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