Waste Tab

by Smash Mouth
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Smash Mouth - Waste
 
Tabbed by Drew Smajda
 
Great song, one of my favorites, finally tabbed!
 
   CHORDS:
   -------
        EADGBE          EADGBE
   B   (x2444x)    Am7 (x02013)
   F#m (244222)    D*  (x54035)
   Em7 (022030)    G*  (3x0002)
   A7  (x02020)    F#* (244300)
   E*  (054032)
 
   Great song by a great band! This is the first non-happy song I've
   heard from them. Like with all their songs, you have to tune down
   one note to play along to the CD.
 
 
   VERSE 1:
   --------
   B                   F#m
     I'm lookin' at my watch
   Em7                            A7
      At all the time that's been stolen
   B                     F#m
     When I was carrying you
   Em7                              A7
     It seems I've tripped and I've fallen
 
 
   VERSE 2: [play like verse 1]
   --------
   Don't want no one to ache
   Oh to be drunk and forgetful
   To get out of this unscathed
   Oh to be free and inhuman
 
 
   CHORUS: [see tab below]
   -------
   E*        A7
   Some, may say
     E*       Am7
   I love, to play
            D*                 G*      F#*
   When the chance is there to take
 
 
   CHORUS-TAB:
   -----------
      E*              A7              E*             Am7
   E|---------------------------------------2--------------3--
   B|--------3--------------2---------------3------------1-1--
   G|------0--------------0---------------0------------0------
   D|----4--------0-----2---------------4---------------------
   A|-----------2-----0---------0h2------------------0-------
   E|-0-------------------------------0---------0-------------
 
         D*                G*          F*
   E-------------5-------------2---------------0-0-|
   B-----------3-3---------------0-------------0-0-|
   G--------------------------------------3-3--3-3-| <- strum that chord
   D---------4--------4------0---------4--4-4--4-4-|    a few more times
   A-0---3/5----------5----------------4--4-4--4-4-|
   E-----------------------3-----------2--2-2--2-2-|
 
    [the second and third time you play the chorus tab in the song it
     might have some tiny variations, but I don't wanna bother to tab     them out, it's basically the same.]
 
 
   VERSE 3: [play like verse 1]
   --------
   I'm moppin' up the floor
   From messy recipes of romance
   I'm packin' up the pots
   Too many cooks in the kitchen
 
 
   CHORUS: [play like previous chorus]
   -------
   Some, may say
   I love, to let
   a good thing go to waste
   I let it go to waste
 
 
   GUITAR-SOLO:
   ------------
      B           F#m           Em7            A7
   E|-----------------------------------------------
   B|-----------------------------------------------
   G|-----------------------------------------------
   D|-1---1-2-4-------------------------------------   h = hammer-on
   A|-----------2h4-0-----0-0h2------2-2-4-5-4/5-4--   / = slide up
   E|---------------------------0-------------------
 
         B            F#m          Em7         A7
   E-------------------------------3-----3-5-7-7-5--------5----|
   B-----4----4-5-7-4h5-2--------------------------------------|
   G-----4----4-6-8-4h6-2------2/4-------4-6-7-7-6----4/6---6--|
   D-----------------------------------------------------------|
   A--0--------------------------------------------------------|
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
   BRIDGE:
   -------
   B                F#m           Em7              A7
   Let a good thing go to waste a good thing go to waste
   B                F#m           Em7              A7
   Let a good thing go to waste a good thing go to waste
 
 
   [PLAY CHORUS-TAB ONCE]
 
 
   VERSE 4:
   --------
   B                   F#m
     I'm lookin' at my watch
   Em7                            A7
      At all the time that's been stolen
   B                     F#m
     When I was carrying you
   Em7                              A7
     It seems I've tripped and I've fallen
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5 comments
tehpastaboy
The tuning is down a half step.
+3
tkdmastergerm
This song is one of my favorites from Smash Mouth and I can't seem to find another tab thats correct lol. Goog job.
+2
fukubus
Hey, I just wanna say that I've been playing for 25 years and guitar tab is often TOTALLY WRONG. But you nailed this, and this song has some weird chords that are very unusual. I tip my hat to you Drew Smajda, and of course Greg Camp who is the awesome guitarist who wrote this baddass song!
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