Wake Up Story of the Year
The Black Swan
2008 Epitaph Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
E - 022100
B - x24442
[G#m] [-] [466444]
Intro: C#m, C#m-A-C#m-B x4
Verse 1:
We are a[C#m]live for a moment
One second in the
great abyss of time
All the bleeding
all the hate
Just one blink of an [C#m]eye
All the [A]conflicts it [E]visits
dire [B]pain on human [C#m]life
Are we [A]missing [E]what
it is to [B]be alive?
Refrain 1:
[A] One by one the pieces [C#m]fall
Until our pride defeats us [E]all
We learn to live with[G#m]out it
Chorus 1:
[C#m]Wake up!
[A]To the [E]sound of
this [B]time bomb
[C#m]Wake up!
[A]To it's [E]deafening [B]song
[C#m]Wake up!
Cause [A]you don't [E]know what
you've [B]got [C#m]until it's [A]gone
U[E]ntil it's gone
Interlude: C#m
Verse 2:
Our inno[C#m]cence is a [A]virtue
But our [E]arrogance will
[B]only leave us [C#m]blind
Unat[A]tended without [E]anyone
to [B]save our idle [C#m]lives
Will we find [A]out
that [E]everything we
[B]know exists in[C#m]side
of a [A]fraction
Of a [B]fraction
Refrain 2:
[A] One by one the
pieces [G#m]fall again
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
[C#m]Wake up!
[A]To the [E]sound of
this [B]time bomb
[C#m]Wake up!
[A]To it's [E]deafening [B]song
[C#m]Wake up!
Cause [A]you don't [E]know what
you've [B]got [C#m]until it's [A]gone
U[E]ntil it's gone away
Bridge:
[G#m] One by one the pieces [A]fall
[B] Until our pride defeats us all
Yeah!
Guitar Solo: C#m-A-E-B x4
(Repeat Bridge)
Interlude: C#m-A-E-B x2
(Repeat Chorus 1 and Chorus 2)
Outro:
C#m-A-C#m-B x4
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