Stay Awake Chords
Stay Awake by Ellie Goulding is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, F#m, C#m, E/G#, A and Esus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
VERSE I
D Bm
Take my fate in your hands
F#m C#m
We've got a lot that hasn't even began
D Bm
Something is calling us, we're breaking free
F#m C#m
I'm curious, I need to see
D Bm F#m
Like a flash before our eyes
C#m Bm
We're already into the night
Bm
And if it feels like we're dreaming, believe it, believe it
D Bm F#m
(Yeah) We don't have to wait 'til the mor - ning
C#m D
The sun will never go down
Bm F#m
And we'll be this way fore - ver
E/G# A
We've got to take it now
D Bm
Just stay awake, stay awake
F#m C#m
You can follow us to paradise
Bm
Just stay awake, stay awake
VERSE II
D Bm
Bring me down, side by side
F#m C#m
While our reflections make our bodies collide
D Bm
So full of energy, nothing to hide
F#m C#m
No need to sleep, we come alive
D Bm F#m
And if we're gonna take this ride
C#m Bm
We can go wherever we like
Bm
And if it feels like we're dreaming, believe it, believe it
D Bm F#m
(Yeah) We don't have to wait 'til the mor - ning
C#m D
The sun will never go down
Bm F#m
And we'll be this way fore - ver
E/G# A
We've got to take it now
D Bm
Just stay awake, stay awake
F#m C#m
You can follow us to paradise
Bm
Just stay awake, stay awake
BRIDGE
Esus4 C#m D
Esus4 C#m D
Esus4 C#m D
Esus4 C#m D
D Bm F#m C#m
Believe it
D Bm F#m C#m
D Bm
Take my fate in your hands
F#m C#m
We've got a lot that hasn't even began
D Bm
Something is calling us, we're breaking free
F#m C#m
I'm curious, I need to see
D Bm F#m C#m
D Bm F#m C#m
D Bm F#m
Like a flash before our eyes
C#m Bm
We're already into the night
Bm
And if it feels like we're dreaming, believe it, believe it
D Bm F#m
We don't have to wait 'til the mor - ning
C#m D
The sun will never go down
Bm F#m
And we'll be this way fore - ver
E/G# A
We've got to take it now
D Bm
Just stay awake, stay awake
F#m C#m
You can follow us to paradise
Bm
Just stay awake, stay awake