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[Intro]
 D   A   Em   Ax2
[Verse 1]
DYeah, and AI'm just a waste of heEmr enerAgy
DAnd Ashe's just wasting Emmy time, MAmhmmm
DSo wAhy don't we get toEmgetherA  
And we could Dwaste everAything toniEmghtA  
And we could Dwaste and we could Awaste it Emall tonAight
Yeah, and we could Dwaste and we could Awaste it all EmtoniAght
[Interlude]
 D   A   Em   Ax2
[Verse 2]
DAnd I Adon't pretend to Emknow what Ayou know
No, no
DNow plAease don't pretend to Emknow what's on my Amind
DIf we Aalready knew everEmything that everAybody knows
DWe would Ahave nothing to Emlearn toAnight
And we would Dhave nothing to Ashow EmtonightA  
[Chorus]
Oh, but evGerybody thinks
GThat everybody knows
About everAybody else
ANobody knows
GAnything about themselves
ABecause they're all worried about everybody else
DYeAah
EmOhA  
[Verse 3]
DLove'As just a waste of ouEmr eneArgy
DAnd this lAife's just waste of Emour timeA  
DSo wAhy don't we get toEmgetherA  
And we could Dwaste everAything toniEmghtA  
And we could Dwaste and we could Awaste it Emall tonAightD  
Yeah, and we could Dwaste and we could Awaste it all EmtoniAght
[Chorus]
Oh, but evGerybody thinks
GThat everybody knows
About everAybody else
ANobody knows
GAnything about themselves
ABecause they're all worried about everybody else
DYeAah
Em A
[Outro]
And we could DwasteA  Em  A  D  

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Wasting Time

by Jack Johnson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Intro]

D A Em A

[Verse 1]

D A Em A

Yeah, and I'm just a waste of her energy

D A Em A

And she's just wasting my time, Mmhmmm

D A Em A

So why don't we get together

D A Em A

And we could waste everything tonight

D A Em A

And we could waste and we could waste it all tonight

D A Em A

Yeah, and we could waste and we could waste it all tonight

[Interlude]

D A Em A

[Verse 2]

D A Em A

And I don't pretend to know what you know

No, no

D A Em A

Now please don't pretend to know what's on my mind

D A Em A

If we already knew everything that everybody knows

D A Em A

We would have nothing to learn tonight

D A Em A

And we would have nothing to show tonight

[Chorus]

Oh, but everybody thinks

That everybody knows

About everybody else

Nobody knows

Anything about themselves

Because they're all worried about everybody else

D A

Yeah

Em A

[Verse 3]

D A Em A

Love's just a waste of our energy

D A Em A

And this life's just waste of our time

D A Em A

So why don't we get together

D A Em A

And we could waste everything tonight

D A Em A D

And we could waste and we could waste it all tonight

D A Em A

Yeah, and we could waste and we could waste it all tonight

[Chorus]

Oh, but everybody thinks

That everybody knows

About everybody else

Nobody knows

Anything about themselves

Because they're all worried about everybody else

D A

Yeah

Em A

[Outro]

D A Em A D

And we could waste

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