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When You Gonna Wake Up

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Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
Am/C x-3-2-2-1-x
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-3
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[Intro]
| Am| Am   Dm| Am| Am   Dm|
[Verse 1]
AmGod don’t make no Dpromises that He don’t Amkeep
You got some Dm7big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be aAmsleep
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
When you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Verse 2]
AmCounterfeit philosophies have Dpolluted all of your Amthoughts
Karl Dm7Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger’s got you tied up in Amknots
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
When you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Verse 3]
You got Aminnocent men in jail, Dyour insane asylums are Amfilled
You got Dm7unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that’ll never cure your Amills
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
When you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Verse 4]
You got Ammen who can’t hold their peace and Dwomen who can’t conAmtrol their tongues
The Dm7rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the Amyoung
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
When you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Solo]
| Am| D| Am| % |
| Dm7| % | Am| % |
| Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
| Dm| G   F   D5|
| Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
| Em7| Am| % |
[Verse 5]
AAmdulterers in churches and Dpornography in the Amschools
You got Dm7gangsters in power and lawbreakers making Amrules
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
When you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Verse 6]
AmSpiritual advisors and Dgurus to guide your every Ammove
Dm7Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be apAmproved
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
Said, when you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Verse 7]
AmDo you ever wonder Djust what God reqAmuires?
You Dm7think He’s just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering deAmsires
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
When you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Verse 8]
You Amcan’t take it with you and you Dknow that it’s too worthless to be Amsold
They tell you, “Dm7Time is money,” as if your life was worth its weight in Amgold
[Chorus]
| Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
| Dm| G   F   D5|
| Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
| Em7| Am| % |
[Verse 9]
There’s a AmMan up on a cross and DHe been crucified for Amyou
BeDm7lieve in His power that’s about all you’ve got to Amdo
[Chorus]
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Dm| G   F   D5|
When you gonna wake up
Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
When you gonna wake up
Em7| Am| % |
And strengthen the things that remain?
[Outro]
| Am| D| Am| % |
| Dm7| % | Am| % |
| Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
| Dm| G   F   D5|
| Am| D5   Am/C   Am|
| Em7| Am| % |
(fade out)
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