Wasted Youth chords by Jenny Lewis

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Am  Dm  Am  Dm
C F Dm  G  G Am

Verse 1:
        Dm  Am
System will slide in
    Dm
Down upon
C    F        Dm          G  Am
I can't tell you what I think you're doing wrong
       Dm Am
Stop your crying
       Dm
Our daddy is gone
     C   F        Dm          G
Do you remember when he used to sing us that little song?

Chorus:
      C
I wasted my youth
   F         Dm
On a poppy, du-du-du-du-du
      G
Just for fun
      C
I wasted my youth
   F         Dm
On a poppy, du-du-du-du-du
       G Am
Just for fun

Verse 2:
     Dm  Am
Why you lyin'?
        Dm
The Bourbon's gone
C    F       Dm          G
Mercury hasn't been in retrograde for that long
   Am
Oh no
      Dm  Am
Stop your hiding
        Dm
And drop that bong
    C    F       Dm          G
Do you remember when I used to sing you this little song?

Chorus:
      C
I wasted my youth
   F         Dm
On a poppy, du-du-du-du-du
      G
Just for fun
      C
I wasted my youth
   F         Dm
On a poppy, du-du-du-du-du
        G
Just for because
       C         F
And everybody knows it's a tightrope
        Dm     G
The cookie crum-bles into dust
       C          F
And everybody knows we're in trou-ble
      Dm     G  Dm
Du-du-du-du-du, candy crush

Bridge:
          Em       F
Just 'cause you're young don't mean nothing
      G
Don't mean nothing
    Dm       Em
We are here and we're gone
    F             G
Do something while your heart is thumping

Chorus:
      N.C.
I wasted my youth
N.C.
On a poppy, du-du-du-du-du
N.C.
Just for because
      C
I wasted my youth
   F         G
On a poppy, du-du-du-du-du

Just for Fun
       C         F
And everybody knows it's a tightrope
        Dm     G
The cookie crum-bles into dust
       C          F
And everybody knows we're in trou-ble
      Dm     G  C  F
Du-du-du-du-du, candy crush

Tag:
      Dm   G
Wasted my youth
    C   F
Wasted youth
       Dm  G
Du-du-du-du-du
    C   F
Wasted youth
       Dm  G
Du-du-du-du-du
    C   F
Wasted youth
       Dm  G  C
Du-du-du-du-du

Outro: (1x While Fading)
F  Dm  G  C