Waste Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays754

Waste by Brand New is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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Intro: Em C G   x2 

verse 1 
Em 
You and I were stuck in the waste 
C 
Talking about our salad days 
               G 
What a damn lie 

Em 
But you and I are stuck like glue 
C 
And that's the God damn truth 
             G 
Baby, bye-bye 


Pre-Chorus 
Em 
Well, you could turn to water and we'd all float on 
C 
Give up trying to be someone 
                    G 
Take your head apart 

Free your own heart 
Em 
You and I are stuck out of phase 
C                                             G 
Always begging for some grace when there's no time 
       Am 
We get no reply 


Em                               D 
Every night you were tripping out 
Em                               D 
In the morning you were coming down 
G 
If it's breaking your heart, if nothing is fun 
Am 
Don't lose hope, my son 

This is the last one 

Em C G 

verse 2 
Em 
You and I repent of our sins 
C                                           G 
Yeah, we feel so Ammerican laying in the road 
Em 
Was a shoe-in for the crash of the day 
C 
And we're never going to walk away 
                G 
Never going home 


Pre-Chorus 
                   Em 
I'm hoping that in time, you can lay down 
C                                                         G 
All this weight you've been carrying around and maybe one day 

You'll find your way 
Em 
To climb on up out of your grave 
C 
With the bits of you you managed to save 
                 G 
And for the last time 
          Am 
Yeah, you say good-bye 

 
Em                            D 
Every night you were tripping out 
Em                            D 
In the morning you were coming down 
G 
If it's breaking your heart, if nothing is fun 
Am 
Don't lose hope, my son 

This is the last one 
Em                              D 
'Cause every night had you laid low 
Em                            D 
It's going to feel so good to let it go 
G 
It's all in your head, your race is run 
Am 
Don't give up, my son, this is the last one 

This is the last one 


Bridge 
G       D    Am 
And he said, "You are not alone 

You are not alone" 

Em            G 
And he said, "You are not alone 
G           Am 
You are not alone" 


Em                            D 
Every night you were tripping out 
Em                            D 
In the morning you were coming down 
G 
If it's breaking your heart, if nothing is fun 
Am 
Don't lose hope, my son 

This is the last one 
Em                              D 
'Cause every night had you laid low 
Em                            D 
It's going to feel so good to let it go 
G 
It's all in your head, your race is run 
Am 
Don't give up, my son, this is the last one  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante