Don't Wake Me Up chords by Victoria Carbol

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: B minorBm

Verse 1:
B minorBm            D MajorD
Our eyes meet across the battlefield
      A augmentedA       G+G
Across the bodies of the slain
B minorBm        D MajorD
Yours are hollow, mine are red
   A augmentedA        G+G
But I know you worship pain
B minorBm            D MajorD
Here we are, the dawn is breaking
    A augmentedA          G+G
But the light just sears our souls
B minorBm         D MajorD
I lay my head down, close my eyes
  A augmentedA        G+G
To dream away these woes

Chorus:
B minorBm           D MajorD
Don’t wake me up until it’s over
  A augmentedA        F#F#
I’m dreaming of the past
B minorBm          D MajorD
Before these wounded minds grew older
      A augmentedA      F#F#    B minorBm
Before the gods poured out their wrath

Instrumental:
A augmentedA B minorBm A augmentedA F#F# B minorBm A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA A#A#

Verse 2:
B minorBm       D MajorD
Heavy words are hard to take
      A augmentedA       G+G
But they’re better than a lie
B minorBm         D MajorD
Inside your closet, your skeletons
   A augmentedA     G+G
Can’t wait to go outside
B minorBm       D MajorD
Here we are at the beginning, ha
A augmentedA          G+G
Beginning of the end
B minorBm         D MajorD
I lay my head down, close my eyes
  A augmentedA        G+G
To dream it’s all pretend

Chorus:
B minorBm                    D MajorD
Don’t wake me up until it’s over
  A augmentedA       F#F#
I’m dreaming of the past
B minorBm                   D MajorD
Before these drunken hearts grew sober
      A augmentedA      F#F#    B minorBm
Before the gods poured out their wrath

Instrumental:
A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F#F# B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA F#F#

Bridge:
BB            B minorBm   D MajorD
Was the world this dark when I was a child?
       A augmentedA    D MajorD       G+G
Heroes just villains who learned to lie?
B minorBm         D MajorD
I lay my head down in this grave
     A augmentedA         F#F#
Clasp my hands and close my eyes

Chorus:
C# minorC#m           E MajorE
Don’t wake me up until it’s over
  BB        G#G#
I’m dreaming of the past
C# minorC#m         E MajorE
Before these sainted souls grew colder
      BB      G#G#    C# minorC#m
Before the gods poured out their wrath
            E MajorE
Don’t wake me up until it’s over
   BB       G#G#
I’m dreaming of the past
C# minorC#m         E MajorE
Before these wounded minds grew older
      BB      G#G#    C# minorC#m
Before the gods poured out their wrath
           E MajorE
Before these wounded minds grew older
      BB      G#G#    C# minorC#m
Before the gods poured out their wrath

Outro:
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m E MajorE BB G#G# C# minorC#m E MajorE BB C# minorC#m E MajorE BB