What A Waste Of Time To Be Unhappy chords by Donovan

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
  D        A  D
What a waste of time to be unhappy
    D    A       D
What a terrible unpredictable bore
  G      A
It really isn't fair
  D      Bm
You've had more of your share
  G    D     A
of trouble, worry, and care


Chorus:
(on A string 0-2-4)
      D   G A
It’s just a state of mind
    D  G A
it will pass in time
  D    G    A
the sadness in your eye
   D     G    A
will teach you bye and bye
  D  D/C#  Bm
so lift up your eye
  G     A      Dsus4 D
and lose your blue in the sky

Verse 2:
    D        A  D
what a waste of time to be unhappy
    D         A    D
what a precious waste of time and space
  G          A
you might just take your life
    D       Bm
but you haven’t got a knife
  G          D         A
and besides no one would miss you from this light


Chorus:
(on A string 0-2-4)
       D  G  A
Life has her ups and downs
    D  G     A
she has her smiles and frowns
      D  G      A
you should feel lucky to be you
       D     D/C#     Bm
and when you think your blessings are few
        G    A       Dsus4 D
there’s always someone worse off than you