Otis Redding chords by Everclear

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

G




🎸 Verse :

G          B7   C
Do you remember when we were hungry?
     D      Ebdim  G
Do you remember when we were cold?
           B7   A
Do you remember when we were happy?
    C         G
Do you remember? Do you remember?
           B7   C
Do you remember when we were lucky?
          D      Ebdim G
We were livin' the life almost every night
         B7  A
I would wrap you in my thin white arms
C               G B7 C D Ebdim
Sit and watch the stars glide

🎸 Verse 2:

G             B7     C
Yeah, do you remember when we were the losers?
     D      Ebdim    G
Do you remember when we were the lame?
           B7     A
Do you remember when we were the lepers?
     C        G
Do you remember? Do you remember?
           B7   C
Do you remember when we were strung out?
      D     Ebdim  G
Eatin' top ramen, macaroni and cheese
        B7      A
We would get so lost in that basement room
    C            A
Let the Otis Redding sing us to sleep
       C
I wish I had one more life


🎸 Chorus:

G      D  A   C
I don’t wanna be wasted
G      D    A         C
I don’t wanna live inside this daydream anymore
G      D A   C
I just wanna be happy again
G    Eb    Bb       F
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don't wanna be blind
G      D  A   C
I don’t wanna be wasted
G      D    A         C
I don’t wanna live inside this daydream anymore
G      D A   C
I just wanna be happy again
G    Eb    Bb       F
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don’t wanna be
G    Eb    Bb       F
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don’t wanna be
G    Eb    Bb       F    G   Eb Bb F G
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don’t wanna be blind


🎸 Verse 3:

G           B7   C
I wish I could be like all my heroes
        D    Ebdim   G
I wish I could be like all yours too
             B7  A
I wish I could sing like Otis Redding
        C
I wish I could play this guitar in tune

G          B7   C
Do you remember when we were hungry?
     D      Ebdim  G
Do you remember when we were cold?
           B7   C
Do you remember when we were happy in a way
  D         Ebdim
No one outside could ever know?
A      C
I wish I had one more life
A        C
How I wish I had one more life to live


🎸 Chorus 2:

G      D  A   C
I don’t wanna be wasted
G      D    A         C
I don’t wanna live inside this daydream anymore
G      D A   C
I just wanna be happy again
G    Eb    Bb       D
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don't wanna be blind
G      D  A   C
I don’t wanna be wasted
G      D    A         C
I don’t wanna live inside this daydream anymore
G      D A   C
I just wanna be happy again
G    Eb    Bb       F
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don’t wanna be
G    Eb    Bb       F
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don’t wanna be
G    Eb    Bb       F    G   Eb Bb
I don’t wanna be wasted
I don’t wanna be blind
Bb     F     G  Eb
No
I don’t want to be blind
Bb     F     G  Eb Bb F G Eb Bb F G
No
I don’t want to be blind