Wasting Away chords by The Brian Jonestown Massacre

intro: A E G D A G A x2
A
The kids today they got
E
nothing to say they got
G
nothing to say because they
D
taught em that way they wanna
A
watch em grow old put em in
G            A
their grave til they're gone


A

They mess with their hearts and they
E
mess with their minds and they
G
plug up their ears and then they
D
make em go blind til they
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walk down the street and they
G           A
cant tell what time it is

Chorus:
            D
you see em standing in line
         A
you watch em goin insane
               D
because they're wasting their time
            A
how they're waiting in vein
             G
this is the way it should be
          E
you were born to be free
          A
so why you wasting away
G        A
why you wasting away

A E G D A G A x2

(Chorus)

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teachers today they got
E
nothin to say they got
G
nothin to say because they
D
taught em that way they only
A
do what they're told so they can
G          A
get their pay and go home

A
they walk down the street with their
E
hearts in their hands and they
G
grow up to fast and then they
D
can't understand what its
A
like to be a woman or
G           A
mabey a man cause its wrong

           D
you watch em standin in line
         A
you see em goin insane
               D
because they're wasting their time
             A
while they're waiting in vein
             G
this is the way it should be
          E
you were born to be free
          A
so why you wasting away
G        A
why you wasting away
A
you were born to be free
G        A
why you wasting away