Wake Up Chords
by Arcade Fire
Wake Up by Arcade Fire is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, F, G, Bb, F# and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
From Funeral
Tabbed by theplot
Intro - C (repeated)
Choir Part - C, Am, F, G (quick), C
C
something - filled up
Am
my heart - with nothin'
F G C
someone - told me not to cry.
C
but now that - i'm older
Am
my heart's - colder -
F G C
and i can - see that it's a lie.
(same chords for the rest of the song)
children - wake up
hold your - mistake up
before they - turn the summer into dust.
if the children - don't grow up
our bodies get bigger. but our hearts get torn up
we're just a million little gods causing rain storms turning every good thing to rust.
i guess we'll just have to adjust.
Bb G*
with my lighning bolts a-glowin'
Bb G F
i can see where i am going to be when
F
the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
(Time change - C)
C
better look out below!
*play descending chords - G, F#, F, E (optional)