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JONAS BLUE & WHY DON’T WE – DON’T WAKE ME UP Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC G Em D

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[Intro]
C  G  Em  D

[Verse 1]
C           G
  Sun kissed my face
Em                 D
  Wishing for the real thing
C       G
  Lonely and out of place
Em                      D
  When I don't have you with me
C                G
  Does your heart stay the same
Em                      D
  On all these nights alone? Yeah
C         G
  Or is it just me
Em                    D
  Hoping you'll come home?

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I don't know if
C               G
I can make you happy
                    Em
No matter what the odds,
           D
I'm gonna try
                  C
A million miles away,
            G
I feel you with me
     Em
For now, our love will
              D
live inside my mind

[Chorus]
  C                         G
So don't wake me up in the middle
of the night
        Em               D
'Cause I finally found you
C                         G
  I feel your love every time
  I close my eyes
        Em               D
'Cause I finally found you
C                             G
In the times when hardest, I find
you in the darkness
Em                           D
You're a dream and that is enough
(That is enough), yeah
C                          G
  Don't wake me up in the middle
  of the night
        Em               D
'Cause I finally found you

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[Post-Chorus]
C            G
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Em                D
  Finally found you
C            G
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Em                D
  Finally found you (Found you)

[Verse 2]
C            G
  Summer days so far away
Em                     D
  Only see 'em in the rearview,
  yeah (Rearview, yeah)
C           G
  How will I hold you again
Em                     D
  To make you feel at home?

[Pre-Chorus]
                       C
'Cause I don't know if I
              G
can make you happy
                    Em
No matter what the odds,
           D
I'm gonna try
                  C
A million miles away,
            G
I feel you with me
(I feel you with me)
     Em
For now, our love will
              D
live inside my mind

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[Chorus]
  C
So don't wake me up in
     G
the middle of the night
        Em               D
'Cause I finally found you
(Found you)
C                         G
  I feel your love every time
  I close my eyes
        Em               D
'Cause I finally found you
C
In the times when hardest,
   G
I find you in the darkness
Em                           D
You're a dream and that is enough
(That is enough), yeah
C
  Don't wake me up in
       G
  the middle of the night
        Em               D
'Cause I finally found you

[Post-Chorus]
C            G
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Em                D
  Finally found you (Yeah, I finally found—)
C            G
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Em                D
  Finally found you (Yeah, I finally found you)

[Outro]
C                          G
  Don't wake me up in the middle of the night
        Em               D
'Cause I finally found you

How to play DON’T WAKE ME UP: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for DON’T WAKE ME UP by JONAS BLUE & WHY DON’T WE on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

DON’T WAKE ME UP by JONAS BLUE & WHY DON’T WE is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 4 chords: C, G, Em and D.

The backbone of the song is C – G – Em – D (IV – I – vi – V in G major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – lah – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.