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Wake Up

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Capo: 1st Fret
The first tab was made by "jperumal" who figured out some of the chords in the song.
I wanted to complete the tab and make this song easier to play.
So now you can use a capo instead of just playing bar chords the whole song.
Hope you enjoy.
[Intro]
AmYou spend your life in a dream that you can't escape
FCause you live your life in a coma, you never awake
AmIf you opened your eyes, then maybe you'd see what's at stake
FYou're sleeping
CYou're sleeping
[Verse 1]
AmYou make a lot of money and you live in a mansion
AmAnd pretty much got everything that you could ever imagine
FBut you feel like even though you got everything in the world
FYou got nothing
FSo what you do then is you start going backwards
AmYou runnin' in a direction
AmAnd you lookin' for something that isn't real
AmAnd all you know is that you just gotta have it
FWhat you're doin' is sleepin'
FAnd thinking that you're awake and you're not
FAnd the problem is that you don't know what you're after
AmSo you put everything that you have into what you do
AmHoping that one day maybe you don't have to feel like you're empty
FBut as you get older a lot of weight on your shoulders is getting heavy
FThen you look back and you start to regret things
AmYou only get one life
AmAnd every time you lookin' at yours
AmYou feel like everything you have is a waste!
FAnd the problem and the reason you could never fill a hole in your life
FIs because you were never awake
[Chorus]
AmYou spend your life in a drFeam that you can't escAmape
Cause you liCve your life in a cFoma, you're never aCwake
AmWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
FWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
AmWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
FWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
[Verse 2]
AmYou wake up in the morning
AmBut you feel like you never got up and go to work
AmAnd you feelin' like you ain't got a purpose
FAnd you tryna get motivated but everything you do turns into a mess
FLike you ain't nothing but worthless
AmAnd, yo, you look around
AmA lot of these other people you lookin' at
AmTo you, you describe as perfect
FSo you point a finger at God and tell him to do his job
FAnd fix ya' life up cause nothin' is workin'!
AmAnd you will try to hide and make it seem like it's nothin'
AmBut really you feel like everything is crashin' around you
FAnd you develop a problem in trustin' in other people
FWhich later became an issue that will mentally pound you!
AmYou only get one life
AmBut every time you lookin' at yours you feel like all you ever see are mistakes
FAnd the problem and the reason you could never move forward in life
FIs because you were never awake
FWake up
[Chorus]
AmYou spend your life in a drFeam that you can't escAmape
Cause you liCve your life in a cFoma, you're never aCwake
AmWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
FWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
AmWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
FWake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!
[Final chorus]
(Wake up 8x in the background)
AmYou spend your life in a drFeam that you can't escAmape
Cause you liCve your life in a cFoma, you're never aCwakeAm  

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Wake Up

by NF

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo: 1st Fret

The first tab was made by "jperumal" who figured out some of the chords in the song.

I wanted to complete the tab and make this song easier to play.

So now you can use a capo instead of just playing bar chords the whole song.

Hope you enjoy.

[Intro]

You spend your life in a dream that you can't escape

Cause you live your life in a coma, you never awake

If you opened your eyes, then maybe you'd see what's at stake

You're sleeping

[Verse 1]

You make a lot of money and you live in a mansion

And pretty much got everything that you could ever imagine

But you feel like even though you got everything in the world

You got nothing

So what you do then is you start going backwards

You runnin' in a direction

And you lookin' for something that isn't real

And all you know is that you just gotta have it

What you're doin' is sleepin'

And thinking that you're awake and you're not

And the problem is that you don't know what you're after

So you put everything that you have into what you do

Hoping that one day maybe you don't have to feel like you're empty

But as you get older a lot of weight on your shoulders is getting heavy

Then you look back and you start to regret things

You only get one life

And every time you lookin' at yours

You feel like everything you have is a waste!

And the problem and the reason you could never fill a hole in your life

Is because you were never awake

[Chorus]

Am F Am

You spend your life in a dream that you can't escape

C F C

Cause you live your life in a coma, you're never awake

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!

[Verse 2]

You wake up in the morning

But you feel like you never got up and go to work

And you feelin' like you ain't got a purpose

And you tryna get motivated but everything you do turns into a mess

Like you ain't nothing but worthless

And, yo, you look around

A lot of these other people you lookin' at

To you, you describe as perfect

So you point a finger at God and tell him to do his job

And fix ya' life up cause nothin' is workin'!

And you will try to hide and make it seem like it's nothin'

But really you feel like everything is crashin' around you

And you develop a problem in trustin' in other people

Which later became an issue that will mentally pound you!

You only get one life

But every time you lookin' at yours you feel like all you ever see are mistakes

And the problem and the reason you could never move forward in life

Is because you were never awake

Wake up

[Chorus]

Am F Am

You spend your life in a dream that you can't escape

C F C

Cause you live your life in a coma, you're never awake

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!

[Final chorus]

(Wake up 8x in the background)

Am F Am

You spend your life in a dream that you can't escape

C F C Am

Cause you live your life in a coma, you're never awake

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