Chords for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake up Everybody (Official Audio) ft. Teddy Pendergrass
Tempo:
98.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
G#m
D#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#m]
[G#m]
[F#]
[D#m]
[G#m]
[D#m] [G#m] [D#m] Wake up [G#m] everybody, [D#m] no more sleeping [G#m] in bed.
[D#m] No more [G#m] back thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
[D#m] World has [G#m] changed so very [D#m] much from what it [G#m] used to be.
[D#m] There's so [G#m] much hatred, [B] war and poverty.
[D#m] [B]
[D#m] Wake up all [G#m] teachers, [D#m] time to teach a new [G#m] [D#m] way.
Maybe then [G#m] they'll listen to what you have to say.
[D#m] They're the ones [G#m] who's coming up [D#m] and the world is in [G#m] their [D#m] hands.
When you [G#m] teach the children to jump the [B] very best you can.
[C#] The world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better
[G#m] [C#] if we just let it [F#] be.
[B] The [C#] world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [B] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me.
[F#] [B] [D#m] Wake up [G#m] all doctors, [D#m] make the old people [G#m] [D#m] well.
They're the [G#m] ones who suffer and who catch all the hair.
[D#m] They don't [G#m] have so very [D#m] long before their [G#m] judgment day.
[D#m] So won't you [G#m] make them happy [B] before they pass away.
[G#m] [D#m] Wake up all [G#m] the builders, time [D#m] to build a new [G#m] land.
[D#m] I know [G#m] we could do it if we [B] all lend our [D#m] hands.
The only [G#m] thing we have to [D#m] do is put it [G#m] in our [D#m] minds.
Surely [G#m] things will work out if they [B] do it every time.
The [C#] world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better [G#m] if we [C#] just let [F#] it be.
[B]
[C#] The world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [G#m] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me.
[F#]
[B] [F#] Change [B] [F#] it now, [B] [F#] just you and [B] [F#] me.
Change it [B] now, can't do it [F#] [B] alone.
[F#] Need some help y'all.
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone.
[B] [F#]
[B] Yeah.
[F#] Wake up [B] [F#] everybody, wake [B] up [F#] everybody.
[B] [F#] Need a little help y'all.
[B] [F#] Need a little help, said I need some help y'all.
I'll change the world, what it [B] used to be.
[F#]
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone, [B] [F#] need some help now.
[B] Yeah.
[F#] Wake up [B] everybody, [F#]
[B] [F#] get up.
[B] [F#]
[D#m] [F#] [B] Wake up, [F#] come on, [B] come on.
[F#] Wake up everybody, did you know [B] me?
[F#] Maybe then I'll listen, what you have to say.
Wake up [B] everybody, [F#] no more [B] sleeping in bed.
[F#] No more back to thinking, time for thinking ahead.
[B] Come on [F#] now.
[B] [F#]
[B] [F#] Wake up [B] [F#] everybody,
[B] [F#] I'm talking about [B] don't push out.
[F#] Stop pushing [B] that door.
[F#] Don't use up, stop using [B] the door.
[F#] Wake up.
[B] [F#] Well, [B] [F#]
[B] [F#] what you tell me [B] now?
I wonder what you tell me [F#] now.
[B] [F#] False liar, [B] [F#] false [B] betrayer.
[F#] False [B] betrayer.
[F#] Wake up [B] y'all.
Come [F#] on.
[B] [F#] You [B] preachers, [F#] [B] [F#] stop preaching what [B] you [G#m] teach.
[F#] [B] This [F#] is the truth.
[B] [F#] Wake up preachers.
[B] [F#] False liar.
[B] [F#] Politicians.
False [B] [F#] liar.
[B] [F#] False liar.
[B] False [F#] liar.
[B] [F#]
[B] False [F#] liar.
[B] [F#]
[B] [F#] False [B] liar.
False liar.
[F#]
[B] [F#] False liar.
[B] Why don't [F#] somebody help the [B] old people?
[F#] [B] Help [F#] me baby.
Help me baby.
[B] Help me.
[F#] You businessmen.
Stop cheating, [B] stop cheating, [F#] stop cheating, [B] [F#] stop cheating, stop cheating, [B] stop cheating.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
[B] Wake up, yeah.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
Wake up, yeah.
Ah, it [B] don't matter.
[F#] Yeah.
[A#m] Hey, [F#] what race, [B] [F#] creed [B] or color?
[F#] Everybody.
[G#m] We [F#] need [B] each other.
[F#] Wake up and [C#]
[B] [F#] see.
[B] We need.
[F#] Wake up everybody.
We need.
[B] No [F#] more sleeping in [B] bed.
[F#] No more backward thinking.
Time for thinking [B] ahead.
[F#] Wake up.
All you [B] teachers start to teach a new way.
[A#m] They're the ones [B] that suffer.
[F#] That's your [B] everyday.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the baby.
Teach the [B] babies.
Teach [G#m] the children.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the babies.
Teach the children.
[B] Teach the babies.
[F#] They're the one who's got.
[G#m]
[F#]
[D#m]
[G#m]
[D#m] [G#m] [D#m] Wake up [G#m] everybody, [D#m] no more sleeping [G#m] in bed.
[D#m] No more [G#m] back thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
[D#m] World has [G#m] changed so very [D#m] much from what it [G#m] used to be.
[D#m] There's so [G#m] much hatred, [B] war and poverty.
[D#m] [B]
[D#m] Wake up all [G#m] teachers, [D#m] time to teach a new [G#m] [D#m] way.
Maybe then [G#m] they'll listen to what you have to say.
[D#m] They're the ones [G#m] who's coming up [D#m] and the world is in [G#m] their [D#m] hands.
When you [G#m] teach the children to jump the [B] very best you can.
[C#] The world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better
[G#m] [C#] if we just let it [F#] be.
[B] The [C#] world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [B] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me.
[F#] [B] [D#m] Wake up [G#m] all doctors, [D#m] make the old people [G#m] [D#m] well.
They're the [G#m] ones who suffer and who catch all the hair.
[D#m] They don't [G#m] have so very [D#m] long before their [G#m] judgment day.
[D#m] So won't you [G#m] make them happy [B] before they pass away.
[G#m] [D#m] Wake up all [G#m] the builders, time [D#m] to build a new [G#m] land.
[D#m] I know [G#m] we could do it if we [B] all lend our [D#m] hands.
The only [G#m] thing we have to [D#m] do is put it [G#m] in our [D#m] minds.
Surely [G#m] things will work out if they [B] do it every time.
The [C#] world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better [G#m] if we [C#] just let [F#] it be.
[B]
[C#] The world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [G#m] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me.
[F#]
[B] [F#] Change [B] [F#] it now, [B] [F#] just you and [B] [F#] me.
Change it [B] now, can't do it [F#] [B] alone.
[F#] Need some help y'all.
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone.
[B] [F#]
[B] Yeah.
[F#] Wake up [B] [F#] everybody, wake [B] up [F#] everybody.
[B] [F#] Need a little help y'all.
[B] [F#] Need a little help, said I need some help y'all.
I'll change the world, what it [B] used to be.
[F#]
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone, [B] [F#] need some help now.
[B] Yeah.
[F#] Wake up [B] everybody, [F#]
[B] [F#] get up.
[B] [F#]
[D#m] [F#] [B] Wake up, [F#] come on, [B] come on.
[F#] Wake up everybody, did you know [B] me?
[F#] Maybe then I'll listen, what you have to say.
Wake up [B] everybody, [F#] no more [B] sleeping in bed.
[F#] No more back to thinking, time for thinking ahead.
[B] Come on [F#] now.
[B] [F#]
[B] [F#] Wake up [B] [F#] everybody,
[B] [F#] I'm talking about [B] don't push out.
[F#] Stop pushing [B] that door.
[F#] Don't use up, stop using [B] the door.
[F#] Wake up.
[B] [F#] Well, [B] [F#]
[B] [F#] what you tell me [B] now?
I wonder what you tell me [F#] now.
[B] [F#] False liar, [B] [F#] false [B] betrayer.
[F#] False [B] betrayer.
[F#] Wake up [B] y'all.
Come [F#] on.
[B] [F#] You [B] preachers, [F#] [B] [F#] stop preaching what [B] you [G#m] teach.
[F#] [B] This [F#] is the truth.
[B] [F#] Wake up preachers.
[B] [F#] False liar.
[B] [F#] Politicians.
False [B] [F#] liar.
[B] [F#] False liar.
[B] False [F#] liar.
[B] [F#]
[B] False [F#] liar.
[B] [F#]
[B] [F#] False [B] liar.
False liar.
[F#]
[B] [F#] False liar.
[B] Why don't [F#] somebody help the [B] old people?
[F#] [B] Help [F#] me baby.
Help me baby.
[B] Help me.
[F#] You businessmen.
Stop cheating, [B] stop cheating, [F#] stop cheating, [B] [F#] stop cheating, stop cheating, [B] stop cheating.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
[B] Wake up, yeah.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
Wake up, yeah.
Ah, it [B] don't matter.
[F#] Yeah.
[A#m] Hey, [F#] what race, [B] [F#] creed [B] or color?
[F#] Everybody.
[G#m] We [F#] need [B] each other.
[F#] Wake up and [C#]
[B] [F#] see.
[B] We need.
[F#] Wake up everybody.
We need.
[B] No [F#] more sleeping in [B] bed.
[F#] No more backward thinking.
Time for thinking [B] ahead.
[F#] Wake up.
All you [B] teachers start to teach a new way.
[A#m] They're the ones [B] that suffer.
[F#] That's your [B] everyday.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the baby.
Teach the [B] babies.
Teach [G#m] the children.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the babies.
Teach the children.
[B] Teach the babies.
[F#] They're the one who's got.
Key:
B
F#
G#m
D#m
C#
B
F#
G#m
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#m] Wake up [G#m] everybody, [D#m] no more sleeping [G#m] in bed.
[D#m] No more [G#m] back thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
_ [D#m] World has [G#m] changed so very [D#m] much from what it [G#m] used to be.
[D#m] _ There's so [G#m] much hatred, [B] war and poverty. _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [D#m] Wake up all [G#m] teachers, [D#m] time to teach a new [G#m] [D#m] way.
Maybe then [G#m] they'll listen to what you have to say.
[D#m] They're the ones [G#m] who's coming up [D#m] and the world is in [G#m] their [D#m] hands.
When you [G#m] teach the children to jump the [B] very best you can. _ _ _ _
[C#] The world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better _
[G#m] [C#] if we just let it [F#] be. _ _
[B] The [C#] world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [B] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me. _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [D#m] Wake up [G#m] all doctors, [D#m] make the old people [G#m] [D#m] well.
They're the [G#m] ones who suffer and who catch all the hair.
[D#m] They don't [G#m] have so very [D#m] long before their [G#m] judgment day.
[D#m] So won't you [G#m] make them happy [B] before they pass away. _ _ _ _
[G#m] [D#m] Wake up all [G#m] the builders, time [D#m] to build a new [G#m] land.
[D#m] I know [G#m] we could do it if we [B] all lend our [D#m] hands.
The only [G#m] thing we have to [D#m] do is put it [G#m] in our [D#m] minds.
Surely [G#m] things will work out if they [B] do it every time.
_ _ _ _ The [C#] world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better _ [G#m] if we [C#] just let [F#] it be.
_ _ [B] _
[C#] The world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [G#m] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me.
_ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] Change [B] _ [F#] it now, [B] _ [F#] just you and _ [B] [F#] me.
Change it [B] now, can't do it [F#] _ [B] alone.
[F#] Need some help y'all.
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone.
[B] _ _ [F#] _
[B] Yeah.
_ [F#] Wake up [B] _ _ [F#] everybody, _ _ wake [B] up _ [F#] everybody.
[B] _ [F#] Need a little help y'all.
[B] _ [F#] Need a little help, said I need some help y'all.
I'll change the world, _ what it [B] used to be.
[F#] _ _
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone, [B] _ [F#] need some help now.
[B] Yeah.
[F#] Wake up [B] everybody, _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ [F#] get up.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ [F#] _ [B] Wake up, [F#] come on, [B] come on.
[F#] Wake up everybody, did you know [B] me?
[F#] Maybe then I'll listen, what you have to say.
Wake up [B] everybody, [F#] no more [B] sleeping in bed.
[F#] No more back to thinking, time for thinking ahead.
[B] Come on [F#] now.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ [F#] Wake up [B] _ [F#] everybody, _
[B] _ [F#] I'm talking about [B] don't push out.
[F#] Stop pushing [B] that door.
_ [F#] Don't use up, stop using [B] the door.
[F#] Wake up.
[B] _ _ [F#] Well, [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] what you tell me [B] now?
I wonder what you tell me [F#] now. _
[B] _ _ [F#] False liar, [B] _ _ [F#] false [B] betrayer.
[F#] False [B] betrayer.
[F#] Wake up [B] y'all.
Come [F#] on.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] You [B] preachers, _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] stop preaching what [B] you [G#m] teach.
[F#] _ _ [B] This [F#] is the truth. _
[B] _ [F#] Wake up preachers. _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] False liar. _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ Politicians.
_ False [B] _ _ [F#] liar.
[B] _ [F#] False liar. _
[B] False [F#] liar.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _
[B] False _ [F#] liar.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] False [B] liar.
False liar.
_ [F#] _ _
[B] _ [F#] False liar.
[B] Why don't [F#] somebody help the [B] old people?
[F#] _ _ [B] Help [F#] me baby.
Help me baby.
[B] Help me.
[F#] You businessmen.
_ Stop cheating, [B] stop cheating, [F#] stop cheating, [B] [F#] stop cheating, stop cheating, [B] stop cheating.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
[B] Wake up, yeah.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
Wake up, yeah. _ _
_ _ Ah, it [B] don't matter.
_ [F#] Yeah.
[A#m] Hey, [F#] what race, [B] _ [F#] creed [B] or color?
[F#] _ _ Everybody.
[G#m] We [F#] need [B] each other.
[F#] Wake up and _ _ _ [C#] _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ see. _ _
[B] We need.
[F#] Wake up _ everybody. _
We need.
_ _ [B] No [F#] more sleeping in [B] bed.
[F#] No more backward thinking.
Time for thinking [B] ahead.
[F#] Wake up.
All you [B] teachers start to teach a new way.
[A#m] They're the ones [B] that suffer.
[F#] That's your [B] everyday.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the baby.
Teach the [B] babies.
Teach [G#m] the children.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the babies.
Teach the children.
[B] Teach the babies.
[F#] They're the one who's got. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
[D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D#m] Wake up [G#m] everybody, [D#m] no more sleeping [G#m] in bed.
[D#m] No more [G#m] back thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
_ [D#m] World has [G#m] changed so very [D#m] much from what it [G#m] used to be.
[D#m] _ There's so [G#m] much hatred, [B] war and poverty. _ _
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [D#m] Wake up all [G#m] teachers, [D#m] time to teach a new [G#m] [D#m] way.
Maybe then [G#m] they'll listen to what you have to say.
[D#m] They're the ones [G#m] who's coming up [D#m] and the world is in [G#m] their [D#m] hands.
When you [G#m] teach the children to jump the [B] very best you can. _ _ _ _
[C#] The world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better _
[G#m] [C#] if we just let it [F#] be. _ _
[B] The [C#] world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [B] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me. _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ [D#m] Wake up [G#m] all doctors, [D#m] make the old people [G#m] [D#m] well.
They're the [G#m] ones who suffer and who catch all the hair.
[D#m] They don't [G#m] have so very [D#m] long before their [G#m] judgment day.
[D#m] So won't you [G#m] make them happy [B] before they pass away. _ _ _ _
[G#m] [D#m] Wake up all [G#m] the builders, time [D#m] to build a new [G#m] land.
[D#m] I know [G#m] we could do it if we [B] all lend our [D#m] hands.
The only [G#m] thing we have to [D#m] do is put it [G#m] in our [D#m] minds.
Surely [G#m] things will work out if they [B] do it every time.
_ _ _ _ The [C#] world [A#m] won't get no [D#] better _ [G#m] if we [C#] just let [F#] it be.
_ _ [B] _
[C#] The world won't [A#m] get no [D#] better, [G#m] we gotta change it now, just [F#] you and [B] me.
_ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] Change [B] _ [F#] it now, [B] _ [F#] just you and _ [B] [F#] me.
Change it [B] now, can't do it [F#] _ [B] alone.
[F#] Need some help y'all.
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone.
[B] _ _ [F#] _
[B] Yeah.
_ [F#] Wake up [B] _ _ [F#] everybody, _ _ wake [B] up _ [F#] everybody.
[B] _ [F#] Need a little help y'all.
[B] _ [F#] Need a little help, said I need some help y'all.
I'll change the world, _ what it [B] used to be.
[F#] _ _
[B] Can't [F#] do it alone, [B] _ [F#] need some help now.
[B] Yeah.
[F#] Wake up [B] everybody, _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ [F#] get up.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ [F#] _ [B] Wake up, [F#] come on, [B] come on.
[F#] Wake up everybody, did you know [B] me?
[F#] Maybe then I'll listen, what you have to say.
Wake up [B] everybody, [F#] no more [B] sleeping in bed.
[F#] No more back to thinking, time for thinking ahead.
[B] Come on [F#] now.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ [F#] Wake up [B] _ [F#] everybody, _
[B] _ [F#] I'm talking about [B] don't push out.
[F#] Stop pushing [B] that door.
_ [F#] Don't use up, stop using [B] the door.
[F#] Wake up.
[B] _ _ [F#] Well, [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [F#] what you tell me [B] now?
I wonder what you tell me [F#] now. _
[B] _ _ [F#] False liar, [B] _ _ [F#] false [B] betrayer.
[F#] False [B] betrayer.
[F#] Wake up [B] y'all.
Come [F#] on.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] You [B] preachers, _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] stop preaching what [B] you [G#m] teach.
[F#] _ _ [B] This [F#] is the truth. _
[B] _ [F#] Wake up preachers. _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] False liar. _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ Politicians.
_ False [B] _ _ [F#] liar.
[B] _ [F#] False liar. _
[B] False [F#] liar.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _
[B] False _ [F#] liar.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] False [B] liar.
False liar.
_ [F#] _ _
[B] _ [F#] False liar.
[B] Why don't [F#] somebody help the [B] old people?
[F#] _ _ [B] Help [F#] me baby.
Help me baby.
[B] Help me.
[F#] You businessmen.
_ Stop cheating, [B] stop cheating, [F#] stop cheating, [B] [F#] stop cheating, stop cheating, [B] stop cheating.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
[B] Wake up, yeah.
[F#] Wake up, yeah.
Wake up, yeah. _ _
_ _ Ah, it [B] don't matter.
_ [F#] Yeah.
[A#m] Hey, [F#] what race, [B] _ [F#] creed [B] or color?
[F#] _ _ Everybody.
[G#m] We [F#] need [B] each other.
[F#] Wake up and _ _ _ [C#] _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ see. _ _
[B] We need.
[F#] Wake up _ everybody. _
We need.
_ _ [B] No [F#] more sleeping in [B] bed.
[F#] No more backward thinking.
Time for thinking [B] ahead.
[F#] Wake up.
All you [B] teachers start to teach a new way.
[A#m] They're the ones [B] that suffer.
[F#] That's your [B] everyday.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the baby.
Teach the [B] babies.
Teach [G#m] the children.
[F#] Teach the children.
Teach the babies.
Teach the children.
[B] Teach the babies.
[F#] They're the one who's got. _ _ _
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