Eagles - Wasted Time: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Wasted Time" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C                    Fm6
Well baby, there you stand
C/G                                 F/G G7
With your little head, down in your hand
F               C/E                Dm         C/E
Oh, my God, you can't believe it's happening again
      F                      C/E
Your baby's gone, and you're all alone
       Dm             F/G G7
And it looks like the end.

And you're back out on the street
And you're trying to remember, ohh
How do you start it over?
You don't know if you can
You don't care much for a stranger's touch
But you can't hold your man

Chorus:
Am                      E7/G#
You never thought you'd be alone
G                  D7/F#
This far down the line
    F                           Em
And I know what's been on your mind
          Dm                 G7     C
You're afraid it's all been wasted time.

Bm7         E                   Am
The autumn leaves have got you thinking
Bm7        E                   Am
About the first time that you fell
Bm7         E           Am       C/G
You didn't love the boy too much, no, no
        F C/E          Ddim7     F/G G
You just loved the boy too well, farewell

So you live from day to day
And you dream about tomorrow, oh
And the hours go by like minutes
And the shadows come to stay
So you, take a little something
To make them go away

Chorus:
And I coulda done so many things, baby
If I could only stop my mind
From wanderin' what I left behind
And from worryin' 'bout this wasted time

G#                              C
Ooh, another love has come and gone
G#                              C  Dm C/E
Ooh, and the years keep rushing on
     F               C/E
I remember what you told
             Dm                C/E
me before you went out on your own:
             F           C/E
"Sometimes to keep it together,
           Dm        G7
You gotta leave it alone."

Chorus:
So you can get on with your search, baby
And I can get on with mine
And maybe someday we will find
That it wasn't really wasted time


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Ddim

Guitar chord Ddim

D7

Guitar chord D7

Ddim7

Guitar chord Ddim7

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

E7

Guitar chord E7

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

F#

Guitar chord F#

F

Guitar chord F

Fm6

Guitar chord Fm6

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

G7

Guitar chord G7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Bm7

Guitar chord Bm7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Wasted Time" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Wasted Time" by Eagles.