Intro G C (x2)
verse 1
G C
Boarding the train,
G C G C G
I don't know if I will ever see her again,
D Em
But of one thing I am sure,
D
I'm heading off to war,
C G
I may not come back again.
|:G (6 beats), C (2 beats):| (x2)
G D
What's the cost to win,
Em C
People say we'll change the world,
G D
but where do I fit in,
Em D Em
At least I can wave goodbye,
D
To the apple of my eye,
C D G
Oh this crazy crazy world.
Bridge
C Em
So don't let me sleep,
C Em
I've got a promise to keep,
C Em
you will be on my mind,
D G
saying be strong in this fight,
C D G
and carrying me through these troubled times.
G D Em
So wake me up in Nashville,
C D
cause it's where I wanna be,
G Em C D
and I will meet you on the platform at 3:15,
G D Em C D
and I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light,
G D Em C
wake me up in Nashville,
D G
let me hold you tonight.
|:G (6 beats), C (2 beats):| (x2)
verse 2
G C G
Do you understand,
G C G C G
as I put that 20 dollars in your hand,
C D Em
The task that you must do,
D
It may mean that's all to you,
C D G C G
but it means everything to me.
G D
My friends they may get lost,
Em C G D
cause they're fighting for what they believe but if you were all I've got,
Em C
put your picture in my Pocket-watch,
G D Em C
capturing that smile is all I want to do for now,
G D
I may be gone a while,
Em *C *C *C C
but I will make it back somehow.
Bridge
C Em
So don't let me sleep,
C Em
I've got a promise to keep,
C Em
you will be on my mind,
D G
saying be strong in this fight,
C D G
and carrying me through these troubled times.
G D Em
So wake me up in Nashville,
C D
cause it's where I wanna be,
G Em C D
and I will meet you on the platform at 3:15,
G D Em C D
and I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light,
G D Em C
wake me up in Nashville,
D G
let me hold you
(Instrumental based upon main chords)
Choral verse
G D Em C D
Pulling in to Nashville and that's where I wanna be,
G D Em C D
got 15 seconds till I see you and I'll hold you tenderly,
C Em
but he says sir you must wake,
C Em
I've made a terrible mistake,
C Em D G
now its 4 am you said on you I could depend,
C D G
from Pensacola on to journeys end
G D Em
So wake me up in Nashville,
C D
cause it's where I wanna be,
G Em C D
and I will meet you on the platform at 3:15,
G D Em C D
and I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light,
G D Em C
wake me up in Nashville,
D G
let me hold you tonight