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