G  C  G    C  G

[Verse 1]
                                C              G
I could have walked around the world a couple times
                             C               G
I could have swam across the ocean and back again
       Em                      D
Made a wish on every star that Galileo drew
                      C         G
For all the time I’ve wasted on you


[Verse 2]
                               C            G
I could have downed a million beers in Mexico
                                   C           G
Counted every piece of gravel on a long county road
            Em                       D
Sailed that slow boat down to China, right up to the moon
                      C         G
For all the time I’ve wasted on you


[Chorus]
          Em
Time goes by
                                         C
And when it’s gone it’s gone and you realize
          Em
Time just lies
                                      C
And you did not move on, no, you just cried
         D       G  C  G
You just cried


[Verse 3]
                                    C             G
I could have filled the Mississippi River with my tears
                               C                 G
No telling what I could have done with all these years
             Em                              D
I could have dug out the Grand Canyon with a spoon
                      C         G
For all the time I’ve wasted on you


[Chorus]
          Em
Time goes by
                                         C
And when it’s gone it’s gone and you realize
          Em
Time just lies
                                      C
And you did not move on, no, you just cried
         D
You just cried


[Instrumental]
G  C  G      C  G    Em    D      C  G


[Verse 4]
                          C               G
For everything I’ve lost, I’m not mad at love
                          C                      G
I’d even give it one more day, if I thought it'd be enough
             Em                               D
I could have served five life sentences for a crime I didn’t do
                      C         G    C
For all the time I’ve wasted on you
          G                 C         G
Yeah, for all the time I’ve wasted on you