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Wake Up Time Chords by Tom Petty

Wake Up Time chords by Tom Petty

Guitar chords with lyrics

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, Asus4


  G      D       G      D
You follow your feelings, you ...
  G     D   F#m   A
You follow the leader ...
  G        D        G     D
And what~s in there waiting, ...
     G      D    F#m     A
You gotta keep one eye ...
G             Em          A  D
You never dreamed you~d go ...
G               Em          A
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 ...


G D

A          Em  Bm
And its wake ...
    A
Time to open up ...
  G  D  A
And rise ...


  G       D         G     D
You spend you life dreaming...
  G      D    F#m      A
You hang out forever and ...
  G     D     G       D
And if you get lucky, ...
  G       D    F#m      A
To help you get over the pain ...
G           Em             A     D
Yeah, you were so cool back in ...
G       Em            A
You were sure not to have your ...
A
But you~re just a poor boy alone ...
A
You~re just a poor boy ...


G D

A          Em  Bm
And its ...
    A
Time to open up ...
  G  D  A
And rise ...


   G     D    G      D
Well, if he gets lucky, a ...
  G      D      F#m     A
To help him to shoulder the ...
      G      D        G      D
And if you follow your feelings ...
  G       D   F#m     A
You might find the forest ...
G            Em            A  D
Yeah, you~ll be alright, it~....
G              Em          A
Who could have seen you~d be ...
A
You~re just a poor boy, a ...
A
You~re just a poor boy, a ...


G D

A          Em  Bm
And its wake ...
    A
Time to open ...
  G  D  A
And rise and ...

G D

A            Em  Bm
~Cause it~s wake ...
    A
Time to open ...
  G  D  A
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:


    E A D G B E
    -----------
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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