note: transcribed from the Rory Dodd demo version; simplified chords for guitar; transposed +1 (original version is in B) ___ A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste ___ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ [intro] | C | F | C/E | a a a G | | C | F | C/E | a a a G | F | F | Gsus | G | C | C || [verse] | C/E | d | F | G | a | d7 | Gsus7 | g#dim7 | a G/B | (woman sitting out...) | C/E | F | d7 | e/G G | a | d7 | Gsus7 | g#dim7 | a G/B | (city boy who's...) | e | e | a . . G | a | d | e7 | Gsus | G | (don't let your dreams) | e | e | F G | a | F | (don't let it all get) | C C/B a a/G | F G7sus | (blessed are the lovers) | C C/B a a/G | F G7sus | (blessed are the fires) | a | G a . . | e | G || (you'll have to pay...) [chorus] | C G | F d7 | C G | F G7 | (kiss is a terrible...) | C G | F d7 | e a | F G | a | e a | F G | (kiss is a terrible...) [intro riff] | C | F | C/E | a a a G | | C | F | C/E | a a a G || [alternate verse] | C | F | C/E | a a a G | (if only I was 10 years) | C | F | C/E | a a a G | (if only I could lose) | F | G | e | a | d7 | d7 | d7/G | d7/G | C | C || (if only I had done...) [verse] | C/E | d | F | G | a | d7 | Gsus7 | g#dim7 | a G/B | (couple making out...) | C/E | F | d7 | e/G G | a | d7 | Gsus7 | g#dim7 | a G/B | (staring into each...) | e | e | a . . G | a | d | e7 | Gsus | G | (don't let your dreams) | e | e | F G | a | F | (don't let it all get) | C C/B a a/G | F G7sus | (blessed are the lovers) | C C/B a a/G | F G7sus | (blessed are the lovers) | a | G a . . | e | G || (you'll have to pay...) [chorus] | C G | F d7 | C G | F G7 | (kiss is a terrible...) | C G | F d7 | e a | F G | a | e a | F G | (kiss is a terrible...) [chorus repeated] || | C G | F d7 | C G | F G7 | || (kiss is a terrible...) ||: :|| (4 times) || | C G | F d7 | e a | F G | || (kiss is a terrible...) [intro riff] || | C | F | C/E | a a a G | || (whoohoohoo...) ||: :|| (repeat ad lib and fade) || | C | F | C/E | a a a G | || (whoohoohoo...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- chord annotations G7sus g#dim7 e7 3 2 0 0 1 1 x x 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 =========== =========== =========== | | | | o o | | | o | o | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- | o | | | | | | | | | | | o o | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | o | ----------- ----------- ----------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (words and music by Jim Steinman) ·[`transcription by Steven Nitsch´]· http://www.steinABC.ch.vu 030@gmx.at