Don't Waste Away  - James McMurtry
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Transcribed by John Kean.

Capo 2nd fret (or just over strings 1-5).

INTRO:
D/F#   G   A11  (x4)

VERSE 1:
D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
     GG Piano Chord 
          A11A11 Piano Chord 

Is that smile for me
D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
        GG Piano Chord 
         A11A11 Piano Chord 

Or did you come by it honestly
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   GG Piano Chord 
        A11A11 Piano Chord 

Can I show you around
D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
                  A11A11 Piano Chord 

Can I help you tear your fences down
GG Piano Chord 
            D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 

Cos' I know you foster few illusions
A11A11 Piano Chord 
       D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 

You suffer no fools
GG Piano Chord 
           D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
    A11A11 Piano Chord 

And you don't leave much to chance
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            D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 

But you're out past the breakers
A11A11 Piano Chord 
      D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 

And you're drifting fast
GG Piano Chord 
           A11A11 Piano Chord 

I can see it at a glance

CHORUS:
GG Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
    A11A11 Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

You've been a long time locked inside
GG Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
         A11A11 Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 

A long time on a lonely ride
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           DD Piano Chord 
     A11A11 Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 

Prisoner of wisdom, prisoner of pride
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           D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 

Don't just waste away
GG Piano Chord 
           D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
   A11A11 Piano Chord 

Don't just waste away

BRIDGE (as for intro)

VERSE 2:
Is that smile for me
Have you kept it hidden consciously
Like an old-time movie queen
Always noticed, rarely seen
I've got no answers
No magic cures
And I've got no plans
But I know the darkness
That haunts your eyes
And I know those trembling hands

CHORUS

SOLO:
D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
    A11A11 Piano Chord 

D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
    A11A11 Piano Chord 

D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
    A11A11 Piano Chord 

A11A11 Piano Chord 


CHORUS

OUTRO:
A11A11 Piano Chord 
  DD Piano Chord 


CHORDS:
D/F#  20023x
G     32003x
A11   x0203x
D     xx0232
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John Kean
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