Eyes Wide Shut by Bukahara (live version)
The song is divided into two parts, the first two verses and choruses are played slowly. Part 2 changes to
a faster and louder style.
Strumming slow part: pick base note with thumb - DU
fast part: DUDUDUDU
Chord with * is only strummed once
[Part 1: slow]
[Verse 1]
Gm F Bb F Gm
Turn off your TV, and how do you feel,
Bb C Gm D Gm
I tell you to be bored, our life is just too short.
Gm F Bb F Gm
Turn off your phone, and how do you feel,
Bb C
If you don’t know what to do,
Gm D Gm F
There are people right in front of you.
[Chorus]
Bb F Gm F
So, try to remember,
Bb F Bb F
The dreams that we forgot,
Bb F Gm F
Cause hope is not the answer,
Bb F* Gm F Gm F
If you keep your eyes wide shut, your eyes wide shut.
[Verse 2]
Gm F Bb F Gm
Oh, rip down your routines, and where will you be?
Bb C Gm D Gm
Like your rivers flow you will know which way to go.
Gm F Bb F Gm
Oh, leave your city, and who will you be?
Bb C Gm D Gm F
Be young, all alone, you will find your own reality.
[Chorus]
Bb F Gm F
So, try to remember,
Bb F Bb F
The dreams that we forgot,
Bb F Gm F
Cause hope is not the answer,
Bb F* Gm F Gm
If you keep your eyes wide shut, your eyes wide shut,
F Gm F Gm F* [pause]
Your eyes wide shut, your eyes wide shut.
[Part 2: faster and louder]
F* Gm
Your eyes wide shut.
[Verse 3]
Gm F Bb F Gm
Turn off your TV, and how do you feel,
Bb C Gm D Gm
I tell you to be bored, our life is just too short.
Gm F Bb F Gm
Turn off your phone, and how do you feel,
Bb C
If you don’t know what to do,
Gm D Gm F
There are people right in front of you.
[Chorus]
Bb F Gm F
So, try to remember,
Bb F Bb F
The dreams that we forgot,
Bb F Gm F
Cause hope is not the answer,
Bb F* Gm F Gm F
If you keep your eyes wide shut, your eyes wide shut.
[Verse 4]
Gm F Bb F Gm
Oh, rip down your routines, and where will you be?
Bb C Gm D Gm
Like your rivers flow you will know which way to go.
Gm F Bb F Gm
Oh, leave your city, and who will you be?
Bb C Gm D Gm F
Be young, all alone, you will find your own reality.
[Chorus]
Bb F Gm F
So, try to remember,
Bb F Bb F
The dreams that we forgot,
Bb F Gm F
Cause hope is not the answer,
Bb F* Gm F Gm
If you keep your eyes wide shut, your eyes wide shut,
F Gm F Gm
Your eyes wide shut, your eyes wide shut.