Wasted Life (Stiff Little Fingers) ---------------------------------- Intro ----- This intro. riff can be played for as many bars as you like. E ------------------------------------------------| B ------------------------------------------------| G 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| D ------------------------------------------------| A ------------------------------------------------| E ------------------------------------------------| Verse 1 -------

^AI could be a soldier Go out there and fight to save this ^Gland ^ABe a people's soldier Paramilitary gun in ^Ghand ^AI won't be a soldier I won't take no orders from no-^Gone ^AStuff their fuckin' armies Killing isn't my idea of ^Gfun

Chorus ------

And they wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife They wanna ^Ewaste my ^Atime They wanna ^Ewaste my ^Alife And they've ^Gstolen ^Dit a^Away

Verse 2 -------

^AI could be a hero Live and die for their important ^Gcause ^AA united nation Or an independent state with ^Glaws And ^Arules and regulations That merely cause disturbances and ^Gwars And ^Athat's what I have got now All thanks to the freedom seeking ^Ghoardes

Repeat chorus
Bridge ------ ^F#I'm not gonna be ^Etaken in They ^F#said if I don't join I ^Ejust can't win I've ^F#heard that story many ^Etimes before And ^F#every time I've thrown it ^G#out the door

Solo ---- C# D D# E A D D# E A D D# E A G D A E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G -6-7-8-9-7h9p7-6--6-7-8-9-7h9p7-6--6-7-8-9-7h9p7-6--4-6--7-6--2-1-22222222222-| D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 3 -------

^AStill they come up to me With a different name and same old ^Gface ^AI can see the connection With another time and another ^Gplace No they ^Aain't blond-haired or blue-eyed But they think that they're the master ^Grace They're ^Anothing but blind fascists Brought up to hate and given lives to ^Gwaste

repeat chorus twice

Worked out by (i.e. not necessarily 100% correct but as near as I can get it) Gordon Johnston <328gj@alph1.dev.esoc.esa.de> "A Scotsman in Germany"

Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted life