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Three Days Grace - Wake up Transcribed by Richard Sibley. Feel free to email me at richard at vaultworld dot com! ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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]
Other versions of Wake Up
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