A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste chords by Meat Loaf

• Difficulty: Advanced

Key: Bm

🤘 Intro:

Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm A D G | F#sus4 _ F# Bm


🤘 Verse 1:
    Bm              G    F#sus4 F#  Bm
If you listen to the night, you can hear the dark - ness call
   G        D      G        D
I can barely stand to wait, I can barely stand at all
    Bm              G    F#sus4 F#  Bm
Come on closer to me now, like we're sharing the   same skin
     G        D       G       D
We gotta get out of this jail, we gotta let the future in

    Bbm               F    Gb
So many things in your life that you're bound to regret
          Db  Gb     Db
Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I do this?
    Bbm               F    Gb
So many chances you've lost that you'll never forget
       Db    Gb       Db
Why didn't I make it?  Why didn't I take it right there?


Pre🤘 Chorus 1:
  Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
  A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
  Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
  A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."

  Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
  A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
  Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
  A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."

C#m
   You'll have to pay for it later
       B/C#
If you don't get it when it's going for free
  G#7/C#    C#m  B  E  A | G#sus4 _ G# C#m
Be-lieve me, be-lieve me


🤘 Chorus:
 Db6    Db    Db6      Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
 Db6    Db    Dbadd9     Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
   Gb        Cb Gb    Gb/Db  D
It's something that's al-ways been so

 Db6    Db    Db6      Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
 Db6    Db    Dbadd9     Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
  Gb                F+           Bbm
And one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already know

     A+                             Bbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
                Gbm(maj7)          Db   Bm A D G | F#sus4 _ F# Bm
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste


🤘 Verse 2:
       Bm                F#sus4  F#    Bm
You shouldn't tremble when we touch, there's no rea - son for these fears
    G        D        G         D
It's a promise that was made, we've been promised this for years
    Bm            F#sus4 F#     Bm
I wanna show you it all, what to do, and where, and how
       G      D      G     D
'Cause we'll never be as young as we are right now
   G      D      G     D
We'll never be as young as we are right now

    Bbm             F     Gb
So many cries in the night that you try to ig-nore:
          Db  Gb     Db
Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I do this?
    Bbm             F    Gb
So many unanswered prayers, so many unopened doors
       Db    Gb       Db
Why didn't I take it?  Why didn't I make it come true?


Pre🤘 Chorus 1:
  Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
  A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
  Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
  A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."

  Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
  A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
  Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
  A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."

C#m
   You'll have to pay for it later
       B/C#
If you don't get it when it's going for free
  G#7/C#    C#m  B/C#  C#m  B/C#
Be-lieve me; be-lieve me, be-lieve me


🤘 Chorus:
 Db6    Db    Db6      Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
 Db6    Db    Dbadd9     Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
   Gb        Cb Gb    Gb/Db  D
It's something that's al-ways been so

 Db6    Db    Db6      Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
 Db6    Db    Dbadd9     Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
  Gb                F+           Bbm
And one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already know

     A+                             Bbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
                Gbm(maj7)         (Db6 in solo)
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste


🤘 Solo:
Db6 Db | Db6 Db
Db6 Db | Dbadd9 Db
Gb _ Cb Gb | Gb/Db Db

Db6 Db | Db6 Db
Db6 Db | Dbadd9 Db
Gb | F+ | Bbm | Bbm


Tag 1:
     A+                             Bbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
                Gbm(maj7)          E5
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste


🤘 Bridge:
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D                       Em
   It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D                       Em  D  G  C   Bsus4  B Em
   It doesn't matter what we're losing, only mat - ters what we're go - ing to find

Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind (Let's get away from the past)
D                       Em
   It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find (So many ways to go fast)


🤘 Instrumental:
Em | Em | Em | Em
D | D | Em D G C | Bsus4 _ B Em


Bridge, continued:
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D                       Em
   It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D                       Em  D  G  C   Bsus4  B Em
   It doesn't matter what we're losing, only mat - ters what we're go - ing to find


Tag 2:
     C+                             Dbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
                Am(maj7)           E
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste)
 Am(maj7)          E    C#m B E A | G#sus4 _ G# C#m ||
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste