Chords for Rage Against The Machine: Wake Up

Tempo:
84.85 bpm
Chords used:

D

C

C#

F

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[G#]
[D] [G#]
[D] [G#]
[D]
[C]
[D]
I'm going
[E]
[Dm] [D]
to try to [G] explain it, you're still [C] never ready,
[C#] for me to [D] love with, strategy [C] poetic,
[C#] screaming [D] the fury that they had [C] it,
sick and [C#] sick, and [Dm] I'll be the one to mend,
[C] to redeem in [C#] the sense of [D] shit,
who am I?
He [C] was a body [C#] remover,
[Dm] I'll tell you a joke,
but [C] it did never [C#] come close,
he was a man who was born [Bm] right,
[C] built up inside [C#] of me,
[D] pissed [N] in the air in the land of [Dm] hypocrisy,
[C] moving short made movements [C#] go,
[D] he was moving sheets [C] when the heads [C#] are full,
[D] cause all these punks [C] got bullets [A#m] in their heads,
[Dm] the police, the judges, the feds,
you never can work,
[C] calm, you [Dm] know they weren't african,
[C] when he spoke out [C#] on [D] Vietnam,
told no power [C] to the have [C#] [N] nots,
he gave a shot,
[D] [E] [D]
[Am] yeah, [F] [D] [F] [E] [D]
yeah, back in this,
[Dm] boomer to my mind,
[C] I clutch,
[C#] [F] like Wilson,
you don't [C] ever laugh,
you [C#] never nest,
[Bm] who I [G] got to,
who I [C] got to do to [C#] wake you up,
[F] you shake [G] your butt,
to [F] break the [C] structure up,
[D] you blunt [F] your moves [C] in the clutter,
[C#] a light [Dm] take the photo,
[C] black boy kicks him [C#] in the shutter,
[Dm] set the [C] groove,
just make me move like [C#] I was crash,
[D] he's built a stutter,
stepping in burrow,
left up on the faxes,
yeah,
[C] a several federal [C#] vet,
[D] reports keeps on [C] retreat,
according to [C#] what he,
[D] you better [C] beware,
of that tribulation with [C#] my war,
[Am] 2020 [G#] tickets,
and murals with [F] metal bars,
no one can work,
[C] keeping people [F] calm,
you know they murdered [C] ex,
they're trying to blame it on [C#] Islam,
[Dm] he turned no power to [C] the have [C#] [D] nots,
he gave a shot,
[B] [C]
[F] [D]
[C]
[F] [D]
[F]
[D] [G]
oh,
[Dm]
one for the police on his chain,
one for the [D] black knights,
he got hurt and shot,
I heard a shot,
[G#] [D]
[G#]
[D] he got hurt,
I think I heard a shot,
[C] he's a dream,
he's a dream,
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] [C]
[D] he's a dream,
[F] [D]
[N]
[E] [F] [N]
[D] how long,
how long,
cause what you reap,
is what you sow,
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C
3211
C#
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F
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Dm
2311
D
1321
C
3211
C#
12341114
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm going _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to try to [G] explain it, you're still [C] never ready,
[C#] for me to [D] love with, strategy [C] poetic,
[C#] screaming [D] the fury that they had [C] it,
sick and [C#] sick, and [Dm] I'll be the one to mend,
[C] to redeem in [C#] the sense of [D] shit,
who am I?
He [C] was a body [C#] remover,
[Dm] I'll tell you a joke,
but [C] it did never [C#] come close,
he was a man who was born [Bm] right,
[C] built up inside [C#] of me,
[D] pissed [N] in the air in the land of [Dm] hypocrisy,
[C] moving short made movements [C#] go,
[D] he was moving sheets [C] when the heads [C#] are full,
[D] cause all these punks [C] got bullets [A#m] in their heads,
[Dm] the police, the judges, the feds,
you never can work,
[C] calm, you [Dm] know they weren't african,
[C] when he spoke out [C#] on [D] Vietnam,
told no power [C] to the have [C#] [N] nots,
he gave a shot,
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] yeah, [F] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ [E] _ [D] _ _
_ _ yeah, back in this, _ _ _
[Dm] _ boomer to my mind,
[C] I clutch,
[C#] [F] like Wilson,
you don't [C] ever laugh,
you [C#] never nest,
[Bm] who I [G] got to,
who I [C] got to do to [C#] wake you up,
[F] you shake [G] your butt,
to [F] break the [C] structure up,
[D] you blunt [F] your moves [C] in the clutter,
[C#] a light [Dm] take the photo,
[C] black boy kicks him [C#] in the shutter,
[Dm] set the [C] groove,
just make me move like [C#] I was crash,
[D] he's built a stutter,
stepping in burrow,
left up on the faxes,
yeah,
[C] a several federal [C#] vet,
[D] reports keeps on [C] retreat,
according to [C#] what he,
[D] you better [C] beware,
of that tribulation with [C#] my war,
[Am] 2020 [G#] tickets,
and murals with [F] metal bars,
no one can work,
[C] keeping people [F] calm,
you know they murdered [C] ex,
they're trying to blame it on [C#] Islam,
[Dm] he turned no power to [C] the have [C#] [D] nots,
he gave a shot,
_ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ oh,
[Dm] _ _ _
_ one for the police on his chain, _ _ _
_ one for the [D] black knights, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ he got hurt and shot, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I heard a shot, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[D] he got hurt,
I think I heard a shot, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] he's a dream,
he's a dream,
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ he's a dream,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [F] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ how long,
how long,
cause what you reap,
is what you sow, _ _

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