WASTED TIME
As recorded by Eagles
(From the 1976 Album HOTEL CALIFORNIA)
Words and Music by Henley, Frey
Arranged by Baddguitar
Transcribed by Baddguitar
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0reUjZgXpZU
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Q=60
C Fm6 C/G F G
4/4
Gtr I
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Verse 1 and 2: (follow repeat symbols)
C Fm6
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1.Well, baby, there you stand
2.And you're back out on the street
C/G F G7
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with your little head down in your hand.
and you're tryin' to remember.
F C/E Dm C
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Oh my God, you can't believe it's happening again.
How do you start it over? You don't know if you can.
1.
F C/E Dm F G
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Your baby's gone and you're all alone and it looks like the end.
You don't care much for a stranger's touch
2.
Dm G E/G# Am E/G#
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but you can't hold your man You never thought you'd be alone
G D/F# F Em
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this far down the line and I know what's been on your mind, you're
Dm F G7 C
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afraid it's all been wasted time.
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Bm7 E7 Am Bm7 E7 Am Am Bbm7
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|-4----0----|-2--------|-4----0----|-2------2-3--|
|-2----2----|-0--------|-2----2----|-0------0-1--|
|------0----|----------|------0----|-------------|
The autumn leaves have got you thinking about the first time that you fell.
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Bm7 E7 Am C/G
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You didn't love the boy too much, no no, you just
F C/G Fm6 F G G7
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loved the boy too well____ er-well
C Fm6 C/G F G7
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So you live from day to day and you dream about tomorrow, oh.
F C Dm C
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And the hours go by like minutes and the shadows come to stay.
F C Dm G E/G#
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So ya take a little something to make them go away.
Am E/G# G D/F#
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And I could have done so many things, baby, if I could only stop my mind
F Em
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from wond'rin' what I left behind and from
Dm F G7 C
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worryin' bout this wasted time.
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Ab C C/EF C/G Ab
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Ooh, another love has come and gone. Ooh, and the years keep rushing
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C C DmC/E F C/E Dm C
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on. I remember what you told me before you went out on your own:
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F C/E Dm G E/G#
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sometimes to keep it together we got to leave it alone.
Am E/G# G D/F# F Em
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So you can get on with your search, baby, and I can get on with mine.
And maybe someday we will find that it
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Dm F G7 C Ab C C/EF C/G Ab
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|-0-------3--0--|-2-----------|-6---------|-2--2--3--2--|-6---------|
|------------2--|-3-----------|-6---------|-3--3--3--3--|-6---------|
|------------3--|-------------|-4---------|----0--1--3--|-4------6--|
wasn't really wasted time
C C/EF C/G Ab Fm6 C Em
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|-2--2--3--2--|-6----0----|-2--------|---------------|-2--------|
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