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Wake Up Little Susie (G Major)
Artist: Everly Brothers, The    Genre: Rock & Roll    Roman Numerals: I, I7, II, II7, V, V7, m7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]   
Song Notes:  
Recording @ YouTube
Entered by: ICDb   
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G
(G,B,D)
G B D G B G
G7
(G,B,D,F)
G B D G B F
A
(A,C♯,E)
- A E A C♯ E
A7
(A,C♯,E,G)
- A E G C♯ E
D
(D,F♯,A)
- - D A D F♯
D7
(D,F♯,A,C)
- - D A C F♯
F
(F,A,C)
F C F A C F


Verse 1
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Wake up, little Susie, wake		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] up.		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Wake up, little Susie, wake		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] up.		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]
We [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] both went		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] sound a-		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] sleep.		 Wake up, little [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Susie, and		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] weep.
The [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] movie's		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] over, it's		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] 4 o'		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] clock and		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] we're in		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] trouble		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] deep.
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Wake up little		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] Su-		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] sie, wake up little		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] Susie.		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Major Second]

Chorus
Well, [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] What are we gonna		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] tell your		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] mamma?
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] What are we gonna		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] tell your		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] pa?
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] What are we gonna		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] tell our		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] friends when they say,
Spoken: "Ooh-la-la!"
[AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] Wake up, little		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Su-		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] sie, wake up little		 [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] Susie.

Bridge
Well, I [D7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] told your momma that you'd be home by ten.
Well, now, [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] Susie baby looks like we goofed again.
[G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] Wake up, little		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] Su-		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] sie, wake up little		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] Susie, we gotta go		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] home.		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] 		[FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh]

Verse 2
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Wake up, little Susie, wake		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] up.		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]
[DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] Wake up, little Susie, wake		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] up.		 [FMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Minor Seventh] 		[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison]
The [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] movie		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] wasn't so		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] hot, it		 didn't have [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] much of a		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] plot.
We [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] fell a-		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] sleep, our		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] goose is		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] cooked, our		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] repu-		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fifth] tation is		 [G7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Unison] shot.
[GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Wake up, little		 [AMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Major Second] Su-		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] sie, wake up little		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Major Second] Susie.
Repeat Chorus
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