The Time I've Wasted — Lori McKenna
Chords and lyrics for The Time I've Wasted by Lori McKenna (key of G).
Verse 1
Lori McKenna - The Time I've Wasted
Intro
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Verse 1
I could have walked around the [C]world a couple [G]times
I could have swam across the [C]ocean and back [G]again
Made a [Em]wish on every star that [D]Galileo drew
For all the time I’ve [C]wasted on [G]you
Verse 2
I could have downed a million [C]beers in [G]Mexico
Counted every piece of gravel on a [C]long county [G]road
Sailed that [Em]slow boat down to China, [D]right up to the moon
For all the time I’ve [C]wasted on [G]you
Chorus
Time goes [Em]by
And when it’s gone it’s gone and you [C]realize
Time just [Em]lies
And you did not move on, no, you just [C]cried
You just [D][G]cried[G][C]
Verse 3
I could have filled the Mississippi [C]River with my [G]tears
No telling what I could have [C]done with all these [G]years
I could have [Em]dug out the Grand Canyon with a [D]spoon
For all the time I’ve [C]wasted on [G]you
Chorus
Time goes [Em]by
And when it’s gone it’s gone and you [C]realize
Time just [Em]lies
And you did not move on, no, you just [C]cried
You just [D]cried
Instrumental
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Verse 4
For everything I’ve lost, [C]I’m not mad at [G]love
I’d even give it one more [C]day, if I thought it'd [G]be enough
I could have [Em]served five life sentences for a [D]crime I didn’t do
For all the time I’ve [C]wasted on [G]you[C]
Yeah, for [G]all the time I’ve [C]wasted on [G]you
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