Wake Me GentlyWords and music by Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, Bob Ezrin Wake Me Gently Words and music by Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner, Bob Ezrin From the album Goes To Hell (1976) Transcribed by Steven Crayn (stevencrayn@yahoo.com) Tune down a semitone (Dropped Eb tuning) Ist Verse C#m B I was scared to death, afraid to close my eyes A And find that I was gone C#m B Like every other one who left before the dawn A I vanished in the air A7 Am I still there Ist Chorus D Em D G A Wake me gently if you can D Em D E A Wake me gently, just touch my hand D Em D G A Wake me gently, pull my sleeve E A Gsus4 G 'Cause where I'm at is where I want to leave 2nd Verse C#m B And in my sleep I look so lifeless on this bed A Laid out on satin sheets C#m B This dream's a novel that I don't dare complete A No happy endings read A7 I think the hero's dead 2nd Chorus D Em D G A Wake me gently if you can D Em D E A Wake me gently, just touch my hand D Em D G A Wake me gently, pull my sleeve E A 'Cause where I'm at is where I want to.. Bridge (change to 6/4 time) G D Leave me to my slumber F C And I'll never come home Gm Eb Bb Please help me, I'm frightened G# Of what's going on (What's going on) Back to 4/4 time |G#7| Solo over |C#m|B|A|C#m|B|A|G#| 3rd Verse C#m B And if I can't wake up will I be all alone A A stranded orphan here C#m B Or will I bump into some other wandering soul A And will they talk to me A7 Somebody, somebody please rescue me 3rd Chorus D Em D G A Wake me gently if you can D Em D E A Wake me gently, just touch my hand D Em D G A Wake me gently, pull my sleeve E A D 'Cause where I'm at is where I want to leave Outro over repeated 2 bar chord sequence |G|D| x 11 I wanna leave I wanna leave I wanna wake up I wanna leave I don't wanna stay I wanna leave I wanna go I wanna go home I wanna go home Just wake me up I wanna go home Wake me up please 'Cause I wanna go home I wanna go home Wake me Wake me (adlib to vocal fadeout) |