Story Of The Year
Wake Up
The Black Swan
2008 Epitaph Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
E -   022100
B -   x24442
G#m - 466444


Intro: C#m, C#m-A-C#m-B x4


Verse 1:
        C#mWe (x13321@4)are alive for a moment
One second in the
great abyss of time
All the bleeding
all the hate
                     C#mJust (x13321@4)one blink of an eye
        A (x02220@1)          EAll (022100@1)the conflicts it visits
     B (x2444x@1)           C#mdire (x13321@4)pain on human life
       A (x02220@1)     EAre (022100@1)we missing what
         Bit (x2444x@1)is to be alive?


Refrain 1:
A (x02220@1)                     C#m (x13321@4) One by one the pieces fall
                           EUntil (022100@1)our pride defeats us all
                     G#mWe (133111@4)learn to live without it


Chorus 1:
C#mWake (x13321@4)up!
A (x02220@1)    ETo (022100@1)the sound of 
     Bthis (x2444x@1)time bomb
C#mWake (x13321@4)up!
A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)       BTo (x2444x@1)it's deafening song
C#mWake (x13321@4)up!
      A (x02220@1)       ECause (022100@1)you don't know what 
       B (x2444x@1) C#m (x13321@4)      Ayou've (x02220@1)got until it's gone
 EUntil (022100@1)it's gone


Interlude: C#m


Verse 2:
        C#m (x13321@4)      AOur (x02220@1)innocence is a virtue
        EBut (022100@1)our arrogance will
B (x2444x@1)           C#monly (x13321@4)leave us blind
    A (x02220@1)            EUnattended (022100@1)without anyone
   B (x2444x@1)           C#mto (x13321@4)save our idle lives
             AWill (x02220@1)we find out
     Ethat (022100@1)everything we 
B (x2444x@1)           C#mknow (x13321@4)exists inside
     Aof (x02220@1)a fraction
     BOf (x2444x@1)a fraction


Refrain 2:
A (x02220@1) One by one the
       G#mpieces (133111@4)fall again


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Chorus 2:
C#mWake (x13321@4)up!
A (x02220@1)    ETo (022100@1)the sound of 
     Bthis (x2444x@1)time bomb
C#mWake (x13321@4)up!
A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)       BTo (x2444x@1)it's deafening song
C#mWake (x13321@4)up!
      A (x02220@1)       ECause (022100@1)you don't know what 
       B (x2444x@1) C#m (x13321@4)      Ayou've (x02220@1)got until it's gone
 EUntil (022100@1)it's gone away


Bridge:
G#m (133111@4)                   A (x02220@1) One by one the pieces fall
B (x2444x@1) Until our pride defeats us all
Yeah!


Guitar Solo: C#m-A-E-B x4


(Repeat Bridge)


Interlude: C#m-A-E-B x2


(Repeat Chorus 1 and Chorus 2)


Outro:
C#m-A-C#m-B x4