[Verso 1]
 
Am                            F 
Remember when ninth grade was about gettin' laid 
         C                       Am 
Skippin' class tryin' not to get caught 
       Am                      F 
Now you gotta take a test in a bulletproof vest 
          C                       Am 
Scared to death that you might get shot 
     Am                    C 
It's like I just closed my eyes 
                  F                         C 
Everybody started fallin' for the Devil's disguise 
           F 
That hides behind the lines 
     C                  F                       Am 
That hide the truth and I just can't take it no more 


[Refrão]
 
Am                       G        Am 
So wake me up from this American bad dream 
Am                            G         Am 
Is it this messed up, or is it really reality? 
Am                   G          Am 
I'm becomin' numb to all of this tragedy 
Am                             G        Am 
Somebody wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream) 
           G        Am           G 
From this American bad dream (this American bad dream) 


[Verso 2]
 
Am                                       F 
I remember doin' 10 over the limit would just get you a ticket 
C                             Am 
Just an inconvenience gettin' stopped 
Am                                 F 
Bad cops played the jury, made the good ones worry 
      C                          Am 
'Bout showin' up and doin' their job 
     Am                    C 
It's like I just closed my eyes 
                  F                         C 
Everybody started fallin' for the Devil's disguise 
           F 
That hides behind the lines 
     C                  F                       Am 
That hide the truth and I just can't take it no more 



[Refrão]

Am                       G        Am 
So wake me up from this American bad dream 
Am                            G         Am 
Is it this messed up, or is it really reality? 
Am                   G          Am 
I'm becomin' numb to all of this tragedy 
Am                             G        Am 
Somebody wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream) 
           G        F 
Yeah this American bad dream 
           G        F         Am  G 
From this American bad dream, oh 


[Ponte]
 
     Am                    C 
It's like I just closed my eyes 
                  F                         G 
Everybody started fallin' for the Devil's disguise 
G 
Damn 


[Refrão]
 
Am                       G        Am 
So wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream) 

Am                            G         Am 
Is it this messed up, or is it really reality? 
Am                   G          Am 
I'm becomin' numb, oh, to all of this tragedy 
Am               G                      Am 
Somebody wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream) 
           G        Am 
From this American bad dream (this American bad dream) 
Am 
Wake me up, wake me up (this American bad dream) 
                      G        Am 
Wake me up from this American bad dream (this American bad dream) 
           G        Am 
From this American bad dream