Everyone's Waiting chords

by Missy Higgins

Everyone's Waiting was written by Missy Higgins & Dan Wilson.
The song was released as a single on June 19, 2012 from the album The Ol' Razzle Dazzle.
Music: Key of F# Major in 6/8 time at 160 bpm (♩)... charts below
Easier in F Major with less barre chords
Chords in F Major: F, B♭, B♭/F, B♭sus2, C, Csus2, C7, Gm, Dm, Dsus2

Chart Legend

Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note

ASCII Chord Charts: number = fret, x = don't play, 0 = play open string, (B) Barre Chord

Chord	Guitar	Piano	Chord	Guitar	Piano
F	133211 (B)	F-A-C	C	x32010	C-E-G
Bb	x13331 (B)	Bb-D-F	Csus2	x30033	C-D-G
Bb/F	113331 (B)	F-Bb-D	C7	x32310	C-E-G-Bb
Bbsus2	x13311 (B)	Bb-C-F	Dm	xx0231	D-F-A
Gm	355333 (B)	G-Bb-D	Dsus2	xx0230	D-E-A

Everyone's Waiting

Capo on 1st fret if playing with the video
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key

             F        Bb/F    F                 Bb      F
Intro: 6/8 | Oo-oo-oo Oo-oo | Oo... |  Oo-oo-oo Oo-oo   Oo... |
             Dm       Bb      F          C       C7     C    
           | Oo-oo-oo Oo-oo | Oo-oo-oo | Oo   -      |      |

     F            Bb       F
1. I know all the lines to say
       F           Bb         F
   The part I'm ex-pec-ted to play 
       Dm         Bb       F              C      C7     C 
   But in the ref-lec-tion I am worlds a-|way -      |     |

      F        Bb       F
2. As I put my cos-tume on
   F           Bb     F
   Eye-la-shes one by one
   Dm          Bb      F                    C      C7 
   Been do-ing this so long I can tie the | knot -     |
  C           Bb
   Be-hind my back

                        F           Bb   
Chorus: And ev'ry-one's wait-ing |      |
      Gm                  C                       F        Bb
        But it's get-ting hard-er to hear what my heart is say-ing
      Gm                 C
       'Cos ev'-ry-one's wait-ing...

         F     Bb     F      F     Bb     F     C    C7      C
Instr: |    -      |      |     -      |      |    -     |       |

        F            Bb           F
2. Just swal-low and breathe, she says
              F              Bb            F
   Re-mem-ber this ain't for you it's for them
       Dm           Bb       F                        C       C7 
   And all of those pain-ful les-sons you've had to | learn -     |
  C                    Bb      C           C     C7
   You got-ta use them now or  ne-ver... |    -      |

       C                 F           Bb 
Chorus: 'Cos ev'ry-one's wait-ing |      |
      Gm                 C                       F           Bb
        But it's getting hard-er to hear what my heart keeps say-ing
        Gm                      C
        Turn it off    I wan-na turn it all off

          Dm    Dsus2     C    Csus2    Bb    Bbsus2   Gm     Am    Bb     C
Instr: |      |        |     |        |     |        |     -      |     -     |

          F        Bb/F    F                  Bb      F      C     C7      C
Bridge: | Oo-oo-oo Oo-oo | Oo...   | Oo-oo-oo Oo-oo | Oo...|    -      |       |

                         F           Bb
Chorus: When ev'ry-one's wait-ing |      |
      Gm            C                       F           Bb
        It makes it hard-er to hear what my heart keeps say-ing
        Gm                      C
        Turn it off    I wan-na turn it all off

      F                  Bb
Chorus: But ev'-ry-one's wait-ing 
      Gm            C                         F          Bb
        I hear that an-swers ap-pear when you just stand still
            Gm                        C
        But make it all    How do you make it all stop
      Bb
        When ev'-ry-one's wait-ing
      C                            Dm      Dsus2      Bb 
        Ev'-ry-one's wait-ing...|       |         |        |

Please Note: Bb/F - xx3331 - Notes: F-Bb-D-F (Bb leading with an F bass note).

Help on reading the song charts

Notes:

Level Of Ease: Moderate in F Major- you will need to know some barre chords. (B♭, Gm and maybe F depending on your preference).
Song Key: F major (1 flat- Bb )
6/8 Time: 6 eighth-note beats per bar, therefore the count is | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |, etc.
Tempo: approx. 160 bpm with various fluctuations throughout the song.
This song uses sus2 chords which work very well. A suspended 2nd chord is simply a chord which playes a major 2nd instead of a major 3rd, therefore the chord formula is 1 - 2 - 5... the tonic followed by a major 2nd followed by a perfect 5th, e.g., Dsus2 is made up of the notes, D E A while, Csus2 is made up of C - D - G, and Bbsus2 is made up of B♭ - C - F.
Wherever you see a hyphen between 2 chords in a bar means the timing count in that bar is halved for each chord, e.g., | F - B♭ | means 3 beats on F and 3 beats on Bb. Remember the timing is 6 beats per bar.
Visit the guitar chords page for help with any chords.
I have used a live version, as the official video has too many distractions like waves crashing and quite a long gap without music towards the end. It may become annoying if you are playing along with the song.
Great song - talented artist... official video
Official Website: missyhiggins.com
Wikipedia: Missy Higgins