[Intro - BPM 102 - No drums to start - 2/4 emphasis on 2 when strumming] (strum pattern d-D- -udu d-D- (down up, caps - emphasis) Am G C C x 2
[Verse 1] [Am] I was scared of [G] dentists and the [C] dark [Am] I was scared of [G] pretty girls and [C] starting conversations, Oh [Am] all my friends [G] are turning [C] green - You're the [Am] magician's a [G] ssistant in their [C] dreams
[Pre-chorus - At stop start to count 1 2 3 4 starting on 'come' and tap snare on 4 to come back in] Uh [Am] Ooh, [G] ooh, [C] ooh -- [Am] Uh, [G] oh oh oh, and they [C] (stop) come unstuck
[Chorus - Drums full drums] [Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide, taken away to the [Am] dark side, [G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man ...I [Am] love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song, and I got a lump in my [Am] throat, 'cause [G] you're gonna sing the words [C] wrong
[Verse 2 - Slap snare] [Am] There's this movie [G] that I think you'll [C] like - This [Am] guy decides to [G] quit his job and [C] heads to New York City - This [Am] cowboy's [G] running from [C] himself ... And [Am] she's been living [G] on the highest [C] shelf
[Pre-chorus] Uh [Am] Ooh, [G] ooh, [C] ooh -- [Am] Uh, [G] oh oh oh, and they [C] (stop) come unstuck
[Chorus - Drums full drums] [Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide, taken away to the [Am] dark side, [G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man ...I [Am] love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song, and I got a lump in my [Am] throat, 'cause [G] you're gonna sing the words [C] wrong
[Bridge] [Am] I just wanna, I just wanna [G] know [C] If you're gonna, if you're gonna st [Fmaj7] ay [Am] I just gotta, I just gotta know [G] [C] I can't have it, I can't have it [Fmaj7] (drums stop) any other way
[Pre-chorus] (strum once and hold - no snare) I [Am] swear she's [G] destined for the [C] screen --[Am] Closest thing to [G] Michelle Pfeiffer [C] that you've ever seen, oh
[Chorus - No drums quiet - then full drums for 2 repeats] [Am] Lady, [G] running down to the [C] riptide, taken away to the [Am] dark side, [G] I wanna be your [C] left hand man ...I [Am] love you [G] when you're singing that [C] song, and I got a lump in my [Am] throat, 'cause [G] you're gonna sing the words [C] wrong
[Chorus x 2] [End on C - or go to Avicii Wake Me Up?]
[Intro - BPM 124 - Capo 2nd G* - 30XXXX] (Strum - M = muted hit on low strings) M-^- -v^v - repeat x 3 then for C to G ^vC- ^vG- (beat turns round during this bit) [Note - chords in verse and chorus track when they are emphasised for the first time - not the start of the beat - i.e. initial muted hit]
[Am][F][C][(C-G)] [Am][F][C][(C-G)] - passing G bass note from Am to F if you want
[Verse 1 - No drums - Second Am to F you can play passing bass G if you want] [Am] Feeling my way [F] through the dark [C] ness [C] [Am] Guided by [F] a beating har [C] art [C] [Am] I can't tell [F] where the jour [C] ney will end [C] [Am] But I know [F] where to sta [C] a rt [C]
[Am] They tell me I'm [F] ....too young [C] to under stand [C] [Am] They say I'm caught [F] up in a dre..[C]...eam [C] (chords right on lyrics is no gap) [Am] Well, life will pass [F]me by if I [C]don't open up [C]my(downstrum) eyes [Am] Well, that's fine [F] by me [C][C]
[Chorus - Bass drum - o'ver' and ol'der' sung right on C chord] So wake me Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
So wake me Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Keyboard riff - Full strum version - (12x) - 4 times just bass drum - 8 with full drums] (lick lips at start and again on each F and whistle in middle of range - louder and easier to control pitch) Am F C Gsus4(on snare) e|-0---0--0-0--0-1-----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---X----| B|-1---1--0-0--1-1-----1--1--1-1-1h31--1---1----| G|-2---2--0-0-2--2-----0--0--0-0-0--0--0---0----| D|-2---2--0-0-2--3-----2--2--2-2-2--2--2---0----| A|-0---0--0-0----3-----3--3--3-3-3--3--3---x----| E|---------------1-------------------------3----|
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum - Second Am to F you can play passing bass G if you want] [Am] I tried car [F]rying the weight [C] of the world [C] [Am] But I only [F] have two haa [C] ands [C] [Am] Hope I get [F]the chance to tra [C] vel the world [C] [Am] But I don't have [F] any plans [C] ..... [C]
[Am] Wish that I [F] could stay for ev [C] ver this young [C] [Am] Not afraid [F]to close my [C]eyes [C] [Am] Life's a game [F] made for ev [C] ryone [C] [Am] And love [F] is the prize [C] (Stop)
[Chorus - Slap snare] So wake me (drum in) Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost (Stop)
So wake me (full drums) Up [Am] when it's [F] all o [C]ver [C-G] When I'm Wi [Am] ser [F] when I'm ol [C]der [C-G] All this Time [Am] I was fin [F] ding myself [C] and I [C-G] [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost [Am] Didn't know [F] I was [C] lost
[Keyboard Riff Out - 4 times just bass drum - 8 with full drums] Am F C C-G [End on Am]
[Additional Notes] (12x) Am F C - C Gsus4 e|-------------------------------------------------0------| B|--------------1--------------1--1--1--3---1---3-----1---| G|-2--2--0--2------2---0--2--0----------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------|