Wasted Life

Intro

This intro. riff can be played for 
as many bars as you like.
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Verse 1
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A
I could be a soldier
Go out there and fight to save this 
G
land
A
Be a people's soldier
                    G
Paramilitary gun in hand
A
I won't be a soldier
                               G
I won't take no orders from no-one
A
Stuff their fuckin' armies
                         G
Killing isn't my idea of fun

Chorus
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And they wanna waste my life
           E        A
They wanna waste my time
           E        A
They wanna waste my life
Continues after the ad
            G      D   A
And they've stolen it away

Verse 2
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A
I could be a hero
Live and die for their important 
G
cause
A
A united nation
                             G
Or an independent state with laws
    A
And rules and regulations
That merely cause disturbances and 
G
wars
    A
And that's what I have got now
All thanks to the freedom seeking 
G
hoardes

{Repeat chorus}

Bridge
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F#               E
I'm not gonna be taken in
     F#                     E
They said if I don't join I just 
can't win
     F#                    E
I've heard that story many times 
before
    F#                        G#
And every time I've thrown it out 
the door


Solo
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Verse 3
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A
Still they come up to me
With a different name and same old 
G
face
A
I can see the connection
                              G
With another time and another place
        A
No they ain't blond-haired or 
blue-eyed
But they think that they're the 
       G
master race
        A
They're nothing but blind fascists
Brought up to hate and given lives 
   G
to waste

{repeat chorus twice}


Worked out by (i.e. not necessarily 
100% correct but as near as I can 
get it)
Gordon Johnston
"A Scotsman in Germany"