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|--------------------------------------------------------|