Wasting My Time Thinking Of You Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays354

Wasting My Time Thinking Of You by Strawbs is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, Dm7, Dm, Em, C, F, Em7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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Intro: G  Dm7  G  Dm  G  Dm7  Em  Dm  C F C  Em7 Am G 

verse 1 
C             F     C 
Every day and every night 
    G           Dm7  G           Dm7 
I'm thinking of you, thinking of you 
       C                F            C 
When I get into bed and turn out the light 
    G           Dm7  G           Dm7  G  F   G 
I'm thinking of you, thinking of you 


verse 2 
C                     F           C 
Messing around with a song that I wrote 
G           Dm7  G           Dm7 
Thinking of you, thinking of you 
C                          F          C 
Plucking up the courage to send you a note 
G           Dm7  G           Dm7  G  F   G 
Thinking of you, thinking of you 


Bridge 
G Am   Dm  Em  F   G   F    G   Am         Dm7 
I just get the feeling that I'm wasting my time 
G Am  Dm  C   F      G   F  G F         G 
I can see you strung out on a different line 
               Dm7   G          Dm7 
I'm wasting my time, wasting my time 


verse 3 
C            F         C 
May be I am, maybe I'm not 
G          Dm7   G           Dm7 
Wasting my time, thinking of you 
        C                       F           C 
But I'm making the most of what little I've got 
    G          Dm7   G           Dm7  G Am Dm C F Am 
I'm wasting my time, thinking of you 


verse 4 
C                       F      C 
Getting my kicks from Algerian wine 
G           Dm7  G           Dm7 
Thinking of you, thinking of you 
C                      F         C 
Getting hung up on the telephone line 
G          Dm7   G           Dm7  
Wasting my time, thinking of you 
G          Dm7   G           Dm7  
Wasting my time, thinking of you 
G          Dm7   G           Dm7  
Wasting my time, thinking of you 
G          Dm7   G           Dm7  C 
Wasting my time, thinking of you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante