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[Intro]
Gmaj7 D Bm A
[Verse 1]
I'd waste my Gyouth on you
EmSitting around, wait for the sound
Of you Dcoming EmthroughBm7  
'Cause AI waste my Gmaj7truth on youG  
EmShowing too much
Not getting eDnough of your Dmaj7altitudeBm7  A  
[Pre-Chorus]
I could Gmaj7say how it hurts
All the Emlengths that you Dgo to mislead meBm  A  
All this Gtalk makes it worse
When I Emcan't even Dsay how you misGtreat meBm  
[Chorus]
'Cause I'd waste my Gtime on you
Fuck up my Alife for you
And you wouldn't look Bmback Afor me
GNo, not once
I'd hit Grewind for you
Play it back a thousand Atimes for you
And you wouldn't look Bmback Afor me
GBetter or worse
I'll waste my Gyouth on youEm  
And you'll Bmnever look back Gfor meEm  
And you'll never look baDck for meBm  
And you'll Anever look bacGk for me
[Verse 2]
Used to Gshow up at your door at A3, 4 in the morning
BmWhenever you'd call to Dtell me that you're horny
GLoss of sleep is a Asmall price to pay
For some Bmquick relief to numb the Dwires in my brain
Yeah, Gwe could call it even, Asay we're both the same
But Bmdarling, you're a man and DI'm too high to think
You Gtaught me how to need you, Anow you know I do
So I Bmwait up at midnight, Dwaste my youth on youG  A  Bm  D  
GWaste Amy youth Bmon youD  
[Chorus]
'Cause I'd waste my Gtime on you
Fuck up my Alife for you
And you wouldn't look Bmback Afor Gmaj7me
No, not once
I'd hit reGwind for you
Play it back a thousand Atimes for you
And you wouldn't look Bmback Afor Gmaj7me
GBetter or worse
I'll waste my Gmaj7youth on youEm  
And you'll never look back Gfor meEm  
And you'll never look Dback for meBm  
And you'll Anever look back Gfor me
[Outro]
G D#m

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Youth

by VÉRITÉ

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj7

Bm7

Dmaj7

D#m

[Intro]

Gmaj7 D Bm A

[Verse 1]

I'd waste my youth on you

Sitting around, wait for the sound

D Em Bm7

Of you coming through

A Gmaj7 G

'Cause I waste my truth on you

Showing too much

D Dmaj7 Bm7 A

Not getting enough of your altitude

[Pre-Chorus]

Gmaj7

I could say how it hurts

Em D Bm A

All the lengths that you go to mislead me

All this talk makes it worse

Em D G Bm

When I can't even say how you mistreat me

[Chorus]

'Cause I'd waste my time on you

Fuck up my life for you

Bm A

And you wouldn't look back for me

No, not once

I'd hit rewind for you

Play it back a thousand times for you

Bm A

And you wouldn't look back for me

Better or worse

G Em

I'll waste my youth on you

Bm G Em

And you'll never look back for me

D Bm

And you'll never look back for me

A G

And you'll never look back for me

[Verse 2]

G A

Used to show up at your door at 3, 4 in the morning

Bm D

Whenever you'd call to tell me that you're horny

G A

Loss of sleep is a small price to pay

Bm D

For some quick relief to numb the wires in my brain

G A

Yeah, we could call it even, say we're both the same

Bm D

But darling, you're a man and I'm too high to think

G A

You taught me how to need you, now you know I do

Bm D G A Bm D

So I wait up at midnight, waste my youth on you

G A Bm D

Waste my youth on you

[Chorus]

'Cause I'd waste my time on you

Fuck up my life for you

Bm A Gmaj7

And you wouldn't look back for me

No, not once

I'd hit rewind for you

Play it back a thousand times for you

Bm A Gmaj7

And you wouldn't look back for me

Better or worse

Gmaj7 Em

I'll waste my youth on you

G Em

And you'll never look back for me

D Bm

And you'll never look back for me

A G

And you'll never look back for me

[Outro]

G D#m

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