Chords: E G# C#m A F#m B

     E         G#         C#m        A        F#m         B
x79997     466544     x46654     57765     244222     799877   
 

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You can listen to the song to get the strumming pattern. It sounds to me like                                 
he strums the bass note of each chord and then DD UD. 

think of it as eigth notes "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 etc."

Bass Note         D      D       rest      U      D 
  (on 1)
    1     and     2     and     3 and     4     and

                                 Chorus

          E                     E     G#             C#m  A
                 When I was a young boy, I used to say
          A                E  G#             C#m  A
                 I would never turn out that way
                             E    G#              F#m           
                 Look at me now I sit around all day
        F#m-G#-A                      B                 E
                 I waste the time away i waste the time away

                              Verse (Cisco)
                E                                     G# 
                 'scuse me while I light my spliff
                A                         E
                 Lord I think I need a lift
                E                                G#             
                 kuz this everyday monday sunday monday
                A                    E
                 trip dont feel so hip
                E                           G#
                 so i pick up my guitar and play
                A                         E
                 sing a song about yesterday
                E                G#      A       E
                 too bad my memory is cloudy as shit.

                                 Chorus

          E                     E     G#             C#m  A
                 When I was a young boy, I used to say
          A                 E  G#             C#m  A
                 I would never turn out that way
                      E    G#              F#m           
                 Look at me now I sit around all day
        F#m-G#-A                      B                     E
                 I waste the time away i waste the time away

                           Verse (Shwayze)   
                                  E
                 Now let me hear ya sing along
                               G#
                 If you living life with ya speakers on
                    A                   E
                 Up all night waking up with ya sneakers on
                       E                       G#
                 Grown man cryin when he find out his sweety gone
                     A                         E
                 Time to get da beezy and get my baked ziti on
                E                        G#
                 I heard it all, and seen it all like peepin tom
                    A                    E
                 Bottle my emotions up, till the taquilas gone
                 E                 G#
                 I got a notion I can't put my finger on,
                 A                      E
                 Why we were chosen to be the next Cheech and Chong

                            Chorus

          E                     E     G#             C#m  A
                 When I was a young boy, I used to say
          A                 E  G#             C#m  A
                 I would never turn out that way
                      E    G#              F#m           
                 Look at me now I sit around all day
        F#m-G#-A                      B                     E
                 I waste the time away i waste the time away

                         Verse (Shwayze)

                       E                        G#
                 I'm a time wasting money maker
                    A                     E
                 I love a baby good girl where ya learn to shake it
                    E                       G#
                 On tha tv, believe me sweety I ain't greedy
                            A                                    E
                 I give you everything, but tell me where does that leave me, zero
                     E
                 Or I could be your hero
                          G#                              A
                 Standing in the rain catchin water in a barrel
                               E               E        G#          A 
                 Underneath the airplanes, you fly, I'm high, let's vibe
                E               E G# A E
                 Sha la la la

                         Chorus

          E                     E     G#             C#m  A
                 When I was a young boy, I used to say
          A                 E  G#             C#m  A
                 I would never turn out that way
                      E    G#              F#m           
                 Look at me now I sit around all day
        F#m-G#-A                      B                     E
                 I waste the time away i waste the time away


The placement of the chords over the text may be a little off during Shwayze's 
verses because he raps them, but they're pretty close.
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