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Wake Up

AWOLNATION

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
D××
Bm×
C×
G
Dsus4Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 1st fret
              
 
 
 
Em D    Bm  C 
        Wake up 
 
Em D    Bm  C 
        Wake up 
 
Em D    Bm  C 
        Wake up 
 
Em D    Bm C 
        Oooh 
 
Em G D Bm 
Em G D C 
 
Em 
Wake up 
          D     
Well it's nice to meet you 
       C 
Do you have a name? 
               D 
'Cause I would like to teach you, baby 
Em 
Alright 
        D 
If it's unfamiliar 
         Bm 
When the sharks are swimming 
        C 
We will watch them kill ya, baby 
Em 
Yeah, you 
      D 
I'm a little shocked 
             C 
'Cause I can see the future 
        D 
Lookin' through your eyes 
Em 
Tonight 
          D 
Don't you fall asleep 
          Bm 
Don't you fall 
     C                         
It's only gonna take a little time 
 
C         D                 Em 
Before we start to lose our minds 
      Bm                     C 
We're leavin' all the haters behind 
C          D              Em 
Before the sun decides to hide 
  Bm 
I know you think I'm maybe out of line 
C             D                 Em 
I'm scared to love what we love most 
     Bm                       C 
It's only gonna take a little time 
C         D                 Em 
Before we start to lose our minds 
Em   D 
Wake 
Dsus4 
Up 
 
Em 
Wake up 
          D 
Well it's nice to know ya 
         C             
Have you learned to fly? 
               D 
'Cause I would die to show ya, baby 
Em  
Alright 
        D 
If it's unfamiliar 
       Bm  
When I taste your face 
           C 
Then I can break the mirror, baby 
Em 
Yeah, you 
     D 
I'm afraid to hide 
             C 
'Cause I can live today 
         D 
Before I say goodbye 
Em 
Tonight 
          D 
Don't you fall asleep 
          Bm 
Don't you fall 
     C 
It's only gonna take a little time 
 
 
C         D                 Em 
Before we start to lose our minds 
      Bm                     C 
We're leavin' all the haters behind 
C          D              Em 
Before the sun decides to hide 
  Bm 
I know you think I'm maybe out of line 
C             D                 Em 
I'm scared to love what we love most 
     Bm                       C 
It's only gonna take a little time 
C         D                 Em 
Before we start to lose our minds 
Em   D 
Wake 
Dsus4 
Up 
 
 
Em      Em        D 
Take some time to breathe 
      Bm       Bm       C 
Let's take some time to breathe 
         Em     Em     D 
From the desert to the sea 
         Bm       Bm      C 
It's the same for you and me 
         Em        Em     D  
When you say you'd rather bleed 
      Bm     Bm          C 
Is it really what you're thin-kin 
      Em       Em    D 
Let's take some time to breathe 
Bm 
Out 
     C 
It's only gonna take a little time 
 
 
C         D                 Em 
Before we start to lose our minds 
      Bm                     C 
We're leavin' all the haters behind 
C          D              Em 
Before the sun decides to hide 
  Bm 
I know you think I'm maybe out of line 
C             D                 Em 
I'm scared to love what we love most 
     Bm                       C 
It's only gonna take a little time 
C         D                 Em 
Before we start to lose our minds 
Em  D 
Wake 
Dsus4 
Up 
 
C         D                 Em 
Before we start to lose our minds 
      Bm                     C 
We're leavin' all the haters behind 
C          D              Em 
Before the sun decides to hide 
  Bm 
I know you think I'm maybe out of line 
C             D                 Em 
I'm scared to love what we love most 
     Bm                       C 
It's only gonna take a little time 
C         D                 Em          D 
Before we start to lose our minds (Wake Up) 
C   D 
Wake 
Dsus4 
Up 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · D · Bm · C · G · Dsus4

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.