Intro: Am Am G D 
 
Verse 1:
Am                              G
Wake up young man, it's time to wake up
D          C                Am
Your love affair has got to go,
             G     D     C
for ten long years
Am                                G
For ten long years, the leaves to rake up
D        C               Am    G     D     C
Slow suicide's no way to go, oh
 
Verse 2:
Am                              G
Blue clouded gray, you're not a crack up
D         C               Am
Dizzy and weakened by the haze
         G
Movin' onward
D        C            Am     G     D     C
So an infection not a phase, yeah-oh
 
Interlude: Am Am G D C
 
Verse 3:
Am                                   G
The cracks and lines, from where you gave up
D            C            Am    G     D     C
They make an easy man to read, oh-oh, oh-oh
Am                             G
For all the times you let them bleed you
D            C                  Am         G
For a little peace from God you plead, and beg
D            C                  Am    Am
For a little peace from God you plead
G            D      C
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh
Am           Am
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh
G            D       C
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh
 
Solo -x6-: Am Am G D C
 
Bridge:
Am
Wake up young man
G        D    C   Am
Wake up, wake up, wake up
G        D     C  Am
Wake up, wake up, wake up
G      D  C
Oh-yeah
 
Verse 1:
Am                              G
Wake up young man, it's time to wake up
D         C                 Am
Your love affair has got to go-yeah,
             G    D  C
for ten long years
Am                                G
For ten long years, the leaves to rake up
D       C                Am     G
Slow suicide's no way to go-oh, oh-oh
D       C               Am
Slow suicide's no way to go
 
Outro:
G        D    C   Am      Am
Wake up, wake up, wake up
G        D    C   Am
Wake up, wake up, wake up