Wasting Away chords by Ashley Hanson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
   C majorC
Turn left at the stoplight
   FF
The only one in the county
    C majorC
In the bar room on the right
 FF
That's where you'll find me

 C majorC
Tellin tales of yesteryear
   FF
And how I could be great
    C majorC
How I could have taken Lily to prom
  FF
Or taken first at state

Pre-Chorus:
   G+G
But instead here I sit
  FF
At two in the afternoon
    C majorC
On my third whiskey coke
     G+G
And my fourth Hank WIlliams tune

Chorus:
     FF
I wonder how it came to be like this
    G+G
Was it written in the stars
    FF
That some men make it out of here
    G+G
While others end up in bars
     FF
Men like me
     G+G
Wasting away
     C majorC
Wasting away


Verse 2:
   C majorC
Turn left at the dirt road
   FF
Past mile marker ten
    C majorC
In the rundown shack on the right
    FF
Is my private bachelor den

       C majorC
And there's smoke rings on the ceiling
 FF
Beer cans on the floor
    C majorC
And a trophy case that's been untouched
    FF
Since nineteen sixty four

Pre-Chorus:
   G+G
And now here I sit
  FF
At two o clock in the morn
    C majorC
On my third whiskey coke
     G+G
And my fourth reel of porn


Chorus:
     FF
I wonder how it came to be like this
    G+G
Was it meant to be my fate
   FF
That some men make it out of here
    G+G
While others have lives they hate
     FF
Men like me
     G+G
Wasting away
     C majorC
Wasting away


Instrumental:
C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF
G+G  FF  C majorC  G+G
G MajorG  FF  C majorC  G+G  C majorC


Verse 3:
   C majorC
Turn left at the churchyard
   FF
The one just out of sight
   C majorC
Walk down the gravel path
     FF
To the third grave on the right

       C majorC
There's no flowers at my tombstone
   FF
No generic epitaph
   C majorC
Like rest in peace or here he lies
  FF
Or he got the last laugh


Pre-Chorus:
   G+G
And no one comes to visit me
  FF
At two in the afternoon
  C majorC
To pour a whiskey coke or hum a
 G+G
Hank Williams tune


Chorus:
     FF
I wonder how it came to be like this
     G+G
Was it printed on my bones
   FF
That some men make it out of here
    G+G
While others die alone
     FF
Men like me
     G+G
Wasting away
     C majorC
Wasting away