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Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life
INTRO: A  
VERSE 1:
AI could be a soldier, go out there and fight to save this Gland
ABe a people's soldier, paramilitary gun in Ghand
AI won't be a soldier, I won't take no orders from no Gone
AStuff their fuckin' armies, killing isn't my idea of Gfun
CHORUS:
And they wanna Ewaste my Alife, they wanna Ewaste my Atime 
They wanna Ewaste my Alife and they've Gstolen Dit aAway
VERSE 2:
AI could be a hero, live and die for their important Gcause
AA united nation or an independent state with Glaws
And Arules and regulations that merely cause disturbances and Gwars
And Athat's what I have got now all thanks to the freedom seeking Ghoards
CHORUS:
And they wanna Ewaste my Alife, they wanna Ewaste my Atime 
They wanna Ewaste my Alife and they've Gstolen Dit aAway
BRIDGE:
F#I'm not gonna be Etaken in, they F#said if I don't join I Ejust can't win
I've F#heard that story many Etimes before and F#every time I've thrown it G#out the door
BREAK:    C#>  D>  D#>   E      A    E      A    E       A   G   D  A  
VERSE 3:
AStill they come up to me, with a different name and same old Gface
AI can see the connection with another time and another Gplace
No they Aain't blond haired or blue eyed but they think that they're the master Grace
They're Anothing but blind fascists, brought up to hate and given lives to Gwaste
CHORUS:
And they wanna Ewaste my Alife, they wanna Ewaste my Atime 
They wanna Ewaste my Alife and they've Gstolen Dit aAway, what they wanna do
CHORUS:
They wanna Ewaste my Alife, they wanna Ewaste my Atime 
They wanna Ewaste my Alife and they've Gstolen Dit aAway

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Wasted Life

by Stiff Little Fingers

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Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life

INTRO:

VERSE 1:

A G

I could be a soldier, go out there and fight to save this land

A G

Be a people's soldier, paramilitary gun in hand

A G

I won't be a soldier, I won't take no orders from no one

A G

Stuff their fuckin' armies, killing isn't my idea of fun

CHORUS:

E A E A

And they wanna waste my life, they wanna waste my time

E A G D A

They wanna waste my life and they've stolen it away

VERSE 2:

A G

I could be a hero, live and die for their important cause

A G

A united nation or an independent state with laws

A G

And rules and regulations that merely cause disturbances and wars

A G

And that's what I have got now all thanks to the freedom seeking hoards

CHORUS:

E A E A

And they wanna waste my life, they wanna waste my time

E A G D A

They wanna waste my life and they've stolen it away

BRIDGE:

F# E F# E

I'm not gonna be taken in, they said if I don't join I just can't win

F# E F# G#

I've heard that story many times before and every time I've thrown it out the door

C# D D# E A E A E A G D A

BREAK: > > >

VERSE 3:

A G

Still they come up to me, with a different name and same old face

A G

I can see the connection with another time and another place

A G

No they ain't blond haired or blue eyed but they think that they're the master race

A G

They're nothing but blind fascists, brought up to hate and given lives to waste

CHORUS:

E A E A

And they wanna waste my life, they wanna waste my time

E A G D A

They wanna waste my life and they've stolen it away, what they wanna do

CHORUS:

E A E A

They wanna waste my life, they wanna waste my time

E A G D A

They wanna waste my life and they've stolen it away

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