The Living End – Wake Up (Ukulele)

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Notes on the song: I find it sounds best to play this with the uke tuned g-B-E-A - it makes the B5 a nicer chord to play, and allows a better sounding intro/verse bits. If you're just playing the chords, no need to drop the C string!
   Bm  Em  A   B5  G   F#  F#7   G5  D
A|-2-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-1-|--1--|-5-|-0-|
E|-2-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-3-|-2-|--0--|-3-|-2-|
B|-0-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-2-|--2--|-3-|-3-|
g|-4-|-0-|-2-|-4-|-0-|-3-|--3--|-0-|-2-|
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Intro:
  Bm                Em                Bm                A
|-----2---0-------|-----------------|-----2---0-------|-----0-----------|
|---0---------2---|-0---3---2---0---|---2---------2---|---2-----0---2---|
|-0---------------|---0-------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  Bm                Em                Bm                B5
|-----2---0-------|-----0-----------|-----2---0-------|-----------------|
|---2---------2---|-3-------3---0---|---2---------0---|-2---------------|
|-0---------------|---0-------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Verse 1:
|Bm                   |Em                    |Bm                   |A
   I've been buried      in the sand            I've come down with  no place to land

|Bm                   |G                     |Bm                   |Bm
   I don't need you to   understand It's        not what I had      planned

|Bm                   |Em                    |Bm                   |A
   All the hunger,       all the yearning       with the lifeline    that you're burning

|Bm                   |G                     |G                    |F#               |F#7
   Poison lessons        that you're learning,  the road          a-head is turning
Chorus:
|Bm           |G5             |D                  |F#
   Suicidal      education,     it got sold to our   generation

|Bm           |G              |D                  |F#           
   Wake up to the manipulation, wake up to the       situation

|G5        |G5
   Suicidal   education
Break: Bm x 4 Verse 2:
|Bm                 |Em               |Bm                |A
   Stick together      side by side;     We no longer      need to hide

|Bm                 |G5               |Bm                |Bm
   From the darkness   into the light,   now is your     time

|Bm                 |Em               |Bm                |A
   I need something to numb the pain,    forget me and fo-orget my name

|Bm                 |G                |G                 |F#             |F#7
   Waiting for the    time to arrive:   no one gets       out of here ali-ive
Chorus:
|Bm           |G5             |D                  |F#
   Suicidal      education,     it got sold to our   generation

|Bm           |G              |D                  |F#           
   Wake up to the manipulation, wake up to the       situation

|G5        |G5
   Suicidal   education
Break: Bm x 6
|Bm               |G5        |D                |F#
 Wake up, wake up.            Wake up, wake up.

|Bm               |G5        |D                |F#
 Wake up, wake up.            Wake up, wake up.        Wake

|G5               |G5        |G5               |G5
 up,                    Wake  up
Intro Bm Em Bm A Bm Em Bm B5
|Bm                   |Em                    |Bm                   |A
   I've been buried      in the sand            I've come down with  no place to land

|Bm                   |G                     |Bm                   |Bm
   I don't need you to   understand It's        not what I had      planned
Outro:
|Bm           |G              |D                  |F#           
   Suicidal      education,     it got sold to our   generation 

|Bm           |G              |D                  |F#           
   Suicidal      education,     it got sold to our   generation 

|Bm           |G              |D                  |F#           
   Wake up to the manipulation, wake up to the       situation  

|Bm           |G              |D                  |F#           |Bm
   Suicidal      education,     it got sold to our   generation