Wake the World
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Written by The Levellers, from "Green Blade Rising".
Transcribed by Alan Bigham, 13th April 2016.
Note: You can play the F* as normal or better off striking the three or four highest strings (this is the best mix of ease and sound).
Alternatively on those lines you could slide up the neck and play:
Am C F
5 8 8
7 10 8
7 10 10
5 9 10
5 8 10
5 8 8
VERSE I:
Am C
Been sitting in silence, safe inside four walls
G F
Trying to remember the moment when we changed the rules
Am C
Do you take to your bed or do you take the cure?
G F Am C F*
Been getting out of my head lately that's for sure
CHORUS:
Em G Am
So tell me when___ oh when
C
Are we gonna wake the world?
Em G Am
So tell me when___ oh when
C
Are we gonna wake the world
C
Are we gonna wake the world?
VERSE II:
Am C
So I took a look around to see who's still listening
G F
Found them swallowing lies they find so comforting
Am C
The electric eye will always tell you so
G F Am C F*
Don't want the truth around me, no, I don't want to know
CHORUS:
Em G Am
So tell me when___ oh when
C
Are we gonna wake the world?
Em G Am
So tell me when___ oh when
C
Are we gonna wake the world
C
Are we gonna wake the world?
BRIDGE:
D C
You were right when you were young
D C
Could you ever see it all come undone
D C
You were brave when you were young
D C
Would you ever believe it could all come undone?
VERSE III:
Am C
Don't want to get to a place I don't recognize
G F
Where we've all bought the world, but left with second prize
Am C
Dragged down by the words of a hollow song
G F Am C F*
Left in a state of selfish Babylon
CHORUS:
Em G Am
So tell me when___ oh when
C
Are we gonna wake the world?
Em G Am
So tell me when___ oh when
C
Are we gonna wake the world
Em G Am
When___ oh when
C
Are we gonna wake the world?
C
Are we gonna wake the world?
Am
