Wasted Years (acoustic) Chords

KeyEm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays506

Wasted Years (acoustic) by Ryan Adams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Em, D, C9, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
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e|---0--------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------0-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------5----2------4-----0-----2---------0----------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------4------4--2--0-------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---0---0----0----0--0----0----0-----0-----0-----0-----------------| 



VERSE 1:
 
Em                                       D 
From the coast of gold, across the seven seas,  
Em                          D 
I'm travelling on, far and wide, 
            C9              Em  
But now it seems, I'm just a stranger to myself,  
                D                                         C9 
And all the things I sometimes do, it isn't me but someone else. 

Em                             D 
I close my eyes, and think of home,  
Em                             D 
Another city goes by, in the night,  
         C9                          Em   
Ain't it funny how it is, you never miss it til it's gone away,  
        D                               C9 
And my heart is lying there and will be til my dying day. 


G   C        D 
So      understand 
      G                       D                          C9 
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years,  
G    C                D  
Face up... make your stand, 
    G               D              C9  
And realize you're living in the golden years. 

VERSE 2:
 
Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind,  
Can't ease this pain, so easily,  
When you can't find the words to say, it's hard to make it through another day,  
And it makes me wanna cry, and throw my hands up to the sky. 


G   C        D 
So      understand 
      G                       D                          C9 
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years,  
G    C                D  
Face up... make your stand, 
    G               D              C9  
And realize you're living in the golden years.  
    	

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