Rude Awakening Time

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Learn to play "Rude Awakening Time" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

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This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Rude Awakening Time" smoothly on your guitar.

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Chorus:
C
It's time to make it better,
it's rude awakening time
So write it in a letter and you can clear your mind
You make me very happy, you make me very sad
It's time to make it better, the best I ever had
A#                          F
It's time to make it better,
                          C
but nothing lasts for ever
                        G
It's rude awakening time

        C          F                   C
So get moving and get yourself off my bed
                     F                    C
Well get moving and get yourself gone instead
           A#              F                   C
You been away so long you can't find your way home
                        F
You've been using and wrapped yourself round your
  C
head
                 F                    C
You're confusing everything that you said
         A#              F              C
You been so far gone so gone so far so long
         A#               F              C
You been gone so long so gone so far so long

Chorus:
It's time to make it better,
it's rude awakening time
Well write it in a letter
and you can clear your mind
You make me very happy, you make me very sad
It's time to make it better, the best I ever had
It's time to make it better,
but nothing lasts for ever
It's rude awakening time

And just maybe you oughta think twice ahead
It's been a long,
long time since you've been close to home

Chorus:
It's time to make it better,
it's rude awakening time
Well write it in a letter
and you can clear your mind
You make me very happy, you make me very sad
It's time to make it better, the best I ever had
It's time to make it better,
and nothing lasts for ever
It's rude awakening time

You've been rollin' and rockin' it another way
You've been slowly giving up day by day
You been so far gone so gone so far so long
You been gone so long so gone so far so long


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