Artist: Petra
Song: Sleeping Giant
Album: Wake up Call
words: Bob Hartmann
Music: Ronny Cates
Year: 1993
Tempo: 106,1 BPM
Tab: Christoph Mertinat (crushtoph >at< gmx.de)
[Intro]
G5 G4 G5 G4 G5 G4
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B|--8-----8-----8-------8-------8---|-8-----8-----8-------8---8---8---|
G|--7-----7-----7-------5-------5---|-7-----7-----7-------5---7---5---|
D|--5-----5-----5-------5-------5---|-5-----5-----5-------5---5---5---|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 e + e 2 e + e 3 e + e 4 e + e | 1 e + e 2 e + e 3 e + e 4 e + e |
[Verse 1]
C G F G C G F G
Whoa, sleeping the night away
C C/B A G F F E F F# G
Darkness enclosing the world so desperate for days
C G F G C G F G
We're under the spell of disunity
C C/B A D G D
When will this giant awake and stand and be free
G
Now the hour has come
C G C G
To awaken and redeem the time given to the night
C G D# F
Curse this darkness and stand in the light
[Chorus]
G D
Can you hear the alarm echo down the hall
G C D G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
G D Em C
Awake from your sleep 'cause it's time to stand tall
G D C G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
G D C G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
[Verse 2]
C G F G C G F G
Whoa, been sleeping so long, yeah
C C/B A G F F E F F# G
How can we hope to discern the right from the wrong?
C G F G C G F G
The gauntlet is thrown in the face of denial
C C/B A D G D G
Each time we sleep through an inch we're losing a mile
D# Bb D# G#
We will get this rude awakening to reality
D# Bb F
And arise in unity
[Chorus]
G D
Can you hear the alarm echo down the hall
G C D G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
G D Em C
Awake from your sleep 'cause it's time to stand tall
G D C G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
G D C G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
[Instrumental]
E5 Esus2 E E Esus2
Am Am Esus2 E E A
E5 Esus 2 E E Esus2
Am C G
[Bridge]
F C
It's been dark for so long night is almost gone
G
Always darkest before the dawn
F C D
Sunlight soon appearing, a new day it will bring Do you feel it?
[Chorus]
G D
Can you hear the alarm echo down the hall
G C D G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
G D Em C
Awake from your sleep 'cause it's time to stand tall
G D C G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call
G D C G
The sleeping giant gets a wake-up call