My all-time favorite Grass Roots single even if it didn't do squat on the
charts...
Intro [2x]:
B5 Bm9(7M)
v v v v v v v v
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---7---------7--- | ---7-------------
-(b9)------------(b9) | -8-------------8-
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Verse 1:
B5 B5
Open up your eyes and wake up
B5 E5 F#5
Got a lot of time to make up, girl
B5 Bm9(7M)
Time goes by in such a hurry
B5 E5 F#5
Why'd you sit around and worry so, don't you know
A5 C#5
You've been living your life in a shell
Ab5 F#5 E5
Now's the time has come to break the spell
Chorus:
C5 G5 F5 C5
Everybody's got to shine sometime
C5 G5 F5 G5
It's just a matter of time you know
A5 G5 F5 C5
There's a whole new world for you to discover
Bb5 F5 F5 G5
Wake up, wake up
Verse 2:
Life is just a book of pages
And you still got so many to fill in
Don't put down what's happenin' around you
Just because they told you it's a sin
How do you know until you try
Love is callin' so spread your wings and fly
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
C#m7-5 F#5 B5
Got so many things to show you
C#m7-5 F#5 B5
Groovy things that we can share together
C#m7-5 F#5 B5 Bb+ A5
Baby, no no no don't be afraid of tomorrow
Link:
A5 D5
La la la la
A5 D5
La la la la
D5
/ / / / [6x; drum roll into coda]
Coda [repeat to fade]:
C5 G5 F5 C5
Everybody's got to shine sometime
C5 G5 F5 G5
It's just a matter of time you know
D5 A5 G5 D5
There's a whole new world for you to discover
C5 G5 G5 A5
Wake up, wake up baby
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers