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Wake Up Everybody Chords

Music by: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes · 1975
Genre R&B Tone Eb minor BPM 96 Views 328
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[Intro 1]
[Am]
[Am]
[Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Wake up [Dm]everybo- dy,
no more [Am]sleepin in [Dm]bed
[Am]No more backward t[Dm]hinkin',
time for [G]thinkin ahead
The [Am]world has changed so [Dm]very much
From [Am]what it used to [Dm]be
[Am]There is so much [Dm]hatred,
[G]war an' poverty

[Verse 2]
[Am]Wake up all the [Dm]tea chers,
time to [Am]teach a new [Dm]way
[Am]Maybe then they'll [Dm]listen,
to [G]whatcha have to say
Cause [Am]they're the ones who's [Dm]coming up,
and the [Am]world is in their [Dm]hands
[Am]When you teach the [Dm]children,
teach 'em the [G]very best you can

[Chorus 1]
[F]The wor[G]ld won't get no [Em]bette[A]r
[Dm]If we just[G] let it be[C]
[F]The wor[G]ld won't get no [Em]bette[A]r
We gotta [Dm]change it [G]yeah, just you and me
[C][F][C][F]

[Verse 3]
[Am]Wake up all the [Dm]doc tors,
make the [Am]ol' people [Dm]well
[Am]They're the ones who [Dm]suffer,
an' who [G]catch all the hell
But [Am]they don't have so [Dm]very long,
be[Am]fore the Judgement [Dm]Day
So [Am]won'tcha make them [Dm]hap py,
be[G]fore they pass away

[Verse 4]
[Am]Wake up all the [Dm]builders,
time to [Am]build a new [Dm]land
[Am]I know we can do[Dm] it,
if we [G]all lend a hand
The [Am]only thing we [Dm]have to do
is [Am]put it in our m[Dm]ind
[Am]Surely things will [Dm]work out,
they [G]do it every time

[Chorus 2]
[F]The wor[G]ld won't get no [Em]bette[A]r
[Dm]If we just[G] let it be[C]
[F]The wor[G]ld won't get no [Em]bette[A]r
We gotta [Dm]change it [G]yeah, just you and me
[C][F][C][F]

[Outro 1]
[C]Cha[F]nge it yeah, [C]change it yeah[F]
Just you [C]and [F]me
[C]Change it yeah, [F]change it yeah,
Can't do it a[C]lone, can't do it a[F]lone
Need some [C]help yeah, yeah
[F]Can't do it alon[C]e, can't do it alon[F]e
[C]Yeah, [F]yeah
[Repeat and fade]
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