Chords for Arlo Guthrie/ Wake Up Dead

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_ I've been all over the place. _ _ _ _
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I want _ [C#] to _ _ _
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do [Em] this because there's a wonderful friend of mine here. _
_ What I want to do is really change my life in so many ways.
My guru, my friend, my mentor.
_ I don't know where you are, but I know you're down there somewhere.
Where are you? _ _
Don't be afraid to come out.
_ _ Hi, [F#] Mom. Hi, _ _ [Em] Mom.
_ _ I remember _ years ago we went with some other people.
And we [D#] were out in California. _
[G] Actually, we were down in New Orleans.
_ We were driving around New Orleans and we were visiting people.
People who were sick or dying.
And we went into a place called [F] Lazarus House.
You know, one of these places after you spend all your money in the medical system, you know,
and there's no more help for you.
They sent you to a place like Lazarus House.
As if you're getting up and getting out of there, you know.
And so we walked into this place unannounced one day.
And in those days, [C] primarily young men that [D#] were dying of AIDS.
And this was before all the new medicines and all that kind of stuff, you know.
And nobody was going [F] anywhere.
Nobody would be touching these people.
And [D#] so we were traveling around and we walked in.
I'll never forget it.
She walked up to a young guy.
I'll never forget his name.
His name was Jack [G] _
Daniels.
_ So we walked.
She walked over to Jack and said, Jack, is this something anybody can do for you?
You know, bring you some music, we'll make some tapes for you, special kind of food, make some phone calls, you know, whatever.
_ [C] He didn't know I'm there.
I'm talking to somebody else.
[C#m] And in a one in a [G] million shot, this guy looks up and says, I've always liked Arlo [G] Guthrie.
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She didn't hesitate.
She said, well, I don't know what I can do.
Close your eyes and let me see what I can do.
_ _ _ _ Poor guy closes his eyes.
She said, I don't know what I can do.
[N] _ I'm standing there and the guy opens his eyes.
He's looking at me.
He looks at her.
He _ _ _ says, lady, you're good. _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't know if [G] great moments [D] are fine, you know.
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Here's a song I wrote.
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_ _ _ _ [E] When I was younger, she'd [D] come to me in [A] dreams.
[E] Her face was hidden in [D] the mountain [A] streams.
_ [E] Her voice disguised [D] in the sound of [A] the wind.
[E] Her rustling [B] of leaves, she would call from within.
Wake up, wake [A] up, [E] wake up, she said.
_ Wake _ up, [B] wake up, wake up, [D] wake [A] up, wake [E] up, wake up.
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[E] So many memories of [D] those years have passed. _
[B] Beyond the confusion that [E] I thought would last forever,
the countless [D] veils that I wore like [E] clothes have been stripped away.
[B] Now I stand here told, [E] wake up, wake up, wake up, [E] she _ said.
Wake up, wake up, [A] wake up, wake up, wake up, wake [E] up, yeah.
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In [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] the night when the [B] moon cast [D] no shadow at all,
[B] we sat by the fire and she started to call [E] out to all who [B] were here.
But the devil was dead, [E] Mr.
Burickup was living,
[B] and her words still define him.
[E] Wake up, _ [A] wake up, [B] wake up, [E] she said.
_ _ Wake up, wake up, [A] _ wake up, wake up, wake [E] up, yeah.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ It's the life that lies sleeping when [D] you think you're [A] awake. _
[E] Forever [B] is real and the rest is just a dream.
No volumes are written on this subject alone.
She used three simple words and she brought it all home.
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Wake up, wake up, wake up, she said.
Wake _ up, [A] wake up, wake up, wake up, wake [E] up, yeah.
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