Waste chords by Dave Matthews Band

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Simple picking patterns:
(Verse / chorus)
  C majorC                  C7C7
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|--1---------1------0---------0-----|--1---------1-----0--------0-----|
G+G|------0----------------0-----------|------3--------------3-----------|
D MajorD|---------2-----2----------2-----2--|---------2-----2--------2-----2--|
A augmentedA|--3----------------3---------------|--3---------------3--------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  FF
e|--1----------------1---------------|
BB|------------1----------------1-----|
G+G|------2----------------2-----------|
D MajorD|--3------3-----3---3------3-----3--|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|

(Bridge)
  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF C majorC
e|--3---7---5--0--|
BB|--4---8---6--1--|
G+G|--3---7---5--0--|
D MajorD|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|

Intro:
| C majorC | C7C7 | FF | C majorC |

Verse 1:
C majorC               C7C7
 Don't want to be an actor pretending on a stage
FF                  C majorC
 Don't want to be a writer with my thoughts out on a page
C majorC                 FF         C majorC
 Don't want to be a painter cause everyone comes to look
FF                  C majorC
 Don't want to be anything when my life's an open book

Chorus:
FF       C majorC   FF       C majorC
 I dream it's true,  but I see it through
C majorC              FF      C majorC
 If I could be, wasting my time, with you

Verse 1:
C majorC               C7C7
 Don't want to be a farmer working in the sun
FF              C majorC
 Don't want to be an outlaw always on the run
C majorC
 Don't want to be a climber reaching for the top
FF                 C majorC
 Don't want to be anything were I don't know when to stop

Chorus:
FF       C majorC   FF       C majorC
 I dream It's true,  but I see it through
C majorC              FF     C majorC
 If I could be wasting my time, with you.

Bridge:
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb  FF     C majorC
 So if I'm inside your head,
Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb       FF     C majorC
 Don't believe what you might have read.
Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
 You'll see what I might have said.
Eb MajorEb  FF       G+G      Bb majorBb
 To hear it, come waste your time with me,
FF      Bb majorBb
 Come waste your time with me.

Chorus:
C majorC C7C7 C majorC      FF     C majorC
    Wasting my time with you,
C majorC             FF     C majorC
 If I could be wasting my time with you

Bridge:
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb  FF     C majorC
 So if I'm inside your head,
Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb       FF     C majorC
 Don't believe what you might have read.
Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb     FF     C majorC
 You'll see what I might have said.
Eb MajorEb  FF       G+G      Bb majorBb
 To hear it, come waste your time with ...
FF      Bb majorBb
 Come waste your time with me
FF      Bb majorBb
 Come waste your time with me.

Outro:
C majorC C7C7 C majorC      FF     C majorC
    Wasting my time with you,
C majorC             FF     C majorC
 If I could be wasting my time with you.