Chords for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (Official Soul Train Video)
Tempo:
96.5 bpm
Chords used:
Abm
Ebm
B
Gb
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ebm]
This song is a title tune from our latest LP which is entitled Wake Up Everybody.
I'm sure you will all agree there are things that need to be done in this country today.
So what I'd like for you to do is [F] listen very carefully and [Gb] see what you can do [Ab] to lend a [Ebm] hand.
[Abm]
[Ebm] [Abm] [Ebm]
Wake up [Abm] everybody, [Ebm] no more sleeping in [Abm] bed.
[Ebm] No more packed [Abm] with thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
[Ebm] The world has [Abm] changed so very [Ebm] much from what it [Abm] used to be.
[Ebm] There's so [Abm] much hatred, war and [B] poverty.
[Abm] [Gb]
Wake [Abm] [Ebm] up [Abm] all the teachers, [Ebm] time to teach a [Abm] new way.
[Ebm]
They're the [Abm] ones who are coming up, what you have to say.
[Ebm] They're the [Abm] ones who's coming up [Ebm] and the world is [Abm] in their [Ebm] hands.
When you [Abm] teach the children, [B] teach them the very best you can.
Because [Db] the world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better [Abm]
[Db] if we just [Gb] let it be.
[B] The [Db] world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
[Gb]
[B] [Ebm] Wake up all [Abm] the doctors, [Ebm] make the old people [Abm] well.
[Ebm]
They're the ones [Abm] who suffer and who catch all the hell.
[Ebm] [Abm] They don't have so very [Ebm] long before [Abm] their judgment day.
[Ebm] So won't you make [Abm] them happy [B] before they pass away.
[Abm] [Ebm] Wake up [Abm] all the builders, [Ebm] time to build a [Abm] new land.
[Ebm]
I know [Abm] we can do it [B] if we all lend a hand.
[Ebm] The only thing [Abm] we have to [Ebm] do is put it [Abm] in our [Ebm] mind.
Surely [Abm] things will work out, [B] they do it every time.
But the [Db]
world won't [Bbm] get no [Eb] better [B]
if [Db] we just [Gb] let it be.
[B] [Db] The world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
[Gb]
[B] [Gb] Change [B]
[Gb] it, [B] can't [Gb] do it alone.
[B] [Gb] Change it, [B]
need [Gb] a little help from y'all.
[B] Change [Gb] it.
[B] [N]
This song is a title tune from our latest LP which is entitled Wake Up Everybody.
I'm sure you will all agree there are things that need to be done in this country today.
So what I'd like for you to do is [F] listen very carefully and [Gb] see what you can do [Ab] to lend a [Ebm] hand.
[Abm]
[Ebm] [Abm] [Ebm]
Wake up [Abm] everybody, [Ebm] no more sleeping in [Abm] bed.
[Ebm] No more packed [Abm] with thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
[Ebm] The world has [Abm] changed so very [Ebm] much from what it [Abm] used to be.
[Ebm] There's so [Abm] much hatred, war and [B] poverty.
[Abm] [Gb]
Wake [Abm] [Ebm] up [Abm] all the teachers, [Ebm] time to teach a [Abm] new way.
[Ebm]
They're the [Abm] ones who are coming up, what you have to say.
[Ebm] They're the [Abm] ones who's coming up [Ebm] and the world is [Abm] in their [Ebm] hands.
When you [Abm] teach the children, [B] teach them the very best you can.
Because [Db] the world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better [Abm]
[Db] if we just [Gb] let it be.
[B] The [Db] world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
[Gb]
[B] [Ebm] Wake up all [Abm] the doctors, [Ebm] make the old people [Abm] well.
[Ebm]
They're the ones [Abm] who suffer and who catch all the hell.
[Ebm] [Abm] They don't have so very [Ebm] long before [Abm] their judgment day.
[Ebm] So won't you make [Abm] them happy [B] before they pass away.
[Abm] [Ebm] Wake up [Abm] all the builders, [Ebm] time to build a [Abm] new land.
[Ebm]
I know [Abm] we can do it [B] if we all lend a hand.
[Ebm] The only thing [Abm] we have to [Ebm] do is put it [Abm] in our [Ebm] mind.
Surely [Abm] things will work out, [B] they do it every time.
But the [Db]
world won't [Bbm] get no [Eb] better [B]
if [Db] we just [Gb] let it be.
[B] [Db] The world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
[Gb]
[B] [Gb] Change [B]
[Gb] it, [B] can't [Gb] do it alone.
[B] [Gb] Change it, [B]
need [Gb] a little help from y'all.
[B] Change [Gb] it.
[B] [N]
Key:
Abm
Ebm
B
Gb
Db
Abm
Ebm
B
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
This song is a title tune from our latest LP which is entitled Wake Up Everybody. _
I'm sure you will all agree there are things that need to be done in this country today.
_ So what I'd like for you to do is [F] listen very carefully and [Gb] see what you can do [Ab] to lend a [Ebm] hand. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Ebm]
Wake up [Abm] everybody, [Ebm] no more sleeping in [Abm] bed.
[Ebm] No more packed [Abm] with thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
[Ebm] The world has [Abm] changed so very [Ebm] much from what it [Abm] used to be.
[Ebm] There's so [Abm] much hatred, war and [B] poverty. _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
Wake [Abm] _ _ [Ebm] up [Abm] all the teachers, [Ebm] time to teach a [Abm] new way.
[Ebm]
They're the [Abm] ones who are coming up, what you have to say.
[Ebm] They're the [Abm] ones who's coming up [Ebm] and the world is [Abm] in their [Ebm] hands.
When you [Abm] teach the children, [B] teach them the very best you can. _
_ _ _ Because [Db] the world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better _ [Abm] _
[Db] if we just [Gb] let it be. _
[B] The _ [Db] world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
_ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ [Ebm] Wake up all [Abm] the doctors, [Ebm] make the old people [Abm] well.
[Ebm] _
They're the ones [Abm] who suffer and who catch all the hell.
_ [Ebm] _ [Abm] They don't have so very [Ebm] long before [Abm] their judgment day.
[Ebm] So won't you make [Abm] them happy [B] before they pass away. _
_ _ [Abm] _ [Ebm] Wake up [Abm] all the builders, [Ebm] time to build a [Abm] new land.
[Ebm]
I know [Abm] we can do it [B] if we all lend a hand.
[Ebm] The only thing [Abm] we have to [Ebm] do is put it [Abm] in our [Ebm] mind.
Surely [Abm] things will work out, [B] they do it every _ time.
_ _ But the [Db]
world won't [Bbm] get no [Eb] better _ [B]
if [Db] we just [Gb] let it be. _
_ [B] _ [Db] The world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
_ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Gb] Change [B] _
[Gb] it, _ [B] can't [Gb] do it alone.
[B] _ _ [Gb] Change it, [B]
need [Gb] a little help from y'all.
[B] Change [Gb] it.
_ [B] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
This song is a title tune from our latest LP which is entitled Wake Up Everybody. _
I'm sure you will all agree there are things that need to be done in this country today.
_ So what I'd like for you to do is [F] listen very carefully and [Gb] see what you can do [Ab] to lend a [Ebm] hand. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Ebm]
Wake up [Abm] everybody, [Ebm] no more sleeping in [Abm] bed.
[Ebm] No more packed [Abm] with thinking, time [B] for thinking ahead.
[Ebm] The world has [Abm] changed so very [Ebm] much from what it [Abm] used to be.
[Ebm] There's so [Abm] much hatred, war and [B] poverty. _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
Wake [Abm] _ _ [Ebm] up [Abm] all the teachers, [Ebm] time to teach a [Abm] new way.
[Ebm]
They're the [Abm] ones who are coming up, what you have to say.
[Ebm] They're the [Abm] ones who's coming up [Ebm] and the world is [Abm] in their [Ebm] hands.
When you [Abm] teach the children, [B] teach them the very best you can. _
_ _ _ Because [Db] the world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better _ [Abm] _
[Db] if we just [Gb] let it be. _
[B] The _ [Db] world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
_ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ [Ebm] Wake up all [Abm] the doctors, [Ebm] make the old people [Abm] well.
[Ebm] _
They're the ones [Abm] who suffer and who catch all the hell.
_ [Ebm] _ [Abm] They don't have so very [Ebm] long before [Abm] their judgment day.
[Ebm] So won't you make [Abm] them happy [B] before they pass away. _
_ _ [Abm] _ [Ebm] Wake up [Abm] all the builders, [Ebm] time to build a [Abm] new land.
[Ebm]
I know [Abm] we can do it [B] if we all lend a hand.
[Ebm] The only thing [Abm] we have to [Ebm] do is put it [Abm] in our [Ebm] mind.
Surely [Abm] things will work out, [B] they do it every _ time.
_ _ But the [Db]
world won't [Bbm] get no [Eb] better _ [B]
if [Db] we just [Gb] let it be. _
_ [B] _ [Db] The world [Bbm] won't get no [Eb] better.
[B] We gotta change it, just [Gb] you and [B] me.
_ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Gb] Change [B] _
[Gb] it, _ [B] can't [Gb] do it alone.
[B] _ _ [Gb] Change it, [B]
need [Gb] a little help from y'all.
[B] Change [Gb] it.
_ [B] _ _ _ [N] _ _