Wasted Life

Intro ----- This intro. riff can be played for as many bars as you like. E ----------------------------------------------- B ----------------------------------------------- G 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 D ----------------------------------------------- A ----------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------- Verse 1 ------- A I could be a soldier G Go out there and fight to save this land A Be a people's soldier G Paramilitary gun in hand A I won't be a soldier G I won't take no orders from no-one A Stuff their fuckin' armies G Killing isn't my idea of fun Chorus ------ E A And they wanna waste my life E A They wanna waste my time E A They wanna waste my life G D A And they've stolen it away Verse 2 ------- A I could be a hero G Live and die for their important cause A A united nation G Or an independent state with laws A And rules and regulations G That merely cause disturbances and wars A And that's what I have got now G All thanks to the freedom seeking hoardes {Repeat chorus} Bridge ------ F# E I'm not gonna be taken in F# E They said if I don't join I just can't win F# E I've heard that story many times before F# G# And every time I've thrown it out the door Solo ---- C# D D# E A D D# E A D D# E A G D A E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- G -6-7-8-9-7h9p7-6--6-7-8-9-7h9p7-6--6-7-8-9-7h9p7-6--4-6--7-6--2-1-22222222222 D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 3 ------- A Still they come up to me G With a different name and same old face A I can see the connection G With another time and another place A No they ain't blond-haired or blue-eyed G But they think that they're the master race A They're nothing but blind fascists G Brought up to hate and given lives to waste {repeat chorus twice} Worked out by (i.e. not necessarily 100% correct but as near as I can get it) Gordon Johnston <328gj@alph1.dev.esoc.esa.de> "A Scotsman in Germany"