Wake Up Dead Chords

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Wake Up Dead by Veruca Salt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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C       G 
 Wake up dead 
D         G 
 You're entitled to 
   Em              Am   
 A night or two in bed 
            D 
 Without disguises 

C       G 
 Wake up dead 
D         G 
 You've decided to 
 Em          Am 
 Spend eternity 
             D 
 Without surprises 

C       G 
 Wake up dead 
D         G 
 You're excited to 
C       Em    D 
 Wake up dead 

     D  C     D 
 But I will accept you 
      G      D     Am 
 Til the sun falls down 
  Am    G 
 Falls down 

     D  C       D 
 And I will protect you  
      G      D     Am 
 Til the sun falls down 
  Am    G 
 Falls down 

C       G 
 Wake up dead 
D         G 
 You're invited to 
  Em              Am   
 Take a midnight stroll 
            D 
 With Mephistopheles 

C       G 
 Wake up dead 
D         G 
 You're awake enough 
     Em               Am 
 To know just what it takes  
         D 
 to get away from me 

C       G 
 Wake up dead 
D         G 
 You're excited to 
C       Em    D 
 Wake up dead 

     D  C      D 
 But I will accept you  
      G      D     Am 
 Til the sun falls down 
  Am    G 
 Falls down 

     D  C       D 
 And I will protect you  
      G      D     Am 
 Til the sun falls down 
  Am    G 
 Falls down 

     D  C       D 
 And I will respect you 
      G      D     Am 
 Til the sun falls down 
  Am    G 
 Falls down 

     D  C       D 
 And I will protect you 
      G      D     Am 
 Til the sun falls down 
  Am    G 
 Falls down 
    	

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