Alice Merton - Keeps Me Awake: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Keeps Me Awake" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#m             Fm                      D#
I wanna shut my eyes I could use some sleep
A#m                      Fm              D#
But all my thoughts keep racing restlessly

    F#          G#
And I don't know how this happened
F#          G#
I don't know

Chorus:
                 A#m
And it keeps me awake
             Fm                     D#
Like raging bulls, we keep banging heads
                 A#m
Oh, it keeps me awake
           Fm                    D#
Cut in or dead,  I can't see the end
                 A#m
Oh, it keeps me awake
                     Fm
I don't know how we kept,
                         D#
just try to take a step back
                                              A#m
Oh, I know we're pretty fast and it keeps me awake
             Fm                      D#
Like raging bulls, we keep banging heads

I’m losing patience, communication’s key
How do we solve this if you don't talk to me?

And I don't know how to fix this
I don't know

Chorus

A#m                  G#                   D#
I don't understand, we began as friends, now
we act like enemies
A#m                  G#                    D#
I don't understand why you have to go and turn
it all on me
A#m                  G#                   D#
I don't understand, we began as friends, now we
act like enemies
A#m                  G#                    D#
I don't understand why you have to go and turn
it all on me

                 A#m Fm D#
And it keeps me awake
                 A#m Fm D#
Oh, it keeps me awake

I don't know how we kept, just try to take
a step back
Oh, I know we're pretty fast and it keeps me awake
Like raging bulls, we keep banging heads
Oh, it keeps me awake


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

D#

Guitar chord D#

F#

Guitar chord F#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Keeps Me Awake" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Keeps Me Awake" by Alice Merton.