Chords
Wake Me Up In Nashville

Key: G

Introduction:

      G    C(x2)  
verse 1
G                                                 C  
Boarding the train,
G                                                         C         G                                 C    G  
I don't know if I will ever see her again,
                  D                                    Em  
But of one thing I am sure,
                                                  D  
I'm heading off to war,
                C                                    G  
I may not come back again.
                C(2  
G                                              D  
What's the cost to win,
Em                                                                    C  
People say we'll change the world,
G                                              D  
but where do I fit in,
Em                                 D                    Em  
At least I can wave goodbye,
                                                  D  
To the apple of my eye,
                     C            D            G  
Oh this crazy crazy world.
Bridge
        C                                 Em  
So don't let me sleep,
                             C                         Em  
I've got a promise to keep,
                                C            Em  
you will be on my mind,
                  D                                            G  
saying be strong in this fight,
          C                              D                                                                      G  
and carrying me through these troubled times.
        G                 D            Em  
So wake me up in Nashville,
                             C                                 D  
cause it's where I wanna be,
                             G                                      Em                 C         D  
and I will meet you on the platform at 3:15,
                             G              D                 Em                         C                                 D  
and I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light,
G                 D            Em         C  
wake me up in Nashville,
                  D                         G  
let me hold you tonight.
                C(2  
verse 2
G                                            C      G  
Do you understand,
G                                 C    G                                                    C    G  
as I put that 20 dollars in your hand,
          C                      D                    Em  
The task that you must do,
                                                                     D  
It may mean that's all to you,
                                  C         D                    G            C    G  
but it means everything to me.
        G                                                    D  
My friends they may get lost,
                                     Em                                         C                                                 G                                            D  
cause they're fighting for what they believe but if you were all I've got,
                        Em                              C  
put your picture in my Pocket-watch,
G                                    D                    Em                              C  
capturing that smile is all I want to do for now,
G                                      D  
I may be gone a while,
          Em                                                     C  
but I will make it back somehow.
Bridge
        C                                 Em  
So don't let me sleep,
                             C                         Em  
I've got a promise to keep,
                                C            Em  
you will be on my mind,
                  D                                            G  
saying be strong in this fight,
          C                              D                                                                      G  
and carrying me through these troubled times.
        G                 D            Em  
So wake me up in Nashville,
                             C                                 D  
cause it's where I wanna be,
                             G                                      Em                 C         D  
and I will meet you on the platform at 3:15,
                             G              D                 Em                         C                                 D  
and I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light,
G                 D            Em         C  
wake me up in Nashville,
                  D                    G  
let me hold you
(Instrumental based upon main chords)
G                 D            Em                                                 C                                 D  
Pulling in to Nashville and that's where I wanna be,
                  G                 D              Em                                      C                                    D  
got 15 seconds till I see you and I'll hold you tenderly,
                                C                              Em  
but he says sir you must wake,
                                C                            Em  
I've made a terrible mistake,
                     CEm                                  D                                 G  
now its 4 am you said on you I could depend,
             C                      D                                         G  
from Pensacola on to journeys end
        G                 D            Em  
So wake me up in Nashville,
                             C                                 D  
cause it's where I wanna be,
                             G                                      Em                 C         D  
and I will meet you on the platform at 3:15,
                             G              D                 Em                         C                                 D  
and I will look into your eyes in the fading autumn light,
G                 D            Em         C  
wake me up in Nashville,
                  D                    G  
let me hold you tonight