Wasted Time Eagles
WASTED TIME
As recorded by Eagles
(From the 1976 Album HOTEL CALIFORNIA)
Words and Music by Henley, Frey
Arranged by Baddguitar
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]
|-----1-------0---|-----1-------0--| |-----1-------1---|-----3-------1--| |---2-------0-----|---2-------0----| |-3-----3-2-----2-|-0-----0--------| |-----------------|---------3------| |-----------------|----------------|
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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The autumn leaves have got you thinking about the first time that you fell.
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[Bm7] [E7] [Am] [C/G]
|-2----0----|-0----0----| |-3----3----|-1----1----| |-2----1----|-2----0----| |-4----0----|-2----2----| |-2----2----|-0----3----| |------0----|------3----|
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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[Dm] [F] [G7] [C]
|-1-0-----1--1--|-0--------| |-3---3-1-1--0--|-1--------| |-2-------2--0--|-0--------| |-0-------3--0--|-2--------| |------------2--|-3--------| |------------3--|----------|
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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wasn't really wasted time
C C/EF C/G Ab Fm6 C Em <H>
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