Wasting Away chords by Ashley Hanson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

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

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


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

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


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


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


Instrumental:
C   F   C   F
G   F   C   G
G   F   C   G   C


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

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


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


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