Biography:
Thirsty Merc is an Australian rock band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matt Smith (guitarist).
Thirsty Merc have released one EP entitled First Work, and 3 studio albums; Thirsty Merc, Slideshows, and Mousetrap Heart. The band has sold over 200,000 albums, has toured extensively around Australia, and have received heavy airplay in Australia on an impressive number of songs.
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Other songs:
- 20 Good Reasons
- Crying In Denial
- In The Summertime
- Someday, Someday
- All My Life
- Dna
- Every Now And Then
- Everything But You
- Hey Jacinta
- Homesick
- I Wish Somebody Would Built A Bridge
- Kaleidoscope
- Mousetrap Heart
- Mozambique
- My Completeness
- Shes All I Got
- Someday Someday
- The Good Life
- The Grind
- The Hard Way
- The Whole World Reminds Me Of You
- Those Eyes
- Tommy And Krista
- Understanding Love
- Wasting Time
- When The Weather Is Fine
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
WASTING TIME (this version is on the 'When the Weather is Fine' Single)
(Thirsty Merc)
Verse 1:
A2 C# D
All is fair
A5 C# D
Im tryin'to make you notice me but you dont care
A2 C# D
You play me like a broken game of snakes and ladders
B/D# D B/D#
Or cards or piano or a record
D
Thats been thrown in the trash
A2 C# Dsus2 A
I like you, I've liked you since I saw you
C# Dsus2
Walking down my street
A2 C# Dsus2
I like your little vibe and your clothes and feet
B/D# E C#/F F#m7
And your hair and your eyes and your nose and your face
D/G
And your life....
Chorus:
A2
I know your name
F#
And I've got your number
Bm7
I dont wanna save the world
(Dm7/F) alt.chord
Bdim7/F
I just wanna waste some time with you
A2 - F
We're both so young
F#
We might as well face it
Bm7
I dont wanna change nothing
(Dm7/F) alt.chord
Bdim7/F
I just wanna waste some time with you
Verse 2:
A2 C# D
Three Blind Mice
A2 C# D
I may as well be asking them for stable advice
A2 C# D
Instead I'm on a see-saw all day and night
B/D# D B/D# D
And all week and all month and all year, all my life
D
I'm only human
A2 C# D
If only you could see
A2 C# D
You do some some pretty crazy little things to me
A2 C# D
And I dont wanna change the course of histo - ry
B/D# E C#/F F#m7 D/G
I just want you to be next to someone like me and be free
Bridge:
Am G#
Wasting Time
Am G# F
Wasting time with you
Am G#
Wasting Time
Am G# F
Wasting time with you
Verse 3:
A2 C# D
Now you know
A2 C# D
My thoughts about where I would like the story to go
A2 C# D
I feel that if you'd really like to play it cool
B/D# D B/D# D
We should do it, do it, do it yeah! (to chorus)
(Thirsty Merc)
Verse 1:
A2 C# D
All is fair
A5 C# D
Im tryin'to make you notice me but you dont care
A2 C# D
You play me like a broken game of snakes and ladders
B/D# D B/D#
Or cards or piano or a record
D
Thats been thrown in the trash
A2 C# Dsus2 A
I like you, I've liked you since I saw you
C# Dsus2
Walking down my street
A2 C# Dsus2
I like your little vibe and your clothes and feet
B/D# E C#/F F#m7
And your hair and your eyes and your nose and your face
D/G
And your life....
Chorus:
A2
I know your name
F#
And I've got your number
Bm7
I dont wanna save the world
(Dm7/F) alt.chord
Bdim7/F
I just wanna waste some time with you
A2 - F
We're both so young
F#
We might as well face it
Bm7
I dont wanna change nothing
(Dm7/F) alt.chord
Bdim7/F
I just wanna waste some time with you
Verse 2:
A2 C# D
Three Blind Mice
A2 C# D
I may as well be asking them for stable advice
A2 C# D
Instead I'm on a see-saw all day and night
B/D# D B/D# D
And all week and all month and all year, all my life
D
I'm only human
A2 C# D
If only you could see
A2 C# D
You do some some pretty crazy little things to me
A2 C# D
And I dont wanna change the course of histo - ry
B/D# E C#/F F#m7 D/G
I just want you to be next to someone like me and be free
Bridge:
Am G#
Wasting Time
Am G# F
Wasting time with you
Am G#
Wasting Time
Am G# F
Wasting time with you
Verse 3:
A2 C# D
Now you know
A2 C# D
My thoughts about where I would like the story to go
A2 C# D
I feel that if you'd really like to play it cool
B/D# D B/D# D
We should do it, do it, do it yeah! (to chorus)
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This Providence
This Town Needs (...)
This Wild Life
Thiving Glory