Wastin Time Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays383

Wastin Time by Bryan Adams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, B, C#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 

A |B | (4x) 

Verse 
A                    B 
I could have been a winner 
      A               B 
You should have taken me 
        A                      B 
It was so damn cold I should'a held ya 
                 C#m       B 
'Cause you were shakin' me 
        A             B 
Well, I almost had a question 
  A             B 
When she led me home 
         A                B 
I spent too much time for one night 
      C#m        
Bein' all alone 

     B           E           B  A  B 
She said you're wastin' time 
        E              B   A  B 
You're takin' a chance on me 
        E           B  A  B 
You're wastin' time 
        E              B   A  B 
You're takin' a chance on me 

Instrumental 
|A |B | (2x) 

Verse 
    A                  B 
I should have got the Rambler 
 A                    B 
Back seat movie for two 
         A                B 
I spent too much time for one night 
       C#m           B 
Bein' alone with you 
      A                   B 
You should have seen her daddy 
        A                  B 
'Cause he said she had to go 
         A                B 
I spent too much time for one night 
      C#m 
Bein' all alone 
 
     B           E           B  A  B 
She said you're wastin' time 
        E              B   A  B 
You're takin' a chance on me 
        E           B  A  B 
You're wastin' time 
        E              B   A  B 
You're takin' a chance on me 

Solo 
|A |B | (5x) 
|C#m |C#m B | 

        E           B  A  B 
You're wastin' time 
        E              B   A  B 
You're takin' a chance on me 
        E           B  A  B 
You're wastin' time 
        E              B   A  B 
You're takin' a chance on me 
        E           B  A  B 
You're wastin' time 
           E              B   A  B 
Oh you're takin' a chance on me 
     B           E           B  A  B 
She said you're wastin' time 
        E              B   A  B 
You're takin' a chance on me 

Ending 
|A |B | (8x) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante