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I Am Waking Up Today

Bowling For Soup

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

C×○○
G○○○
D××○
Em○○○○
A×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: C G D Em  (4x) 
 
C           G               D      Em 
My life is skipping like a broken record 
C           G              D       Em 
I keep repeating all the same mistakes 
C           G              D        Em 
I used to get caught up in all the wreckage 
 
C      G     D      Em 
But I am waking up today 
 
C            G                 D           Em 
The day you left I thought the world was ending 
C           G        D      Em 
I lost myself in all the misery 
C            G                 D        Em 
And now I'm picking up the scattered pieces 
 
C      G     D      Em 
And I am waking up today 
C     G     D      Em 
I am waking up today 
 
A            D 
I'm not the guy you know 
G          C 
This is me 2.0 
A                       D 
I gotta check but I'm never going back 
 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C             G          D       Em  
Something's happening inside of me 
     C       G     D     Em 
'Cause I am waking up today 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
 
C          G               D           Em 
I take a look at all the people around me 
C             G            D       Em 
It's hard to tear a friend from enemy 
C            G             D         Em 
Everyone tries to tell me who I should be 
 
C      G     D      Em 
But I am waking up today 
 
C            G             D            Em 
What do you see when you look in the mirror? 
C          G        D        Em 
Are you living how you wanna be? 
C          G                 D         Em 
I'm gonna face the day with eyes wide open. 
 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
 
A              D 
We were the walking dead 
G               C 
Get your ass outta bed 
A                             D 
We got all tracked but we're never going back 
 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C             G          D       Em  
Something's happening inside of me 
     C       G     D     Em 
'Cause I am waking up today 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
 
Solo :  C  G  A  Em  4x 
 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C             G          D       Em  
Something's happening inside of me 
     C       G     D     Em 
'Cause I am waking up today 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
 
C    G     D     Em 
I am waking up today 
C             G          D       Em  
Something's happening inside of me 
     C       G     D     Em 
'Cause I am waking up today 
 
I am waking up today

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Chord set

C · G · D · Em · A

Practice tip

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