What A Waste Of Time To Be Unhappy chords by Donovan

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:
  D MajorD        A augmentedA  D MajorD
What a waste of time to be unhappy
    D MajorD    A augmentedA       D MajorD
What a terrible unpredictable bore
  G+G      A augmentedA
It really isn't fair
  D MajorD      B minorBm
You've had more of your share
  G+G    D MajorD     A augmentedA
of trouble, worry, and care


Chorus:
(on A augmentedA string 0-2-4)
      D MajorD   G+G A augmentedA
It’s just a state of mind
    D MajorD  G+G A augmentedA
it will pass in time
  D MajorD    G+G    A augmentedA
the sadness in your eye
   D MajorD     G+G    A augmentedA
will teach you bye and bye
  D MajorD  D/C#  B minorBm
so lift up your eye
  G+G     A augmentedA      Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
and lose your blue in the sky

Verse 2:
    D MajorD        A augmentedA  D MajorD
what a waste of time to be unhappy
    D MajorD         A augmentedA    D MajorD
what a precious waste of time and space
  G+G          A augmentedA
you might just take your life
    D MajorD       B minorBm
but you haven’t got a knife
  G+G          D MajorD         A augmentedA
and besides no one would miss you from this light


Chorus:
(on A augmentedA string 0-2-4)
       D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA
Life has her ups and downs
    D MajorD  G+G     A augmentedA
she has her smiles and frowns
      D MajorD  G+G      A augmentedA
you should feel lucky to be you
       D MajorD     D/C#     B minorBm
and when you think your blessings are few
        G+G    A augmentedA       Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
there’s always someone worse off than you