Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Simple picking patterns: (Verse / chorus) C C7 e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|--1---------1------0---------0-----|--1---------1-----0--------0-----| G|------0----------------0-----------|------3--------------3-----------| D|---------2-----2----------2-----2--|---------2-----2--------2-----2--| A|--3----------------3---------------|--3---------------3--------------| E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------| F e|--1----------------1---------------| B|------------1----------------1-----| G|------2----------------2-----------| D|--3------3-----3---3------3-----3--| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|
(Bridge) Eb Bb F C e|--3---7---5--0--| B|--4---8---6--1--| G|--3---7---5--0--| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------| Intro: | C | C7 | F | C | Verse 1: C C7 Don't want to be an actor pretending on a stage F C Don't want to be a writer with my thoughts out on a page C F C Don't want to be a painter cause everyone comes to look F C Don't want to be anything when my life's an open book Chorus: F C F C I dream it's true, but I see it through C F C If I could be, wasting my time, with you Verse 1: C C7 Don't want to be a farmer working in the sun F C Don't want to be an outlaw always on the run C Don't want to be a climber reaching for the top F C Don't want to be anything were I don't know when to stop Chorus: F C F C I dream It's true, but I see it through C F C If I could be wasting my time, with you. Bridge: Eb Bb F C So if I'm inside your head, Eb Bb F C Don't believe what you might have read. Eb Bb F C You'll see what I might have said. Eb F G Bb To hear it, come waste your time with me, F Bb Come waste your time with me. Chorus: C C7 C F C Wasting my time with you, C F C If I could be wasting my time with you Bridge: Eb Bb F C So if I'm inside your head, Eb Bb F C Don't believe what you might have read. Eb Bb F C You'll see what I might have said. Eb F G Bb To hear it, come waste your time with ... F Bb Come waste your time with me F Bb Come waste your time with me. Outro: C C7 C F C Wasting my time with you, C F C If I could be wasting my time with you.
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