It's easier to play this song in drop d, and using only power chords
Into: C# Eb (slide to)E A B A
Ab F# x2
[C#]Wake up get out there's no time to waste [Eb-E]now
[A]Never shut up i[B-A-Ab-F#]t's our turn to speak out
[C#]These streets are dead just waiting to com[Eb-E]e alive[A][B-A-Ab-F#]
[C#]Break down the doors of our comfortable r[Eb-E]oom
[A]Tear down the walls [B-A-Ab-F#]we never could see through
[C#]aren't we sick yet of missing out on[Eb-E] life?[A][B-A-Ab-F#]
PreChorus:
[C#]Do [Eb]we [E]want [F#]more?
[G#]Tell me do we want more?
Chorus:
'Cause we've [C#-G#]heard the [C#-E]cry, And we've come [Eb]alive
And [C#-G#]we'll fight [C#-E]for love, and we live to [Eb]die
[C#-G#]Because a li[C#-E]fe that holds no meaning
Is like a day without the [Eb]light
s[C#-G#]o we've co[C#-E]me alive tonight[E]
Verse:
[C#]All have been called but so few have li[Eb-E]stened
[A]Lif[B-A-Ab-F#]e is too short, you don't wanna miss this
[C#]Make up your mind before life[Eb-E] passes [A]by[B-A-Ab-F#]
(Bass solo)
Now is the time to wake up and see this
[A]wo[B-A-Ab-F#]rld won't revolve around you and me so
[C#]let's be the change we've all been wait[Eb-E]ing for[A][B-A-Ab-F#]
PreChorus:
[C#]Do [Eb]we [E]want [F#]more?
[G#]Tell me do we want more?
Chorus:
'Cause we've [C#-G#]heard the [C#-E]cry, And we've come [Eb]alive
And [C#-G#]we'll fight [C#-E]for love, and we live to [Eb]die
[C#-Eb-E]Because a life that holds no meaning
Is like a day without the [Eb]light
s[C#-G#]o we've co[C#-E]me alive tonight[E][G#]
Bridge:
We [C#]are the pas[B]sion We [C#]are the mov[C#-B]ement
[C#]We are the fire we'll [G#]never [C#]lose [B]it
[C#]We are the [B]passion [C#]We are the [C#-B]movement
[C#]We are the [B]fire we'll n[G#]ever lose it
Chorus:
Let the C# note ring through
'Cause we've heard the cry, And we've come alive
And we'll fight for love, and we live to [B]die[E]
[C#-Eb-E]Because a life that holds no meaning
Is like a day without the [Eb]light
s[C#-G#]o we've co[C#-E]me alive tonight[E][G#]
[C#] [Eb] [E] [A] [B] [A] [Ab] [F#]
Into: C# Eb (slide to)E A B A
Ab F# x2
[C#]Wake up get out there's no time to waste [Eb-E]now
[A]Never shut up i[B-A-Ab-F#]t's our turn to speak out
[C#]These streets are dead just waiting to com[Eb-E]e alive[A][B-A-Ab-F#]
[C#]Break down the doors of our comfortable r[Eb-E]oom
[A]Tear down the walls [B-A-Ab-F#]we never could see through
[C#]aren't we sick yet of missing out on[Eb-E] life?[A][B-A-Ab-F#]
PreChorus:
[C#]Do [Eb]we [E]want [F#]more?
[G#]Tell me do we want more?
Chorus:
'Cause we've [C#-G#]heard the [C#-E]cry, And we've come [Eb]alive
And [C#-G#]we'll fight [C#-E]for love, and we live to [Eb]die
[C#-G#]Because a li[C#-E]fe that holds no meaning
Is like a day without the [Eb]light
s[C#-G#]o we've co[C#-E]me alive tonight[E]
Verse:
[C#]All have been called but so few have li[Eb-E]stened
[A]Lif[B-A-Ab-F#]e is too short, you don't wanna miss this
[C#]Make up your mind before life[Eb-E] passes [A]by[B-A-Ab-F#]
(Bass solo)
Now is the time to wake up and see this
[A]wo[B-A-Ab-F#]rld won't revolve around you and me so
[C#]let's be the change we've all been wait[Eb-E]ing for[A][B-A-Ab-F#]
PreChorus:
[C#]Do [Eb]we [E]want [F#]more?
[G#]Tell me do we want more?
Chorus:
'Cause we've [C#-G#]heard the [C#-E]cry, And we've come [Eb]alive
And [C#-G#]we'll fight [C#-E]for love, and we live to [Eb]die
[C#-Eb-E]Because a life that holds no meaning
Is like a day without the [Eb]light
s[C#-G#]o we've co[C#-E]me alive tonight[E][G#]
Bridge:
We [C#]are the pas[B]sion We [C#]are the mov[C#-B]ement
[C#]We are the fire we'll [G#]never [C#]lose [B]it
[C#]We are the [B]passion [C#]We are the [C#-B]movement
[C#]We are the [B]fire we'll n[G#]ever lose it
Chorus:
Let the C# note ring through
'Cause we've heard the cry, And we've come alive
And we'll fight for love, and we live to [B]die[E]
[C#-Eb-E]Because a life that holds no meaning
Is like a day without the [Eb]light
s[C#-G#]o we've co[C#-E]me alive tonight[E][G#]
[C#] [Eb] [E] [A] [B] [A] [Ab] [F#]
