Wake Up Time
(words & music by Tom Petty)
This is the final song off of -Wildflowers- and is arranged for piano. It
is quite a simple song but effective. Anyway, here are the chords:
Intro: G, D, G, D, G, D, F#m, A, Asus4, A, Asus4GDGD
You follow your feelings, you ...
GDF#mA
You follow the leader ...
GDGD
And what~s in there waiting, ...
GDF#mA
You gotta keep one eye ...
GEmAD
You never dreamed you~d go ...
GEmA
Who could have seen, you~...
A
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You feel like a poor boy, a ...
A
You~re just a poor boy, a ...
GDAEmBm
And its wake ...
A
Time to open up ...
GDA
And rise ...
GDGD
You spend you life dreaming...
GDF#mA
You hang out forever and ...
GDGD
And if you get lucky, ...
GDF#mA
To help you get over the pain ...
GEmAD
Yeah, you were so cool back in ...
GEmA
You were sure not to have your ...
A
But you~re just a poor boy alone ...
A
You~re just a poor boy ...
GDAEmBm
And its ...
A
Time to open up ...
GDA
And rise ...
GDGD
Well, if he gets lucky, a ...
GDF#mA
To help him to shoulder the ...
GDGD
And if you follow your feelings ...
GDF#mA
You might find the forest ...
GEmAD
Yeah, you~ll be alright, it~....
GEmA
Who could have seen you~d be ...
A
You~re just a poor boy, a ...
A
You~re just a poor boy, a ...
GDAEmBm
And its wake ...
A
Time to open ...
GDA
And rise and ...
GDAEmBm
~Cause it~s wake ...
A
Time to open ...
GDA
And rise ...
And it ends on that nice chord. If you prefer, you can play the chords
any which way you like but to get the sound as accurate and precise as
how it sounds on the album, I suggest you play the chords like this:
EADGBE
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G 3 x 0 0 0 x
D x 5 4 2 x x
F#m x x 4 2 2 x
A x 0 2 2 2 x
Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 x
Em 0 2 2 0 0 x
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
Comments, questions? Feel free to email me. Bye.
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