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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: Em
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
Em C D D x4
Em C Em C x4
Verse 1:
Em C Em
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3---------------------------------3-------------|
G|---------0-------------0-------0------------0------------0-----------------| x2
D|-----4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4------4-----4---4----4---4---------------|
A|---2---2-----2-----3------------------2---2-----2----3---------------------|
E|-0----------------------------------0--------------------------------------|
Am7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------1----------------3---------------1---------------3----------------|
G|-----0-------0--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------------|
D|---2---2---2---2----4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---4----------|
A|-0----------------0---------------0---------------0------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Em C Em C
Maybe one day I'll be an honest man
Em C Em C
Up till now I'm doing the best I can
Am7 Em C
Long roads, long days of sunrise to sunset
Em C
Sunrise to sunset
Verse 2:
Em C Em C
Dream on brothers, while you can
Em C Em C
Dream on sister, I hope you find the one
Am7
All of our lives, covered up quickly
Em C Em
By the tides of time
Chorus:
Em C D G F
Spend your days full of emptiness
Em C D G D/F#
Spend your years full of loneliness
Em C D G D
Wasting love in a desperate caress
Em C D C
Rolling shadows of night
Interlude:
D C Em7 x3
D C
Verse 3:
Em C Em C
Dream on brothers, while you can
Em C Em C
Dream on sister, I hope you find the one
Am7
All of our lives, covered up quickly
Em C Em C
By the tides of time
Am7
Sands are flowing and the lines
Are in your hand
Em C
In your eyes I see the hunger and the
Em C
Desperate cry that tears the night
Chorus:
Em C D G F
Spend your days full of emptiness
Em C D G D/F#
Spend your years full of loneliness
Em C D G D
Wasting love in a desperate caress
Em C D C
Rolling shadows of night
Interlude:
D C Em7 x3
D C
Instrumental:
Em C D D x3
Em C D C5 D5
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3---------------------------------3-------------|
G|---------0-------------0-------0------------0------------0-----------------| x2
D|-----4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4------4-----4---4----4---4---------------|
A|---2---2-----2-----3------------------2---2-----2----3---------------------|
E|-0----------------------------------0--------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo:
Em C Am D Bm x4
Chorus:
Em C D G F
Spend your days full of emptiness
Em C D G D/F#
Spend your years full of loneliness
Em C D G D
Wasting love in a desperate caress
Em C G5 B5
Rolling shadows of night
Em C D G F
Spend your days full of emptiness
Em C D G D/F#
Spend your years full of loneliness
Em C D G D
Wasting love in a desperate caress
Em C D C
Rolling shadows of night
Outro:
D C Em7
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| PM Palm mute
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Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Wasting Love (Bass)
- Wasting Love (Tabs)
- Wasting Love (Intro)
- Wasting Love (ver2) (Tabs)
- Wasting Love (Ver3) (Tabs)
- Wasting Love (Chords)
- Wasting Love (Ver4) (Tabs)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025