"Wasted Time" by Skid Row (Slave to the Grind, 1991)

 "Wasted Time" by Skid Row (Slave to the Grind, 1991)

Key: C Minor (sounding key, with capo)
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Capo: 3rd fret (chords below are relative to capo, sounding as Cm, Gm, Ab, Eb, Bb)

Intro
Am Em Am F Am G (x2, clean then light distortion)
(Guitar 1 plays arpeggio, Guitar 2 strums chords)
Intro Arpeggio (Guitar 1, clean, relative to capo, from Ultimate Guitar, web ID 0):

e|---------0-----------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------1---2-------2---1---|---------4---2-------1-----------|
G|-----2---------------------------|-----4-------2-----------2-------|
D|---------------------------------|-2---------------------------2---|
A|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   Am                              Em

e|---------0-----------0-----------|---------1-----------------------|
B|-------------1---2-------2---1---|-------------1-------3-----------|
G|-----2---------------------------|-----2-----------2-------4-------|
D|---------------------------------|-3---------------------------5---|
A|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   Am                              F

e|---------0-----------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B|-------------1---2-------2---1---|---------3---1-------0-----------|
G|-----2---------------------------|-----4-----------0-------0-------|
D|---------------------------------|-5---------------------------0---|
A|-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
   Am                              G

(Continue over Am, F, Am, G; Guitar 2 strums Am, Em, Am, F, Am, G)

Verse 1
Am Em
You and I together in our lives
Am F
Sacred ties would never fray
Am Em
Then why can’t I let myself tell lies
Am F
And watch you die every day
C G
I think back to the times
Am G
When dreams were what mattered
C G
Tough talking youth naivete

Pre-Chorus
F Am
You said you’d never let me down
C G
But the horse stampedes and rages
G
In the name of desperation

Chorus
C Am
Is it all just wasted time
C G
Can you look at yourself
Am F
When you think of what you left behind
C Am
Is it all just wasted time
C G
Can you live with yourself
Am F
When you think of what you left behind

Verse 2
Am Em
Paranoid delusions, they haunt you
Am F
Where’s my friend I used to know
Am Em
He’s all alone, he’s buried deep within
Am F
A carcass searching for a soul
C G
Can you feel me inside your heart
Am G
As it’s bleeding
C G
Why can’t you believe you can be loved

Pre-Chorus
F Am
I hear you scream in agony
C G
And the horse stampedes and rages
G
In the name of desperation

Chorus
C Am
Is it all just wasted time
C G
Can you look at yourself
Am F
When you think of what you left behind
C Am
Is it all just wasted time
C G
Can you live with yourself
Am F
When you think of what you left behind

Solo
C Am C G Am F (x2)
(Solo by Dave Sabo, C minor pentatonic, per Songsterr, web ID 8)

Pre-Chorus
F Am
You said you’d never let me down
C G
But the horse stampedes and rages
G
In the name of desperation

Chorus
C Am
Is it all just wasted time
C G
Can you look at yourself
Am F
When you think of what you left behind
C Am
Is it all just wasted time
C G
Can you live with yourself
Am F
When you think of what you left behind

Outro
Am Em
The sun will rise again
Am F
The earth will turn to sand
Am Em
Creation’s colors seem to fade to grey
Am F
And you’ll see the sickly hands of time
Am G
Will write your final rhyme
C G
And end a memory
Am Em
I never thought you’d let it get this far, boy
Am F
I never thought, I never thought you’d let it get this far, boy
Am Em
I never thought, I never thought you’d let it get this far, boy
Am F
I never thought you’d let it get this far, boy
(Fade out with Am, Em, F)