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Tuning: C Tuning (C F A# D# G C)
Key: Cm
Difficulty: Novice
C standard tuning CFBbEbGc
Intro:
c |----------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------2-3-1-|
F |---2----2------2-----1-2----------|
C |-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-------3-------|
Verse melody riff:
c |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
Bb|-5~-4~---2-4------------------|
F |-------5-----5~-4--5-4-2------|
C |---------------------------0~-|
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B E
For the verses play single notes as indicated above.
It also sounds nice if you add in an E string drone
-for the chorus play the A and G an octave up as octave chords
Verse 1:
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Don’t look, just keep your eyes peeled
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Thoughtless, trapped in my minefield
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Shotgun, never behind the wheel....anymore
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Danger, monsters of smoke and mirror
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Slowly, can one so lost be found?
Chorus 1:
A G Em
And I know you'll never believe
A G Em
I play as though I’m alright
A G Em
If life is but a dream,
A G Em
Then....wake me!...up
Bridge 1:
Em
Fallen leaves realize they are no friend of autumn
F# A
The view from hell is blue sky,
F# A
So ominously blue
F Em G A Em F Em F Em
Daydream until all the blue is gone
Chorus 2:
A G Em
And I know you'll never believe
A G Em
I play as though I’m alright
A G Em
If life is but a dream,
A G Em
Then....wake me!
Break:
F# F# F# G G
F# F# F# G G
F# F# F# G G
F# F# F# G G
Bridge 2:
Em F#
Underwater is another life
Em F#
Disregarding every myth we write
Em F#
Rag doll churning, over and over--gasping in horror, so breathless you surface, just as the next wave is!...
Verse 2:
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Big smile, really a show of teeth
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Without a care in a world of fear
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Lonely, you don’t know how I feel
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B Em
Praise God, nothing is as it seems....
horn plays verse riff to end:
c |------------------------------|
G |------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
Bb|-5~-4~---2-4------------------|
F |-------5-----5~-4--5-4-2------|
C |---------------------------0~-|
G F# D E F# D C# D C# B E
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| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
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Other versions of this song
- Keep Your Eyes Peeled (Tabs)
- Keep Your Eyes Peeled (ver2) (Tabs)
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Last Updated: January 28, 2026