What A Waste Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Bb]
[Am][Bb]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I could be
the driver in an articulated lorry
[Bb]I could be a poet,
I wouldn't need to worry
[Am]I could be the teacher in
a classroom full of scholars
[Bb]I could be the sergeant in
a squadron full of wallahs

[Verse 2]
What [C]a waste! What [Bb]a waste!
What [C]a waste! [Am]What a waste!
[D]

[Verse 3]
Because [G]I tried to play the fool
in a six- piece band
[E]First- night nerves every
one- night stand
[Am]I should be glad to be so inclined
What a [Bb]waste! What a waste! But
the [G]world [Am]don't [Bb]mind

[Verse 4]
[Am]I could be a lawyer with
stratagems and muses
[Bb]I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises
[Am]I could be a writer with
a growing reputation
[Bb]I could be the ticket- man
at Fulham Broadway station

[Verse 5]
What [C]a waste! What [Bb]a waste!
What a [C]waste! What a waste!
[D]

[Verse 6]
Because [G]I tried to play the fool
in a six- piece [E]band
First- night nerves every
one- night stand
[Am]I should be glad to be so inclined
What a [Bb]waste! What a waste! But the world don't
[G]mind

[Interlude 1]
[E][C#m]
[Ebm][Fm]
[F#][G][Am][E]
[Am][Bb]

[Verse 7]
[Am]I could be the catalyst
that sparks the revolution
[Bb]I could be an inmate in
a long- term institution
[Am]I could lead to wide extremes,
I could do or die
[Bb]I could yawn and be withdrawn
and watch them gullify

[Verse 8]
What a [C]waste! What a [Bb]waste!
What [C]a waste! W[G]hat a w[D]aste!

[Verse 9]
Because [D]I t[G]ried to play the fool
in a six- piece band
[E]First- night nerves every one- night stand
[Am]I should be glad to be so inclined
What [Bb]a waste! What a waste! But
the world don't [G]mind

[Interlude 2]
[G][E][Am]
[Bb][G]

[Verse 10]
Chose to play [G]the fool in a
six- piece band
[E]First- night nerves every one- night stand
[Am]I should be glad to be so inclined
What [Bb]a waste! What a waste!
But the world don't [G]mind
What a [Bb]waste! What a waste! But the world
[E]don't mind

[Interlude 3]
[G][E]
[Am][Bb][G]

[Verse 11]
Chose to play [G]the fool in a
six- piece band
[E]First- night nerves every one- night stand
[Am]I should be glad to be so inclined
What [Bb]a waste! What [G]a waste! But
[E]the[Am]
world don't mind