Meat Loaf – A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (Guitar)
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Chords
from the Very Best of Meat Loaf
Composed by Jim Steinman & Andrew Lloyd Webber
[Intro]
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm | Bm | A | A
Bm A D G | F#sus4 _ F# Bm
[Verse 1]
Bm G F#sus4 F# Bm If you listen to the night, you can hear the dark - ness call G D G D I can barely stand to wait, I can barely stand at all Bm G F#sus4 F# Bm Come on closer to me now, like we're sharing the same skin G D G D We gotta get out of this jail, we gotta let the future in Bbm F Gb So many things in your life that you're bound to regret Db Gb Db Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I do this? Bbm F Gb So many chances you've lost that you'll never forget Db Gb Db Why didn't I make it? Why didn't I take it right there?
[PreChorus 1]
Bm The loneliest words you'll ever know: A/B "If only, if only it was so." Bm The emptiest words that there'll ever be: A/B "It could have been me, it could have been me." Bm The loneliest words you'll ever know: A/B "If only, if only it was so." Bm The emptiest words that there'll ever be: A/B "It could have been me, it could have been me." C#m You'll have to pay for it later B/C# If you don't get it when it's going for free G#7/C# C#m B E A | G#sus4 _ G# C#m Be-lieve me, be-lieve me
[Chorus]
Db6 Db Db6 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Gb Cb Gb Gb/Db D It's something that's al-ways been so Db6 Db Db6 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Gb F+ Bbm And one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already know A+ Bbm There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste Gbm(maj7) Db Bm A D G | F#sus4 _ F# Bm It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
[Verse 2]
Bm F#sus4 F# Bm You shouldn't tremble when we touch, there's no rea - son for these fears G D G D It's a promise that was made, we've been promised this for years Bm F#sus4 F# Bm I wanna show you it all, what to do, and where, and how G D G D 'Cause we'll never be as young as we are right now G D G D We'll never be as young as we are right now Bbm F Gb So many cries in the night that you try to ig-nore: Db Gb Db Why didn't I do that? Why didn't I do this? Bbm F Gb So many unanswered prayers, so many unopened doors Db Gb Db Why didn't I take it? Why didn't I make it come true?
[PreChorus 1]
Bm The loneliest words you'll ever know: A/B "If only, if only it was so." Bm The emptiest words that there'll ever be: A/B "It could have been me, it could have been me." Bm The loneliest words you'll ever know: A/B "If only, if only it was so." Bm The emptiest words that there'll ever be: A/B "It could have been me, it could have been me." C#m You'll have to pay for it later B/C# If you don't get it when it's going for free G#7/C# C#m B/C# C#m B/C# Be-lieve me; be-lieve me, be-lieve me
[Chorus]
Db6 Db Db6 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Gb Cb Gb Gb/Db D It's something that's al-ways been so Db6 Db Db6 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Db6 Db Dbadd9 Db A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste Gb F+ Bbm And one of these nights you're gonna show me that you already know A+ Bbm There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste
Gbm(maj7) (Db6 in solo)
It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
[Solo]
Db6 Db | Db6 Db
Db6 Db | Dbadd9 Db
Gb _ Cb Gb | Gb/Db Db
Db6 Db | Db6 Db
Db6 Db | Dbadd9 Db
Gb | F+ | Bbm | Bbm
[Tag 1]
A+ Bbm There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste Gbm(maj7) E5 It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
[Bridge]
Em Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind D Em It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find Em Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind D Em D G C Bsus4 B Em It doesn't matter what we're losing, only mat - ters what we're go - ing to find Em Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind (Let's get away from the past) D Em It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find (So many ways to go fast)
[Instrumental]
Em | Em | Em | Em
D | D | Em D G C | Bsus4 _ B Em
[Bridge, continued]
Em Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind D Em It doesn't matter what we're losing, only matters what we're going to find Em Tire tracks and broken hearts, it's all we're leaving behind D Em D G C Bsus4 B Em It doesn't matter what we're losing, only mat - ters what we're go - ing to find
[Tag 2]
C+ Dbm There's a feast waiting for you and you've never even gotten a taste Am(maj7) E It's later than you think and A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste) Am(maj7) E C#m B E A | G#sus4 _ G# C#m || A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste