Youth Is Wasted chords by Reeve Carney

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
G
Cry for me
Bm
Sing of our forgotten dreams
Em                                                Cm
A ballad for the ones that we've forsaken long ago
G                            Bm
Limousines, sunny skies, and diamond rings
                   Em                            Cm
Don't you know the siren sings for us and all we know?

Pre-Chorus:
G/B
I feel it on the corner of my sight
             Cm
I wanted you back here late at night
G/B
I feel your apparition at my side
                   Cm
Don't tell me it's over 'til the light

Chorus:
G                               Cm
The youth is wasted on the young
Em                         Cm
And wisdom's wasted on the old
                   Em
Darling, don't you know it’s true?
            Cm
Ho-o-o-o-ooo

Verse 2:
G/B
So, fly with me
              Bm
Heaven is the place to be
Bm/F                                                      Cm6
'cause love is falling fast asleep for those who dream alone
G/B                        Bm
Insanity is just a kind of vanity
Bm/F                                                       Cm
The pride is at the heart of everything we're thought to know

Pre-Chorus:
       G/B
But, I feel it on the corner of my sight
             Cm
I wanted you back here late at night
G/B
I feel your apparition at my side
                   Cm
Don't tell me it's over 'til the light

Chorus:
G                              Cm
Oh, the youth is wasted on the young
Em                         Cm
And wisdom's wasted on the old, uh-ooh
          Em
Don't you know it's true?
            C
Ho-o-o-o-ooo

Bridge:
D
Sunny skies and diamond rings
C
The touches of celebrity
Am                                     B
To be the one to hold you while you're new - ooooh

G
Oooh aaaah
Em  D  G  C
Oo-o-o-o-ooo

Chorus:
G                              Cm
Oh, the youth is wasted on the young
Cm
Say it again
Em                         Cm
And wisdom's wasted on the old
          Em
Don't you know it's true?
         Cm
Ho-o-o-o-ooo

Pre-Chorus:
G/B                            F
I feel it on the corner of my sight
C        G   C/E       Cm6
I wanted you back here late at night
G            D                Em7
To feel your apparition at my side
                 Cm
And tell me it's over, just close your eyes

Chorus:
G                              G
Oh, the youth is wasted on the young
Em                          G7
And wisdom's wasted on the old, woo-oo
          Em
Don't you know it's true?
Bm9        Cm
Ho-o-o-o-ooo

G
Don't cry for me
                    Bm
Just sing of our forgotten dreams
                 Em                            Cm   G G
A ballad for the ones that we've forsaken long ago