Dont Waste Away

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From: "Kean, John" 

 
Subject: CRD: Don't Waste Away - James McMurtry
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:26:40 +1300

Don't Waste Away  - James McMurtry
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>From "Candyland"

Transcribed by John Kean.

Capo 2nd fret (or just over strings 1-5).


INTRO:
 
 D/F#   
 G   
 A11  (x4)


VERSE 1:

 D/F#     
 G          
 A11
 Is that smile for me

 D/F#        
 G         
 A11
 Or did you come by it honestly

 D/F#   
 G        
 A11
 Can I show you around

 D/F#   
 G                  
 A11
 Can I help you tear your fences down
                 
 G            
 D/F#
 Cos' I know you foster few illusions
     
 A11       
 D/F#
 You suffer no fools
         
 G           
 D/F#    
 A11
 And you don't leave much to chance
            
 G            
 D/F#
 But you're out past the breakers
            
 A11      
 D/F#
 And you're drifting fast
       
 G           
 A11
 I can see it at a glance


CHORUS:
               
 G    
 D    
 A11      
 D
 You've been a long time locked inside
   
 G    
 D         
 A11    
 D
 A long time on a lonely ride
 
 G           
 D     
 A11           
 D
 Prisoner of wisdom, prisoner of pride

 G           
 D/F#   
 A11
 Don't just waste away

 G           
 D/F#   
 A11
 Don't just waste away


BRIDGE (as for intro)


VERSE 2:
 Is that smile for me
 Have you kept it hidden consciously
 Like an old-time movie queen
 Always noticed, rarely seen
 I've got no answers
 No magic cures
 And I've got no plans
 But I know the darkness
 That haunts your eyes
 And I know those trembling hands


CHORUS


SOLO:
 
 D/F#   
 G    
 A11
 
 D/F#   
 G    
 A11
 
 D/F#   
 G    
 A11
 
 A11


CHORUS


OUTRO:
 
 A11  
 D


CHORDS:

 D/F#  20023x

 G     32003x

 A11   x0203x

 D     xx0232
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 John Kean
 keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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