Maroon 5 - Wasted Years: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Wasted Years" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Wasted Years ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Wasted Years" smoothly on your ukulele.

Am
Slow is the memory
                       Dm
And I can picture her standin'
right in front of me
Said that I'm behaving badly
                         Am
And kind of driving her crazy
But I know she wants me

I remember everything
Her sweat, it tastes like sugar cane
And sitting on top of me,
yelling out my fucking name
Until I'm empty
But I know she wants me

Chorus:
    C   Am           C         Am
But I have already tried to explain myself
It's not that I love someone else
But I can't bear to listen to you cry, yeah
Sick of all these wasted years
Drowned in someone else’s tears
     E                                       Am
You let me down, now I'm hanging you out to dry

And I'll see you when I get back
Maybe we can get ourselves back
on the right track
You touch me there because you know
how much I like that
I think that we both need to relax,
you know you want me

All the time and everywhere
A happy surface, but the underbelly isn't there
And the worst thing is that
I don't even really care
And the emptiness is too much to bear

Chorus

Dm
'Cause sometimes I don't know what to do
Em
I'm scared to stand right in front of you
F
The way our pain subsides
       G
Can't bear the stare of your teary eyes

I know you feel like it's hard to stay
In fact, you may just wanna run away
Now all that I can really say is baby, oh
Deep down you know, yeah

Chorus:
I have, have already tried to explain myself
It's not that I love someone else
But I can't bear to listen to you cry
Sick of all these wasted years
Drowned in someone else’s tears
You let me down, now I'm hanging you out to dry

Already tried to explain myself
It's not that I love someone else
But I can't bear to listen to you cry
Sick of all these wasted years
I’m drowned in someone else’s tears
You let me down, now I'm hanging you out to dry

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A

Ukulele chord A

Am

Ukulele chord Am

C

Ukulele chord C

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

E

Ukulele chord E

Em

Ukulele chord Em

F

Ukulele chord F

G

Ukulele chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Wasted Years" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Wasted Years" by Maroon 5.

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