James McMurtry - Don't Waste Away

      
 
 Don't Waste Away - James McMurtry
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 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

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