Wasted Years chords by
John Lee Hooker
Van Morrison
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Key: G major

Verse 1
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Wasted years been brain
G G 
 
washed by lies
Oh yes I have
D D 
 
Oh wasted years
C C 
 
I'm talking about wasted years
Oh I'm not seeing eye- to- eye
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
I just can't see the things I should see
C C 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
Wasted years, baby
I was taking the wrong advice
G G 
 
I know you was, I know you was
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
And I was too
G G 
 
C C 
 
All alone I'm traveling
G G 
 
Traveling through these wasted years
For so long, so long, so long I was
C C 
 
Oh, I must have gained some wisdom
Down through the years I did
Somewhere along the way
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Oh yes, I did, oh yes I did
D D 
 
That's why there can't be no more
C C 
 
No more
No more wasted years today
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
I got wise, I got wise to myself
G G 
 
C C 
 
Well baby the great sadness
G G 
 
Oh, you've got to let it all go
C C 
 
Oh yeah, oh yeah Van
Live in the present
Live in the future John Lee, ain't that so
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Oh, it's a sad feeling, oh yeah
C C 
 
Oh, you've gotta find something
G G 
 
C C 
 
To carry you through, carry you through,
G G 
 
Carry you through
D D 
 
I've learned my lesson
G G 
 
I ain't gonna do it no more, yeah
Now Van
C C 
 
Now John
G G 
 
I've learned my lesson
I should have a long time ago
That's right
C C 
 
All these wasted years, wasted years
I finally woke up and got
wise
G G 
 
I ain't gonna be,
ain't gonna be no fool no more
Now Van, now Van
D D 
 
Ain't gonna be nobody's
C C 
 
body's fool no more
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Sing the song Van, sing it with me
D D 
 
Well all alone,
G G 
 
all alone I've been traveling
C C 
 
Yeah
Traveling all along through
G G 
 
these wasted years
Dark, dark wasted years
So dark here
C C 
 
Dark, dark, dark, dark wasted years
I must have gained something
Yeah
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Oh  traveling along the lonely way
Yeah, I've learned a lesson
C C 
 
D D 
 
I'm gonna make damn sure baby,
C C 
 
make damn sure
G G 
 
There's no more wasted years today
C C 
 

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD G C Am

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