------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT YOU WAITING FOR - Gwen Stefani ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: standard but if you listen to the song it will make sense. My band plays this song and it sounds really good this way. Add some chorus or slight flange and you're good to go. INTRO & 1ST VERSE: (Try and palm mute the open D notes in the "tick-tock" part so as not to drown out the high D and F notes.) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-12-0-8-0--12-0-8-0--12-0-8-0--12-0-8-0----8--8--8--8----3--3--3-----| A|-------------------------------------------8--8--8--8----3--3--3-----| E|-------------------------------------------6--6--6--6----1--1--1-----| CHORUS: e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------3--------------------------| G|----5---5-3--5-3--5-3--5-3----3--2---5-3--5-3--5-3--5-3-----| D|-8--5---5-3--5-3--5-3--5-3----3--0---5-3--5-3--5-3--5-3-----| A|-8--3-------------------------1-----------------------------| E|-6----------------------------------------------------------| 2ND VERSE: e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------8-h-12---------------8-h-12-----------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|--12-0-8-0--12-0-8-0--------8-0--12-0-8-0--------0-8-0--12-0-8-0-| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-8-h-12---------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|--------8-0--12-0-8-0---8--8--8--8----3--3--3-------| A|------------------------8--8--8--8----3--3--3-------| E|------------------------6--6--6--6----1--1--1-------| BRIDGE: (If you're going for accuracy then just play the first part of this over and over. I just like how moving the notes up the G scale sounds with the bass line. You can also just play the root notes and it sounds good too. Use a heavy palm mute when you start and then lighten it up each time you move up the scale.) e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14/15-15-| D|-5-5-5-5/7-7-7-7/8-8-8-8/10-10-10-10----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/13-13-| E|-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5/6-6-6-6/-8--8--8--8-(x2)-----------------------------------| e|-------------------------15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17/18-18-18-18/20-20-20-20------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-15-15/17-17-17-17-------12-12-12-12/14-14-14-14/15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17-(x2)-| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-13-13/15-15-15-15-(x2)-------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| OUTRO: e|----------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------8-h-12---------------8-h-12----| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|--12-0-8-0--12-0-8-0--------8-0--12-0-8-0-----------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================