How to play "Wake Up America" by Miley Cyrus on guitar

Learn how to play "Wake Up America" by Miley Cyrus, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here:

Standard Tuning:

E
Oh oh, can you take care of her
E
Oh oh, maybe you can spare her
G# A
Several moments of your consideration
G# A
Leading up to the final destination
E
Oh oh, the Earth is calling out
E
I wanna learn what it’s all about
G# A
But everything I read’s global warming, going green
G#
I don’t know what all this means
B
But it seems to be saying

A E B
Wake up America, we’re all in this together, it’s our
A E
Home so let’s take care of it, you know that you want to
E
You know that you got to
A E
Wake up America, tomorrow becomes a new day
B G# A
And everything you do matters, yeah everything you do matters
E
In some way

E
Stand up, I’ll try if you will
E
Wake up, it’s not a fire drill
G# A
All she needs is a little attention
G# A
Can you give her just a little attention
E
Oh oh, it’s easy to look away
E
But it’s getting harder day by day
G# A
Everything I read’s global warming, going green
G#
I don’t know what all this means
B
But it seems to be saying

A E B
Wake up America, we’re all in this together, it’s our
A E
Home so let’s take care of it, you know that you want to
E
You know that you got to
A E
Wake up America, tomorrow becomes a new day
B
And everything you do matters, yeah everything you do matters
E
In some way

E A B
I know that you don’t wanna hear it
G# A B
Especially coming from someone… so young
G# A B
But in the back seat yeah they wanna hear it
G# A B
So come on… come on… so come oooooooooooooon

A E B
Wake up America, we’re all in this together, it’s our
A E
Home so let’s take care of it, you know that you want to
E
You know that you got to
A E
Wake up America, tomorrow becomes a new day
B G# A
And everything you do matters, yeah everything you do matters
E
In some way