Tom: A
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Bm7 D D
Ohaa
[VERSE]
A D A Bm7 Bm7
Michael all the lines are down it's Aust-ralia Day again
D A F#m7 F#m7
Everytime the wheel slows down I think of all my friends
D A
Whatever happened to the days way back when the
F#m7 D
Bondi Lifesaver was always raging
D A
I'm standing here in Oxford Street and the
F#m7 D
Ghosts are howlin' and geez it's raining__
D Esus4 E E
E|-------------| I say
[CHORUS]
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives I say
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives
[LINK]
Bm7 D D
[VERSE]
A D A Bm7 Bm7
I wish I had been a-round when the Bondi Icebergs reigned
D A F#m7 F#m7
Sometimes I sit and think of it and I dream of better days
D A
Whatever happened to the days way back in the
F#m7 D
Nineteen thirties all those endless parties
D A
I'm still too young to understand how it
F#m7 D
Was back then when the party ends__
D Esus4 E E
E|-------------| I say
[CHORUS]
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives I say
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives
[LINK]
Bm7 D D
[INSTRUMENTAL]
A D A Bm7 Bm7
D A F#m7 F#m7
D. A
They say the circle turns around there'll be
F#m7 D
Better days and I don't mind waiting
D A
I wish time had stopped ten years ago but I'm
F#m7 D
Learning slowly life is always changing__
D Esus4 E E
E|-------------| I say
[CHORUS]
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives I say
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives
[LINK-LONG]
Bm7 D D E E
Woh-woah
[VERSE]
A D A Bm7 Bm7
I got a letter from Doctor Pepper ten thousand words to the page
D A F#m7 F#m7
He was talking about Gurdjieff and I dozed off about half way
D A
Whatever happened to the days way back when the
F#m7 D
World was safe and it seemed worth saving
D A
We search for leaders on our hands and knees but
F#m7 D
Don't ask David 'cos he's still crazy__
D Esus4 E E
_E|-------------| I say
[CHORUS]
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives I say
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives I say
[LINK-LONG]
Bm7 D D E E
Don't I say don't I say
[TAG]
A E/A C#m7 Bm7
Don't waste time these are the best years of our lives I say
