D F#m Bm G


[Verse 1]
              D
Paper Mache houses
                   F#m
Build them up with nothing else
                 Bm
Tell me what the sound is
                G
Telephone keeps ringing out

                  D
Heard them in the next room
                   F#m
I don't know whose side was wrong
               Bm
Really hope it stops soon
                    G
Or someone turn the TV on

                D
Talking to your best friend
                F#m
Never knew your middle name
               Bm
Stay until the show ends
                      G
Or at least until the latest train

                       D
Held the bottle like a baby
                   F#m
Protect it 'til we get back home
                Bm
Drink up on the rooftops
                     G
And wonder where the city's gone


[Chorus]
G
Wake up, wake up, wake up
                     Bm
Why don't you take a little time to breathe it in?
G
Don't try to tame the sun
                     Bm
But you could try to feel it on your skin

G                                   Bm
I could've let the whole world just hold me back
G                                  Bm
I'm steady making choices from the life I had
A
Can we just talk about it?
A
I know that we could work this out


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
               D
Talk around in circles
               F#m
Speak until we both get tired
               Bm
Look up at the streetlights
                   G
And wonder how the wold's wired

                  D
Pressure makes me sleepy
                   F#m
Avoid the stuff at every cost
               Bm
Wind up at the same spot
                  G
And relish in the time we lost


[Chorus]
G
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Bm
Why don't don't you take a little time to breathe it in?
G
Don't try to tame the sun
Bm
But you could try to feel it on your skin

G                                   Bm
I could've let the whole world just hold me back
G                                  Bm
I'm steady making choices from the life I had
A
Can we just talk about it?
A                              Em
I know that we could work this out


[Lead Break]
Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em A


[Chorus]
G
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Bm
Why don't don't you take a little time to breathe it in?
G
Don't try to tame the sun
Bm
But you could try to feel it on your skin

G                                   Bm
I could've let the whole world just hold me back
G                                  Bm
I'm steady making choices from the life I had
A
Can we just talk about it?
A
I know that we could work this out


[Instrumental]
D F#m Bm G


[Verse 3]
               D
In paper Mache houses
                   F#m
Build them up with nothing else
                 Bm
Tell me what the sound is
                G
Telephone keeps ringing out