G  C         G          C    
Why haven't you called me?
      G              D
Did you forget me?
      G     C
I need to know
G     C       G       C
When were you intending
             G        D
to break the silence
       G        B
let me know
CHORUS:
   C             D             G        B
  Nine is the loneliest of numbers
   C            D           G             
  Now, it's the loneliest of times
    B            C          D         G         E       C
  oh yeah, you're 19 days late, but still, I still wait on
            G       C           G      C         G       C
  Waiting and waiting, waiting and waiting, waiting and waiting
   D           G
  Waiting on you


(G  C  G  C  G  D)
Who have you been seeing?
That made you forget me
I bet you call him
Where, oh where does he come from?  
But when he just goes by
I bet he's just a friend


*Play Chorus*
  note: 2nd time after chorus do not play riff, follow into the next part:


C        G          C         G         C            G       D           G
waiting and waiting waiting and waiting, You got me waiting, waiting on you



*Play riff during this entire part into the end*
  (Faster Part)


G     C               G              C    
I asked you if you'd ever turn around
G      C           G                   C
I asked you, guess I'm never comin' home
G      C             G             C
I asked you if you'd ever turn around
G      C             G                C
I asked you, guess I'm never comin' home



The Main Riff:
  (B=Bend)


E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----13b-----13---11--10--10--11--10-----------|
D|-11----------------------------------11---12b-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
  note: Rivers usually hums the sound of the riff during the song.