Biography:
Gretchen Peters (born November 14, 1957 in Bronxville, New York) is an American singer-songwriter in the folk/country genre. An accomplished song-writer, she won the Country Music Association Song Of The Year award in 1994 for "Independence Day", a hit at the time for Martina McBride. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.
Though born in New York, Peter's was raised in Boulder, Colorado, and then moved to Nashville in the late 1980s.
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- Drowning In You
- Everything Falls Away
- Five Minutes
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- Hello Cruel World
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- I Dont Know
- I Was Looking For You
- I Wonder As I Wander
- Idlewild
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- In The Bleak Midwinter
- Independence Day
- Jubilee
- Lilies Of The Field
- Love And Texaco
- Love That Makes A Cup Of Tea
- Northern Lights
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- Paradise Found
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- The Aviators Song
- The House On Auburn Street
- The Matador
- The Way You Move Me
- This Town
- This Used To Be My Town
- To Say Goodbye
- Tomorrow Morning
- Truckstop Angel
- Waitin On Mary
- Waiting For Amelia
- Waiting For The Light
- Waiting For The Light To Turn Green
- When All You Got Is A Hammer
- When You Are Old
- When You Comin Home
- Wild Horses
- Woman On The Wheel
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Song: Waiting for the light to turn green
Artist: Gretchen Peters
Composers: Gretchen Peters & Suzy Bogguss
Album: The secret of life
Tabbed by DJ
7th Aug 2015
Here's a link to Gretchen playing this live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRj77qOCPSc
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of A)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
G = 320003 Gsus2 = 3x0233 Dsus4 = 200233
G9 = 320203 Cadd9 = x32033 G/B = x20033
C/G = 3x2013 Csus2 = x30033 Gsus4 = 320013
G6 = 3x2003 C = x32013 Cmaj7 = x32003
G5 = 3x0033 D = 200232 Cmaj7sus6 = x32203
The chords above are the ones Gretchen uses live. You could play the G5
as a power chord as on the record (355xxx), but the way Gretchen plays
the G5 makes it a much smoother transition to the C chords. She also
breaks the G5 riff up by playing an occasional open bottom E,
and sometimes hammering on an E on the 4th string, (as in the intro)
which in both cases makes it a passing G6. The Gsus2 is something
Gretchen plays live on her acoustic, but is only subtly suggested on
the record, as the G5 power chord on electric guitar dominates the mix.
Gretchen doesn't play the Dsus4's in the live video, but these are heard
in the studio recording and add more interest.
***********************************************************************
[Intro]
G G9 C/G G G6
e |------3---3------|---3----3----------| [x2]
B |------0---0------|---1----0----------|
G |------0---2------|---0----0----------|
D |------0---0------|---2----0----0-h2--|
A |-----------------|-------------------|
E |--3--------------|-------------------|
[Verse 1]
G5
It's raining in my coffee cup,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Coming down since I got up to - day,
G5
Cold and grey,
G5
Looking in my rear view mirror, I could be anywhere,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
But here I am,
G5 Gsus2 G5 Gsus2 G5
Traffic jam!
[Verse 2]
D Dsus4 D
All these people without names,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
Every day we face the same rou - tine,
C G G9 C/G G
Waiting for the light to turn ...green----!
[Verse 3]
G5
The lady in the blue Sedan,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Combs her hair and steals a glance at me,
G5 Gsus2 G5 Gsus2
Who is she?
G5
Does anybody hold her tight,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Or does she spend her days and nights at home,
G5 Gsus2 G5 Gsus2 G5
All a - lone?
[Verse 4]
D Dsus4 D
And over in the passing zone,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
All wrapped up in - side their own day - dreams,
C G G9 Gsus4 G
They're waiting for the light to turn ...green,
D Dsus4 D
Do they wonder who I am?
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
Do they know I'm not some damn ma - chine?
C G5
Waiting for the light to turn ...green!
[Break]
G G9 Gsus4 G
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1----0-------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--------------------|------------------|
E |--3-----------------|----------3-------|
G G9 Gsus4 G
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1----0-------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--------------------|------------------|
E |--3-----------------|----------3-------|
Cmaj7 Cmaj7add6 C Cmaj7
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1-----0------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--3-----------------|-----------3------|
E |--------------------|------------------|
G G9 Gsus4 G
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1----0-------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--------------------|------------------|
E |--3-----------------|----------3-------|
[Verse 5]
G5
What about the love I long for?
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
What about the child I want some - day?
G Gsus2 G Gsus2
Where are they?
G5
What about my heart's desire?
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
What about these four bald tyres I'm on?
G5 Gsus2 G Gsus2 G5
How long?
[Verse 6]
D Dsus4 D
I've been going nowhere fast,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
Running out of time and gas - o - line,
C G G9 Gsus4 G
Waiting for the light to turn ...green----!
D Dsus4 D
And I'll be damned if I'll grow old...,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
...Waiting for these wheels to roll, not me,
C G G9 C/G G
Waiting for the light---- ...to turn ...green----!
[Coda]
G5
It's raining in my coffee cup,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Coming down since I got up to - day!
G G9 C/G G
e |------3---3------|---3----3------||
B |------0---0------|---1----0------||
G |------0---2------|---0----0------||
D |------0---0------|---2----0------||
A |-----------------|--------2------||
E |--3--------------|--------3------||
Artist: Gretchen Peters
Composers: Gretchen Peters & Suzy Bogguss
Album: The secret of life
Tabbed by DJ
7th Aug 2015
Here's a link to Gretchen playing this live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRj77qOCPSc
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of A)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
G = 320003 Gsus2 = 3x0233 Dsus4 = 200233
G9 = 320203 Cadd9 = x32033 G/B = x20033
C/G = 3x2013 Csus2 = x30033 Gsus4 = 320013
G6 = 3x2003 C = x32013 Cmaj7 = x32003
G5 = 3x0033 D = 200232 Cmaj7sus6 = x32203
The chords above are the ones Gretchen uses live. You could play the G5
as a power chord as on the record (355xxx), but the way Gretchen plays
the G5 makes it a much smoother transition to the C chords. She also
breaks the G5 riff up by playing an occasional open bottom E,
and sometimes hammering on an E on the 4th string, (as in the intro)
which in both cases makes it a passing G6. The Gsus2 is something
Gretchen plays live on her acoustic, but is only subtly suggested on
the record, as the G5 power chord on electric guitar dominates the mix.
Gretchen doesn't play the Dsus4's in the live video, but these are heard
in the studio recording and add more interest.
***********************************************************************
[Intro]
G G9 C/G G G6
e |------3---3------|---3----3----------| [x2]
B |------0---0------|---1----0----------|
G |------0---2------|---0----0----------|
D |------0---0------|---2----0----0-h2--|
A |-----------------|-------------------|
E |--3--------------|-------------------|
[Verse 1]
G5
It's raining in my coffee cup,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Coming down since I got up to - day,
G5
Cold and grey,
G5
Looking in my rear view mirror, I could be anywhere,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
But here I am,
G5 Gsus2 G5 Gsus2 G5
Traffic jam!
[Verse 2]
D Dsus4 D
All these people without names,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
Every day we face the same rou - tine,
C G G9 C/G G
Waiting for the light to turn ...green----!
[Verse 3]
G5
The lady in the blue Sedan,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Combs her hair and steals a glance at me,
G5 Gsus2 G5 Gsus2
Who is she?
G5
Does anybody hold her tight,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Or does she spend her days and nights at home,
G5 Gsus2 G5 Gsus2 G5
All a - lone?
[Verse 4]
D Dsus4 D
And over in the passing zone,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
All wrapped up in - side their own day - dreams,
C G G9 Gsus4 G
They're waiting for the light to turn ...green,
D Dsus4 D
Do they wonder who I am?
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
Do they know I'm not some damn ma - chine?
C G5
Waiting for the light to turn ...green!
[Break]
G G9 Gsus4 G
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1----0-------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--------------------|------------------|
E |--3-----------------|----------3-------|
G G9 Gsus4 G
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1----0-------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--------------------|------------------|
E |--3-----------------|----------3-------|
Cmaj7 Cmaj7add6 C Cmaj7
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1-----0------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--3-----------------|-----------3------|
E |--------------------|------------------|
G G9 Gsus4 G
e |-----3----------3---|-------3----------|
B |-------0------0-----|-----1----0-------|
G |---------0--2-------|---0--------------|
D |--------------------|------------------|
A |--------------------|------------------|
E |--3-----------------|----------3-------|
[Verse 5]
G5
What about the love I long for?
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
What about the child I want some - day?
G Gsus2 G Gsus2
Where are they?
G5
What about my heart's desire?
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
What about these four bald tyres I'm on?
G5 Gsus2 G Gsus2 G5
How long?
[Verse 6]
D Dsus4 D
I've been going nowhere fast,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
Running out of time and gas - o - line,
C G G9 Gsus4 G
Waiting for the light to turn ...green----!
D Dsus4 D
And I'll be damned if I'll grow old...,
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G/B Cadd9
...Waiting for these wheels to roll, not me,
C G G9 C/G G
Waiting for the light---- ...to turn ...green----!
[Coda]
G5
It's raining in my coffee cup,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Coming down since I got up to - day!
G G9 C/G G
e |------3---3------|---3----3------||
B |------0---0------|---1----0------||
G |------0---2------|---0----0------||
D |------0---0------|---2----0------||
A |-----------------|--------2------||
E |--3--------------|--------3------||
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