45-45-2-4---4-5-2-|4-0-2---0-------|----9---9----(9)|----------------| D ------------------|------4---4-52-|----------------|----------------| A ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E ----------0-----|----------------| B ------8-----8---|----T-----8-----| G ----9---9-----9-|--9-------------| D ----------------|----------------| A ----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
GUITAR SOLO:
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ---0-/4-4--2--2/|7-----7/9-9/E-E-|E~~~~-9---E-E-E-|E~~~~-9---7---5-| D /5--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G 45-4---7-5-45-4-2-|5---4---0-------|--------------0-|----------------| D ------------------|--4---2---2-4-4-|--4-2-4-2-4-5---|5/7-7--/9-------| A ------------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------| E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| B ----------8------|T-----------------|--------------T---|8---7-----------| G ----5-7/9-----9/E|----E-E-EW-W---W/F|F-W---EWE-9-E---E-|--9---9---------| D -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| A -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| E -----------------|------------------|------------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B 8---------------|T-T--/W-W-------|----------------|-/5------/8-----| G --9/E-E-----W---|----------------|------------0-2/|4---------------| D ----------------|-----------W|------0-2-4-----|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|0-2-3-----------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E ----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|----------------| B ------8-----8---|----T-----8-----|------8-----8---|----T-----8-----| G ----9---9-----9-|--9-------------|----9---9-----9-|--9-------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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