Intro -x3-: B Abm | Ebm Gb |

Verse 1:
         E
We got a lot of time to get it right
         E                               Abm    B
It feels good to mess it up, maybe don't think about it
      Gb
Going late at night who needs a fantasy
           Gb                        Dbm
Buzzing on Hennessy, class like a Kennedy
Abm           E
And you're my nation, my revolution
             E                              Abm     B
Living right now, well you can call it disillusioned
  Gb
Until tomorrow comes,
Gb                   E
This is how we run

Pre-Chorus:
                B
    So take the good stuff, honey
              Abm
    the money just won't buy
Ebm
    Spend it up
        Gb
    however we like
                B
    So take the good stuff, honey
              Abm
    the money just won't buy
Ebm
    Don't try to save us
                  Gb
   'cause we're doing it right

Chorus:
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth

Post-Chorus:
B
    It's my life
    Abm                Ebm
    If I'm gonna waste it
                         Gb
    Gonna waste it on you
B
    It's my life
    Abm                Ebm
    If I'm gonna waste it
                      Ebm
    I'll be wasted on you

Verse 2:
              E
Look what you did to me, a rebel born free
        E                                 Abm        B
Running wild through the concrete jungle; now I can't seem
   Gb
to stay away; hell, I know that I'm gonna pay
Gb                Dbm Abm
But I do it anyway
           E
You're the ultimate high that I'm tripping on
           E                                  Abm B
You're the edge of the cliff that I'm hanging on
  Gb
Until tomorrow comes,
Gb                   E
This is how we run

Pre-Chorus:
                B
    So take the good stuff, honey
              Abm
    the money just won't buy
Ebm
    Spend it up
        Gb
    however we like
                B
    So take the good stuff, honey
              Abm
    the money just won't buy
Ebm
    Don't try to save us
                  Gb
   'cause we're doing it right

Chorus:
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth

Post-Chorus:
B
    It's my life
    Abm                Ebm
    If I'm gonna waste it
                         Gb
    Gonna waste it on you
B
    It's my life
    Abm                Ebm
    If I'm gonna waste it
                      Ebm
    I'll be wasted on you

Interlude:
B                Abm          | Ebm         Gb    |
    wasted on you    wasted on      you         on
B                  Abm          | Ebm               |
  you wasted on you    wasted on      you

Bridge:
      E
    I tell myself if I'm gonna fall
E                 Abm      B
    It'll be from high pla - ces
    Gb
    Even when it hurts, at least we loved hard
Gb             n.c.
    Didn't we, baby?

Chorus:
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth
B      Abm           Ebm         Gb
We are,   we are the wasted youth

Post-Chorus:
B
    It's my life
    Abm                Ebm
    If I'm gonna waste it
                         Gb
    Gonna waste it on you
B
    It's my life
    Abm                Ebm
    If I'm gonna waste it
                      Ebm
    I'll be wasted on you