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Wasted Time

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Tabbed by Kwint and Troy.
Artist : Vance Joy
Song   : Wasted Time
                              2014
Album  : Dream Your Life Away 
CAPO II
NOTE: C/G is what he plays live, but on the album version a C/E sounds more correct.
Chord diagrams:
G     320003
D/F#  200232
Em    022000
C/G332010    C/E032010
       or       
[Verse]
G
Why...
               D/F#
Why did you go wasting your time on me
G         D/F#      C/G
You're so beautiful now
        G              D/F#      C/G
There's so much that's left for you now
    G
O, yeah, babe
G
And why...
               D/F#
Why did you go flashing those eyes at me
    G              D/F#      C/G
You know that I am eager to please
     G           D/F#        C/G
I've always been eager to please
    G
O, yeah, babe
[Pre-Chorus]
     Em                    G
Well I, I've got a lot to say
          Em    D/F#                C/G   G
And I am scared, that you're gonna slip away
    Em                               G
And you, you've got this wide-eyed gaze
       Em   D/F#             C/G          G
And a smile, that you carry through your days
[Chorus]
    Em      D/F#
O, Why-y-y,
    C/G    G
O, Why-y-y-y
         Em         D/F#
It's the easiest way, 
    C/G           G
To know you're a liar
        Em               D/F#
And the beauty you heard
          C/G               G
I see you talking with her hands
        Em                     D/F#
Well I don't think she knows
          C/G            G
How she changed all my plans
[Verse]
G
And why
                D/F#
Why did you go wasting your youth on me
G         D/F#      C/G
You're so beautiful now
        G              D/F#         C/G
There's so much that's left for you now
     G
Oh, yeah, babe
G
And why
               D/F#
We look at the faces on your bedroom wall.
      G        D/F#       C/G
Well, nobody's perfect at all.
G            D/F#            C/G
Sometimes it makes you feel small.
     G
Oh, yeah, babe
[Pre-Chorus]
     Em                    G
Well I, I've got a lot to say
          Em    D/F#                C/G   G
And I am scared, that you're gonna slip away
    Em                               G
And you, you've got this wide-eyed gaze
       Em   D/F#             C/G          G
And a smile, that you carry through your days
[Chorus]
    Em      D/F#
O, Why-y-y,
    C/G    G
O, Why-y-y-y
         Em         D/F#
It's the easiest way, 
    C/G           G
To know you're a liar
        Em               D/F#
And the beauty you heard
          C/G               G
I see you talking with her hands
        Em                     D/F#
Well I don't think she knows
          C/G            G
How she changed all my plans
[Bridge]
    Em                          D/F#
The things that I thought would last
              C/G             G
Well, they're fading, they're fading
    Em                  D/F#
The feelings, I used to have
              C/G               G
Well, they're changing, they're changing
    Em                          D/F#
The things that I thought would last
              C/G             G
Well, they're fading, they're fading
    Em                  D/F#
The feelings, I used to have
              C/G               G
Well, they're changing, they're changing, they're changing now.
              Em                D/F#
              C/G               G
Well, they're changing, they're changing, they're changing now.

Wasted Time chords and lyrics

Free chords for Wasted Time by Vance Joy. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Tabbed by Kwint and Troy.
Artist : Vance Joy
Song   : Wasted Time
Album  : Dream Your Life Away [2014]
CAPO II
NOTE: C/G is what he plays live, but on the album version a C/E sounds more correct.
Chord diagrams:
G     [320003]
D/F#  [200232]
Em    [022000]
C/G   [332010]    or    C/E   [032010]
[Verse]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
              Em                D/F#

Wasted Time Chords by Vance Joy

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