WAKE UP AMERICA

Oh, up; can you take care of her?

Oh, up, it’s may be you can spare her sev ’ral mo ments of your con sid er a tion, lead ing up to the fi nal des ti na tion.

Oh, the earth is to call ing out; I wan na learn what it’s all a bout, but day.

(G#m)ev ’ry thing I read’s “glo bal (A)warm ing,” “go ing green.” I don’t (G#m)know what all this means, but it (B5)seem to be say ing:

Wake up, A mer i ca!

We’re (E)all in this to (B)geth er.

It’s our (A)home, so let’s take care of it.

You (E)know that you want to, you (Emaj7)know that you got to.

Wake up, A mer i ca; to (E)mor row, be come the new day.

And (B)ev ’ry thing you do mat ters;

yeah, (G#m)ev ’ry thing you do (A)mat ters in some (E)way.

Stand up; I’ll try take if you will.

Wake up, it’s not a you fire spare drill.

All she needs is a lit tle sid at ten tion.

Can you give her just a tle at ten na tion?

Oh, it’s eas y to look a way, I but it’s get ting it’s hard er day by day.

(G#m)Ev ’ry thing I read’s “glo bal (A)warm ing,” “go ing green.” I don’t (G#m)know what all this means, but it (B5)seem to be say ing:

Wake up, A mer i ca!

We’re (E)all in this to (B)geth er.

It’s our (A)home, so let’s take care of it.

You (E)know that you want to, you (Emaj7)know that you got to.

Wake up, A mer i ca; to (E)mor row, be come the new day.

And (B)ev ’ry thing you do mat ters;

yeah, (G#m)ev ’ry thing you do (A)mat ters in some (E)way.

(B)ev ’ry thing you do mat ters in some (E)way.

I know that (A5)you don’t wan na hear it,

es pe cial ly com ing (A5)from some one

so young.

But in the back seat, (A5)yeah, they wan na hear it.

So come on, (Turn it up!) come on, (Turn it up!) so come on!

(Turn it up!)

(G#m)ev ’ry thing you do (A)mat ters in some (E)way.