Bm D G
Bm D G A
Bm D G
Bm D G A


[Verse 1]
         Bm                    G                D         A
Take the key out the door and lock me away for hours and hours
           Bm                  G                       D           A
Watch the years passing by, remind me I'm not getting younger, I tower
Bm              G            D                A
I was only seventeen, now I feel more sixty-three


[Chorus]
Bm                 G
I am just wasting away
         D               A
Growing tired of being afraid
        Bm                           G
I don't want you to know where I've been
                 D               A
Now that you're gone, I'll carry on

Bm G D A


[Verse 2]
         Bm         G                 D          A
I am walking away, trying to light a fire in my soul
     Bm                      G                        D            A
I refuse to believe there's nothing but dirt in this prison I live in
Bm              G            D                A
I was only seventeen, now I feel more sixty-three


[Chorus]
Bm                 G
I am just wasting away
             D               A
I'm Growing tired of being afraid
        Bm                           G
I don't want you to know where I've been
                 D               A
Now that you're gone, I'll carry on
         Bm    G   D   A
Wasting away (ooh ooh ooh)
Bm   G   D   A
Aah ooh aah ooh


[Bridge]
Bm                        G          D             A
I was so busy trying to change who I was and who I am
    Bm                    G        D                   A
I forgot how to live and laugh, forget everything and dance


[Chorus]
Bm                 G
I am just wasting away
             D               A
I'm Growing tired of being afraid
        Bm                           G
I don't want you to know where I've been
                 D               A
Now that you're gone, I'll carry on
Bm                 G
I am just wasting away
             D               A
I'm Growing tired of being afraid
        Bm                           G
I don't want you to know where I've been
                 D               A
Now that you're gone, I'll carry on
         Bm
Wasting away