"Wasting My Life Away" - Ernest Tubb
A-Side On The Single "Wasting My Life Away / I Know What It Means To Be Lonely" (1942)
Tune To Standard Tuning At 432 Hz (Slightly Flat) To Match Studio Recording If Desired.
3/4 Time
Intro
Verse 1
I'm Wasting My Life Away
And My Hair Is Fast Turning Gray
For In My Life, The Sun Never Beams
And Sorrows Fill All Of My Dreams
Once, I Was Happy And Free
And Grief Was A Stranger To Me
Then You Taught Me To Love You And Then Left Me This Way
Just Wasting My Life Away
Guitar Solo
Verse 2
You Should Have Left Me Alone
And Not Let Me Call You My Own
But Somehow You Just Didn't Care
There's Nothing About You That's Fair
If Ever There Should Come The Time
That Your Life Is Messed Up Like Mine
Just Remember I Love You, But I Hope That You Pay
For Wasting My Life Away
Guitar Solo
Verse 3
Once, I Thought Love Was Divine
But I Was Just Foolish And Blind
And I Hope That You're Satisfied
For You've Crushed My Spirit And Pride
It's Hard To Feel Like I Do
But You Know I Owe It To You
And I Hope That It Hurts You When You Hear Me Say
I'm Wasting My Life Away
