Roots – Wake Up Everybody chords
Chords:
Hello, this is by no means perfect. It is just to give an idea of what the progression should sound like. This song isn't easy for the reason that it uses ALL bar chords, but it is great for learning your 7th chord shapes. Tabs are also written out at the bottom. "Wake Up Everybody" (with The Roots, feat. Common & Melanie Fiona) Intro: D#m7 - G#m7 (repeatedly)Verse: (D#m7 - G#m7)Wake up everybodyNo more sleepin' in bed No more backward thinkin'B/C#Time for thinkin' ahead(D#m7 G#m7)The world has changed so very muchFrom what it used to be There is so much hatredB/C#War and poverty, whoa, oh(D#m7 - G#m7) Wake up, all the teachers Time to teach a new way Maybe then they'll listenB/C#To what'cha have to say(D#m7 - G#m7) 'Cause they're the ones who's coming up And the world is in their hands When you teach the childrenB/C#Teach 'em the very best you canChorus:BM7 C#7 D#m7 Edim7 The world won't get no betterG#m7 Ddim7 D#m7 F#m7 F#7 If we just let it be,BM7 C#7 D#m7 G#m7 The world won't get no betterB/C#We gotta change it, yeah(F#/C# - B/D#)Just you and meVerse 2: (same chords and structure) Wake up, all the doctors Make the old people well They're the ones who suffer And who catch all the hell But they don't have so very long Before the Judgment Day So wont'cha make them happy Before they pass away Wake up, all the builders Time to build a new land I know we can do it If we all lend a hand The only thing we have to do Is put it in our mind Surely things will work out They do it every time Chorus: (same as before) The world won't get no better If we just let it be, na, na, na The world won't get no better We gotta change it, yeah Just you and me Rap solo: D#m7 - G#m7 (progression for the rest of the song) It's the God hour, the morning I wake up Just for the breath of life I thank my maker My mom say I come from hustlers and shakers My mind builded on skyscrapers and acres He said take us back to where we belong I try to write a song as sweet as the Psalms Though I am the type to bear arms and wear my heart on my sleeve Even when I fell in God I believe We the days at Weave through the maze and the season so amazing Feed them and raise them Seasons are agin' Earthquakes, wars and rumors I want us to get by but we more then consumers We more than shooters More than looters, Created in his image, So God live through us, And even in his generation living through computers On love, love, love can reboot us Vamp/Outro: Wake up, everybody Wake up, everybody Need a little help, y'all Yes I do, need a little help Need a little help, y'all ay Wake up everybody Wake up everybody Wake up everybody Chords as they appear: D#m7:x68676G#m7 (1): 464444 G#m7 (2): xx6877(interchange G#m7 to the keep progression from getting boring)B/C#: x4444x BM7: x24342C#7: x46464Edim7: x78686(bar 6th fret, 5th str. 2finger, 4th str. 3finger, 3rd str. 4finger.) Ddim7: x56465 F#m7: 242222 F#7: 242322 F#: x44676 B/D#: x6447x