A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BmCapotraste: Sem capotraste
from the Very Best of Meat Loaf
Composed by Jim Steinman & Andrew Lloyd Webber
[Intro]
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm A D G | F#sus4 _ F# Bm
[Verse 1]
Bm G F#sus4 F# Bm
If you listen to the night, you can hear the dark - ness call
G D G D
I can barely stand to wait, I can barely stand at all
Bm G F#sus4 F# Bm
Come on closer to me now, like we're sharing the same skin
G D G D
We gotta get out of this jail, we gotta let the future in
Bbm F Gb
So many things in your life that you're bound to regret
Db Gb Db
Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I do this?
Bbm F Gb
So many chances you've lost that you'll never forget
Db Gb Db
Why didn't I make it? Why didn't I take it right there?
[PreChorus 1]
Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."
Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."
C#m
You'll have to pay for it later
B/C#
If you don't get it when it's going for free
G#7/C# C#m B E A | G#sus4 _ G# C#m
Be-lieve me, be-lieve me
[Chorus]
Db6 Db Db6 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Gb Cb Gb Gb/Db D
It's something that's al-ways been so
Db6 Db Db6 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Gb F+ Bbm
And one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already know
A+ Bbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
Gbm(maj7) Db Bm A D G | F#sus4 _
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
F# Bm
[Verse 2]
Bm F#sus4 F# Bm
You shouldn't tremble when we touch, there's no rea - son for these fears
G D G D
It's a promise that was made, we've been promised this for years
Bm F#sus4 F# Bm
I wanna show you it all, what to do, and where, and how
G D G D
'Cause we'll never be as young as we are right now
G D G D
We'll never be as young as we are right now
Bbm F Gb
So many cries in the night that you try to ig-nore:
Db Gb Db
Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I do this?
Bbm F Gb
So many unanswered prayers, so many unopened doors
Db Gb Db
Why didn't I take it? Why didn't I make it come true?
[PreChorus 1]
Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."
Bm
The loneliest words you'll ever know:
A/B
"If only, if only it was so."
Bm
The emptiest words that there'll ever be:
A/B
"It could have been me, it could have been me."
C#m
You'll have to pay for it later
B/C#
If you don't get it when it's going for free
G#7/C# C#m B/C# C#m B/C#
Be-lieve me; be-lieve me, be-lieve me
[Chorus]
Db6 Db Db6 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Gb Cb Gb Gb/Db D
It's something that's al-ways been so
Db6 Db Db6 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Gb F+ Bbm
And one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already know
A+ Bbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
Gbm(maj7) (Db6 in solo)
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
[Solo]
Db6 Db | Db6 Db
Db6 Db | Dbadd9 Db
Gb _ Cb Gb | Gb/Db Db
Db6 Db | Db6 Db
Db6 Db | Dbadd9 Db
Gb | F+ | Bbm | Bbm
[Tag 1]
A+ Bbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
Gbm(maj7) E5
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
[Bridge]
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D Em
It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D Em D G C Bsus4 B Em
It doesn't matter what we're losing, only mat - ters what we're go - ing to find
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind (Let's get away from the
past)
D Em
It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find (So many
ways to go fast)
[Instrumental]
Em | Em | Em | Em
D | D | Em D G C | Bsus4 _ B Em
[Bridge, continued]
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D Em
It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find
Em
Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind
D Em D G C Bsus4 B Em
It doesn't matter what we're losing, only mat - ters what we're go - ing to find
[Tag 2]
C+ Dbm
There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
Am(maj7) E
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (A Kiss Is a Terrible
Thing to Waste)
Am(maj7) E C#m B E A | G#sus4 _ G# C#m ||
A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
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