Wake Up tab by Three Days Grace

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Three Days Grace - Wake up
Transcribed by Richard Sibley.
Feel free to email me at richard at vaultworld dot com!
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Here are the basics of the song. As always, listen to
the song to understand and hear exactly what is going on.
The transcription may not be exact, but I think it's pretty close.

🏷Legend: [Chorus] means "Chorus" is being defined
    (Chorus) means to play the already defined "Chorus"
    {} are used to specify remarks
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Drop D MajorD tuning with Capo 2

[Intro - Riff 1]

    |  |  |  |   |  |  | |  |  |  |  |   |  |  | |
E MajorE|---|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
BB|---|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
G+G|---|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|---|-----4---5-4---4-|-----4-5--4----|-----7---5h7---7-|---7---5--4-----|
A augmentedA|---|---2---2---------|---0-----------|---5-------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-0-|-2-----------2---|-0-----------0-|-5-----5-----5---|-0---0-------0--|

[Verse 1] {Guitar continues playing Riff 1 twice}
I'm not sober all the time...

[Guitar plays Riff 1]

[Verse 2] {Guitar continues playing Riff 1 twice}
I must be running out of luck....

[Pre-chorus]
E MajorE|---------|---------|---------|---------------|
BB|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-|--10-10-10-10--|
G+G|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|---7--7--7--7--|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|---7--7--7--7--|
A augmentedA|---------|---------|---------|---------------|
D MajorD|---------|---------|---------|---------------|

E MajorE|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
BB|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-8---10---|-7-7-7-8---7---|
G+G|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7----7---|-7-7-7-7---7---|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7----7---|-7-7-7-7---7---|
A augmentedA|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
D MajorD|---------|---------|---------|----------------|---------------|
It took so long to say...

[Chorus]
E MajorE|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
BB|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G+G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D MajorD|-0-2-2-0-2----|-2-0--0--0--0-|-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-0--0--0--0-|
A augmentedA|-0-2-2-0-2----|-2-0--0--0--0-|-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-0--0--0--0-|
D MajorD|-0-2-2-0-2----|-2-0--0--0--0-|-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-0--0--0--0-|

E MajorE|--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
BB|--------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
G+G|--------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|-(5)-5-5--5----|-7-7--7--7------|
D MajorD|-0-2-2-0-2----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|-(5)-5-5--5----|-7-7--7--7--(0)-|
A augmentedA|-0-2-2-0-2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3--|-(3)-3-3--3----|-5-5--5--5--(0)-|
D MajorD|-0-2-2-0-2----|----------------|---------------|------------(0)-|

Wake up, I'm pounding on the door...

[Guitar plays Riff 1]

[Verse 3] {Guitar continues playing Riff 1 twice}
I'm not angry all the time...

[Pre-chorus - Same as before]
[Chorus - Same as before]

[Bridge - Riff 2]
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-|
|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|--7--7--7--7-|
|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|--7--7--7--7-|
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
|---------|---------|---------|-------------|

|---------|---------|---------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-8---10---|
|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7----7---|
|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7----7---|
|---------|---------|---------|----------------|
|---------|---------|---------|----------------|

{Guitar repeats Riff 2}
It took so long to say...

E MajorE||------------------||---------------|
BB||--7-7-7-8---10----||-7-7-7-8---7---|
G+G||o-7-7-7-7----7---o||-7-7-7-7---7---|
D MajorD||o-7-7-7-7----7---o||-7-7-7-7---7---|
A augmentedA||------------------||---------------|
D MajorD||------------------||---------------|


E MajorE|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
BB|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G+G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D MajorD|-0-2-2-0-2----|-2-0--0--0--0-|-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-0--0--0--0-|
A augmentedA|-0-2-2-0-2----|-2-0--0--0--0-|-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-0--0--0--0-|
D MajorD|-0-2-2-0-2----|-2-0--0--0--0-|-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-0--0--0--0-|

[Chorus - Same as before]

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