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Skegss – Wake Up Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
C  D/F#  F  C  G
C  D/F#  F
D/F#  D/F#  F  G

[Verse 1]
 C                   D/F#
Been living down the wrong 
side of town
         F               C      G
I should move up to the right
C     D/F#     F           C       G
Maybe I should make a move tonight

[Verse 2]
C           D/F#
All alone I hear a sound
     F                     F
The voice within said it’s just 
the wind
  C              D/F#   
A ghost of mist closes, 
        F             F
and the early morning
          D/F# D/F#   F   F
Is waking uuuuuuuuuuuuup     
And the ghost he sings

[Chorus]
C        D/F#
Wake up, wake up
        F                C     G
You’re allowed to let it out
C      D/F#              F  
Nobody knows why you’re thinking
C        D/F#
Wake up, wake up
    F              C    G
And bail the water out
C        D/F#     F       F
Before you start sinking
              D/F#  D/F#    F  F
It’s just the wiiiiiiiiiiiiind   
Says the voice within

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[Bridge]
C  D/F#  F  C  G
C  D/F#  F

[Verse 3]
C                    D/F#
Been sifting out the dirt 
in the ground
     F                   C     G
Been trying to find some gold
C            D/F#
Even if I do find something new
          F                     
When it's something new become, 
F
something old

[Verse 4]
  C           D/F#              F     
O let alone I hear a sound, the voice 
                 F
within said it’s just the wind
C                D/F#   
A ghost of mist closes, 
        F              F
and the early morning
          D/F#  D/F#   F  F
Is waking uuuuuuuuuuuuuup    
And the ghost he sings

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[Chorus]
C        D/F#
Wake up, wake up
        F                C     G
You’re allowed to let it out
C      D/F#              F  
Nobody knows why you’re thinking
C        D/F#
Wake up, wake up
    F              C    G
And bail the water out
C        D/F#     F       F
Before you start sinking
              D/F# D/F#     F    F
It’s just the wiiiiiiiiiiiiind
               D/F#    D/F#    F   F
Says the voice withiiiiiiiiiiiiin
                 D/F#    D/F#    F  F
But the ghost he griiiiiiiiiiiiiins
                     C 
cause he knows it's him

[Outro]
C  D/F#  F  C  G
C  D/F#  F
D/F#  D/F#  F  G

How to play Wake Up: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Wake Up by Skegss on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Wake Up by Skegss is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 4 chords: C, D/F#, F and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – D/F# – F – C (I – II – IV – I in C major). In solfa, that is doh – reh – fah – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, A, C, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.