Wake Me Up Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Wake Me Up by City Harmonic is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, F#m, D, A and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 
E-F#m-D-A 

verse 1 
A                                         E         F#m    D      A      
How long, how long will the river run dry 
A                                           E        F#m      D            A 
Cause I'm so busy living I forgot to be alive 
 A                                           E   F#m   D       A 
And I've lost count of the beat of Your heart 
 A                                  D                  E  
Come on, come on won't You wake me up 
          D                            E                                     D    E    D    E 
Wake me up, wake me up, wake me up, yeah 


                   A   D  E 
Cause when You shine  
                A  D  E 
You bring to life 
                       A    D     E 
Even my darkest of nights 
                 A    D     E 
Wake me up to shine 
E  F#m   D   A 
Oh 

verse 2 
                                        E    F#m    D   A 
Yeah, I've come home like a prodigal son 
                                                      E      F#m     D   A 
If home's where the heart is that is in the hands of God 
                                      E       F#m      D     A 
And that is just where my heart belongs 
                                   D             E 
Turn on the light, come on wake me up 
       D                               E             D      E     D     E 
Wake me up, wake me up, wake me up, yeah 




                  A   D  E 
Cause when You shine 
               A  D  E 
You bring to life 
                      A    D     E 
Even my darkest of nights 
          A    D     E 
Wake me up to shine 

Bridge 1 
C#m                   D                        A 
Oh Sleep will last from the dead 
                      E            C#m 
Sing Your songs instead 
                 D               
Right up to the end 
A                   E         D 
Come on wake up 

C#m                   D                   A 
Sing out Your songs of life 
                   E         D         C#m 
In Your darkest nights 
             D               
It will be alright 
  A                         E 
Come on wake up 
    D      A 
Wake up 

Bridge 2 
A-D 
You gotta wake me up 
Wake me up 
You gotta wake me up 
Wake me up 
You gotta wake me up 
Wake wake me up 
You gotta wake me up 
Wake wake me up 
You got to wake me up! 
            A   D     E 
You shine 

               A   D     E 
You bring to life 
                        A   D      E 
Even my darkest of nights 
                   A   D     E       A 
You wake me up to shine 


Outro 
E   F#m  D    A 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante