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Jack
Johnson
Looking for the real deal? There's an excellent note-for-note tab of "Wasting
Time" in the songbook On and On. One of the many 5-star reviews at Sheet Music
Plus says, "This is such a valuable work to understanding how he structures his
songs. Vital purchase for anyone who loves Jack Johnson's music."
Strum: B B D D U w/swing feel
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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Chord Guide |
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132 D: xx0232 |
123 A: x02220 |
12 Em: 022000 |
3 4 G: 3x0003 |
Intro: / D - - - - / A - - - / Em - - - / A - - - / (x2)
D
A Em A
And I'm just a waste of her energy
D
A Em A
And she's just a waste of my time
D A Em A
So why don't we get together
D A Em A
And we could waste everything tonight
D A Em A
And we could waste and we could waste it all tonight
/ D - - - - / A - - - / Em - - - / A - - - /
D A Em A
And we could waste and we could waste it all
D
A Em A
And I don't pretend to know what you know
D A Em A
Now please don't pretend to know what's on my mind
D
A Em A
If we already knew everything that everybody knows
D A Em A
We would have nothing to learn tonight
D A Em A
And we would have nothing to show tonight
CHORUS:
G (2)
Oh, but everybody thinks that everybody knows
A (2)
About everybody else nobody knows
G (2)
Anything about themselves
A (2)
Cause they’re all worried about everybody else
/ D - - - - / A - - - / Em - - - / A - - - / (x2)
w/solo:
/ D - - - - / A - - - / Em - - - / A - - - / (x2)
D A Em A
Love’s just a waste of our energy
D
A Em A
And this life's just a waste of our time
D
A Em A
So why don't we get together
D A Em A
We could waste everything tonight
D A Em A
And we could waste and we could waste it all
/ D - - - - / A - - - / Em - - - / A - - - / (x2)
w/solo:
/ D - - - - / A - - - / Em - - - / A - - - / (x2)
End on D
Solo:
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.