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Wasted Time Tab by Vance Joy

Wasted Time tab by Vance Joy

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Tuning: Standard

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|------------------------------------------|
D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  why...            why do you go  wasting your time on me

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  you're so beautiful now          there's so much that's left for you now

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|3----3--3----3-----2-------2----|2-----2-2-----2---------------------------|
G|---2-------2----2----2--2----2--|---2-2-----2-2-----2-2-----2-2------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------2-----2-2-----2-----------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
           oh yeah, babe

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|------------------------------------------|
D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and why             why do you go  flashing those eyes at me

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  you know I'm eager to please     I've always been eager to please

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|2-----------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|-----2-----2------------------------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|---2----2----2----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
            oh yeah, babe

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  but I        I've got a lot to say

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and I'm scared   that you're gonna slip             away

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and you, you've got this wide-eyed gaze

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and a smile  that you'll carry through        your days

CHORUS:
    F#m      E
O, Why-y-y,
    D      A
O, Why-y-y-y
         F#m         E
It's the easiest way,
    D             A
To know you're a liar
        F#m               E
And the beauty you heard
          D                 A
I see you talking with her hands
        F#m                     E
Well I don't think she knows
          D              A
How she changed all my plans

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|------------------------------------------|
D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  why...            why do you go  wasting your youth on me

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  you're so beautiful now          there's so much that's left for you now

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|3----3--3----3--2---------------|2-----------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|-----2-----2------------------------------|
D|---------------------2--2----2--|---2----2----2----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
           oh yeah, babe

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---0-------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|------------------------------------------|
D|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  why...            we look at the faces on your bedroom wall

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-----------0--------------------|-----------0------------------------------|
G|---2---------------2-------2----|---2---------------2-------2--------------|
D|2----2--2----2--4----4--2h4--4--|2----2--2----2--4----4--4----4------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  nobody's perfect at all          sometimes it makes you feel small

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|3----3--3----3--2---------------|2-----------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|-----2-----2------------------------------|
D|---------------------2--2----2--|---2----2----2----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
           oh yeah, babe

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
  well I        I've got a lot to say

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and I'm scared   that you're gonna slip             away

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2----|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--4----4--4----4--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and you, you've got this wide-eyed gaze

e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-------0----|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-------2--------------------|---2-------2-------2-------2--------------|
D|4----4--4----4--2----2--2----2--|2----2--2----2--2----2--2----2------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
and a smile  that you'll carry through        your days

CHORUS:
    F#m      E
O, Why-y-y,
    D      A
O, Why-y-y-y
         F#m         E
It's the easiest way,
    D             A
To know you're a liar
        F#m               E
And the beauty you heard
          D                 A
I see you talking with her hands
        F#m                     E
Well I don't think she knows
          D              A
How she changed all my plans


BRIDGE:
    F#m                          E
The things that I thought would last
              D               A
Well, they're fading, they're fading
    F#m                  E
The feelings, I used to have
              D                 A
Well, they're changing, they're changing

    F#m                          E
The things that I thought would last
              D               A
Well, they're fading, they're fading
    F#m                  E
The feelings, I used to have
              D                 A
Well, they're changing, they're changing, they're changing now.

              F#m                E

              D                 A
Well, they're changing, they're changing, they're changing now.


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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