Chord Booklet

Rise Against

10 songs|31 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

D/F

D/A

Em7

D#m

G#m

A/C

C/G

C#m7

F#2

C#2

Dsus2

F#m

Dirt And Roses

Key: EmCapo 4Hard

D/F

EmCB

(full band)

EmCB

EmC

Em This city Cgrieves like Bwidows claEmsping folded flagsC againstB their hearts

Em Raindrops Cspill like Bdirt and roGses on black coB7ffins in the dark

Em Not yet Ccorpses, Bstill we Emrot, obliviousC to ourB decay

Em Drinking Cpoison Bdrop by Gdrop, destined to dieB

Unless we Emsave our lives from the Ccoming tide

That seeks to Gdrown us in its wavesB

But if we Emsell our soul for the Cchance of gold

Then we'll Grue each passing day B

Em And I swear this Cplace once Bwas alive

Em The streets, all Cpulsed like Bliving veins

Em Heart worth Cbeating, Bcoarse with blood

G The buildings Bbreathe each time they sway

Em The time ofC death,B Em punctuCated byB the bells

Em The sky turnedC red,B G then came the rainB

Come on, let's Emsave our lives from the Ccoming tide

That seeks to Gdrown us in its wavesB

But if we Emsell our soul for the Cchance of gold

Then we'll Grue each passing day B

EmCB

BREAKDOWN

They Emdrown, Bmthey'll Ccrush you Bfrom the Emtop

BmI'd Crather Bdie, EmI Bmwould Crather Bchase them Gdown.B

These Emworlds Bmare Ccrashing Bforward,Em they Bmtry to Cset aBlight

EmBuilt Bmour Ctrue fates Bwhile they GdrownB

C Like fallen Bmsoldiers Gon D/Fthese Emfields, we Dspared our Clives

Bodies Bmhurled upGon D/Fthe Emwheels, I Dswear we Ctried

I Bmcame uGpon D/Fthis EmgodforDsaken Csight, and Bmfelt it all pass Emby

EmCB

EmC

FINAL Chorus 1

Come on, let's Emsave our lives from the Ccoming tide

That seeks to Gdrown us in its wavesB

But if we Emsell our soul for the Cchance of gold

Then we'll Grue each passing day B

FINAL Chorus 2

So Emsave our... Our lives, it's Ccoming clear

Yeah, it's Gbecoming clear to meB

We'll never Emsell our soul for the Cchance of gold

And we'll Glive each passing day B

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Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Key: AmMedium

So pAmlease don't askDm me howF

I ended up aGt my wits end Am

And breDmaking dowFn

GPages torn from books wAme never read Dm

Cause we're pluggeFd into this grid G

Don't puAmll this plug right nowDm

Or then we'd reallyF have to live G

When I die, Fwill they remember noDmt

What I did, Fbut what I haven'tDm done?

It's not the endF that I fear with eDmach breath

It's Flife that scares me to death G

When we built tChese dreams on sand

How they all slGipped through our hands

AmThis might be our onlFy chance

Let's take this one dCay at a time

I'll hold your hanGd if you hold mine

The tiAmme that we kill keeps us alivFe

AmDmFG

AmYour words won't saveDm me now F

I'm at the edgGe feeling the sweat driAmp from my Dmbrow F

"Get a griGp on yourself" iAms what they say Dm

Every houFr, every day G

AmHands over my earsDm

I've been scrFeaming all these years! G

When I die, Fwill they remember noDmt

What I did, Fbut what I haven'tDm done?

It's not the endF that I fear with eDmach breath

It's Flife that scares me to death G

When we built tChese dreams on sand

How they all slGipped through our hands

AmThis might be our onlFy chance

Let's take this one dCay at a time

I'll hold your hanGd if you hold mine

The tiAmme that we kill keeps us alivFe

Dm We came inC sDmearch of answers!

C A We left FemGpty handed agaiCn!

Dm Shots fiCreDmd into the sky

C A Are now returning!

F G Where the fuck willC you hide?

DmHiding from the laughter in tChe closDmets of our lives

C A But the door hinges are squeaking letting in thFin shardsC of light

C Dm And now a hand's extending outward

C Dm Quiet comfort they invite

C A Do we dare take what they offer?

F C Do we step into the light?

When I die, Fwill they remember noDmt

What I did, Fbut what I haven'tDm done?

It's not the endF that I fear with eDmach breath

It's Flife that scares me to death G

When we built tChese dreams on sand

How they all slGipped through our hands

AmThis might be our onlFy chance

Let's take this one dCay at a time

I'll hold your hanGd if you hold mine

The tiAmme that we kill keeps us alivFe

When we built tChese dreams on sand

How they all slGipped through our hands

AmThis might be our onlFy chance

Let's take this one dCay at a time

I'll hold your hanGd if you hold mine

The tiAmme that we kill keeps us alivFe

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Swing Life Away

Key: CHard

D/A

Em7

Logo Após C9 Na Batida Da Música 3x Na terceira finalize com D4

batida: 1x p/ baixo pausa 1x pra baixo 1x pra cima 1x pra baixo 1x pra cima

EmGC

Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up?

EmGC

Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?

EmGCD4

Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?

EmGC

I'll show you mine if you show me yours first

EmGC

Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse

EmGCD4

Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words

EmCGAm

We live on front porches and swing life away,

EmCD/A

We get by just fine here on minimum wage

EmCGAm

If love is a labor I'll slave 'till the end,

EmCD/A

I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

EmGC

I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move

EmGC

The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon

EmGCD4

Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow

EmGC

I've got some friends, some that I hardly know

EmGC

But we've had some times I wouldn't trade for the world

EmGCD4

We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go

EmCGAm

We live on front porches and swing life away,

EmCD/A

We get by just fine here on minimum wage

EmCGAm

If love is a labor I'll slave 'till the end,

EmCD/A

I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand

Em7GC9

Swing life away

Em7GC9

Swing life away

Em7GAmC

Swing life away

Em7GC9

Swing life away

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Make It Stop (september's Children)

Key: BmMedium

Bm bang bang go the Dcoffin nails

Like a Abreath exhaled and Agone forever

Bm seems like just Dyesterday

AHow did i miss the Ared flags

BmRaised? think back to Ddays we laughed

We Abraved these bittAer storms together

BmBrought to his Dknees he cried,

A but on his Afeet he died

Bm what Dgod could damn a har-Aeart?

And what Bmgod drove us apa-Dhart (?apart?)?

What Agod co-hould (?could?)

Bm make it Dstop, let this Aend

Eighteen Emyears pushed to the ledge.

Bm it?s come Dthis, a weightless Astep

On the Emway down singing

BmDAEm

BmDAA

Bm bang bang from the Dcloset walls

The Aschoolhouse halls, the Ashotgun?s loaded

Bm push me and Di?ll push back

A i?m done asking, Ai demand

BmFrom a nation Dunder god

I Afeel its love like a Acattle prod

Bm i?m born free but Dstill they hate

A i?m born me, no, Ai can?t change

Bm it?s always Ddarkest just Abefore the dawn

So Bmstay awake with Dme

Lets prove them wroBmng

Make it Dstop, let this Aend

Eighteen Emyears pushed to the ledge.

Bm it?s come Dthis, a weightless Astep

On the Emway down singing

BmDAEm

Bm the cold river Awashed him away

But Fhow could we forGget

The Bmgatherings hold Acandles

G but not their tongues

And Bmtoo much blood has Aflown from the wrists

Of the Fchildren shamed for Gthose they chose to Bmkiss

Who will Drise to stop the Ablood?

We?re counting forBm, insisting on D

ABmDAEm

BmDAEm

Bm make it Dstop, make this Aend

This life chose Emme, i'm not lost in Bmsin.

And proud i Dstand of who i Aam

I plan to Emgo on living!

Bm make it Dstop, make this Aend

All these Emyears pushed to the ledge.

Bm and proud i Dstand of who i Aam

I plan to Emgo on living!

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Endgame

Key: D#mHard

D#m

G#m

D#mBD#mBD#mBBC

D#m And on that Bday they'll tell you

D#m That life hummed Bon with no clue

D#m The warning Bsigns were all disBmissed or shouted Cdown

So it D#mgoes

The kings all Bfailed to tell us

D#m The madmen Bfailed to sell us

D#m On what would Bthen befall the Bonly life we'd Cknow

Refrain 1

Were they G#mburning signal fires to Bguide us to the fields?

Or G#mbuilding funeral pyres? The Boutcome of a Cfinal appeal

D#m The city lines are Fdown the kerosene's run G#mout

The fracturing of Aall we reClied uD#mpon

Let's shed this unclean sFkin and start to feel aG#mgain

Because all the shoulders Aon which to Ccry are D#mgoneB D#m B

D#m The paraBnoia gripped usD#m the rain turned Bengines to rust

D#m The panic Bset in like a Bcancer to our Chearts

Spreading D#mthrough

We bet on Bfinite geniusD#m or prayed for Bgods to save us

D#m But there was no Bantidote diBsease tore us aCpart

Refrain 2

We left G#mbodies in the fields

So Bnumb that we forCgot how to feel

D#m The city lines are Fdown the kerosene's run G#mout

The fracturing of Aall we reClied uD#mpon

Let's shed this unclean sFkin and start to feel aG#mgain

Because all the shoulders Aon which to Ccry are gone

D#m B He looked at the G#mfields and then his D#mhands

All I Cneed is what I Bhave

Then fell a G#mtear of happiD#mness oh oh oh oh

B She watched the G#mworld crumble aD#mway

"Is this the Cend of yesterday?"

B "Lord I Chope so" is all he Dsaid

All gone are the Bold guards

G#mGone are the D#mcold cold wars

FWeightless we Bgo forth

On Cwings of amnesD#mty

COh we relied on now

D#m The city lines are Fdown the kerosene's run G#mout

The fracturing of Aall we reClied uD#mpon

Let's shed this unclean sFkin and start to feel aG#mgain

Because all the shoulders Aon which to cry are Cgone

D#m No Fmore no more

No G#mmore no Amore

No Cmore no D#mmore

No Fmore no more

No G#mmore no more

The Aweight that we Conce felt is D#mgone

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Everchanging (acoustic)

Key: AHard

A/C

C/G

A/CIn the face Fof change,

C/Gthat's when she Gturned to me and A/Csaid:

"I'm not Fsure anyC/Gmore..G."

A/CAnd there, aFmidst the waves

and the C/Gcloudless skies...

That Gblanket, the year befA/Core...

I Fwatch my life wash asC/Ghore. G

(PM)

A/CHave you ever been a Fpart of something

C/Gthat you Gthought would neveA/Cr end?

And Fthen, of course, it C/Gdid. G

A/CHAVE you ever felt the Fweight inside you,

C/Gpulling away Ginside your sA/Ckin?

Then Fsomething had to C/Ggive...G

GGG7

CAnd now the lines are drawn...

G Is this feeling gone?

C The best parts of Fthis have come and gCone

and now thatG... is all thatF this Fiiiis.

C With the reasons clear,

G We'll spend another year...

C Without direction,

F full of fear,C

but now thingsG... will be FdiffeFreeent.

(PM)

A/CThere's nothing simple Fwhen it comes to you and I...

C/G Always something Gin this everchanging A/Clife;

and there Fprobably always C/Gwill. G

A/CNOW that time is getting hFarder to come by,

C/G the same arguments are Galways on our A/Cminds,

killed this sFlowly fading lC/Gights. G

GGG7G6

C And now the lines are drawn...

G Is this feeling gone?

C The best parts of Fthis have come and gCone

and now thatG... is all thatF this Fiiiis.

C With the reasons clear,

G We'll spend another year...

C Without direction,

F full of fear,C

but now thingsG... will be FdiffeFreeent.

CAnd now something, has kept me here too long...

CAnd you can't leave me, if I'm already gone

And now Csomething,F has kept me Amhere too Glong...\

And you can't Cleave me, Fif I'm already Ggone... /

And we Cmake the same mistakes; Fwe're always hanging on.

AmBreak the promises Gwe're always leaning on.

CAll this timeF spent waking uGp...

Now Ckeep this line open F to get this call from you,

Amspeak the words that Gkeep me coming back to you

CNow this timeF it's all difGferent...

CAnd now something has kept me here too long,

and now I'm goCne...

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Nowhere Generation

Key: FHard

C#m7

F#2

C#2

We are theF nowhere generation

We areC#m7 the kids that no one wants

We arE2e a credible threat to the rules you set

AB2 cause to be alarmed

We are nFot the names that we've been given

We spC#m7eak a language you don't know

We areE2 the nowhere Generation

ThB2e nowhere gÐµneration

Oh-oFh-uh-oh

And F#2one Fday

All the walls wilFl comÐµ down

All the doorF#2s will oFpen

All the roads wB2ill leFad home

But rigF#2ht nFow

We are spiFraling down

And the lonF#2ger weF wait

The furthB2er wFe gooh

E2I know we're slipping through the cracks now

No Bplace left on your map now to caB2ll home

We areF the nowhere generation

We areC#m7 the kids that no one wants

We arE2e a credible threat to the rules you set

AB2 cause to be alarmed

We are not the Fnames that we've been given

We spC#m7eak a language you don't know

We areE2 the nowhere Generation

ThB2e nowhere generation

Oh-oFh-uh-oh

And for F#2your sweatF you'll be rewarded

ThFey told us every day

There'F#2s a land of Fmilk and honey

And itB2's not thatF far a-way

But tF#2he finish linFe kept movin'

And tFhe promises wore thin

And tF#2he smokFe on the horizon

Was B2the burningF promised land

And tE2his place used to be somewhere

But thBey sold it out from under us

OuB2r voiceC#2s all ignored

We are the Fnowhere generation

We areC#m7 the kids that no one wants

We arE2e a credible threat to the rules you set

AB2 cause to be alarmed

We are not tFhe names that we've been given

We spC#m7eak a language you don't know

We areE2 the nowhere Generation

ThB2e nowhere generation

Oh-oE2h-uh-oh

E2BB2F

And yeE2t we climb these burning ladders

BStill weB2 raise for them the hammers

SwingFing lE2ow

"And wE2hat exactly arBe we afteB2r?", they will ask

And we will answer

We areF the nowhere generation

We areC#m7 the kids that no one wants

We arE2e a credible threat to the rules you set

AB2 cause to be alarmed

We are not the Fnames that we've been given

We spC#m7eak a language you don't know

We areE2 the nowhB2ere generation

Oh-oFh-uh-oh

(We are the nowhC#m7ere generation)

Oh-oE2h-uh-oh

(We are the nowhB2ere generation)

We areF the nowheC#m7re generation

We areE2 the nowhere generation

ThB2e nowhere generation

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Ready To Fall

Key: DMedium

Dsus2

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Dsus2Hold on slow down again from the top now and tAell me eG5verything A C

Dsus2I know I've been gone for what seems like forever

But IA'm here nG5ow waiting A C

Dsus2To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger

But cAloser thG5an you think A C

She said, "Just Dsus2go on to what you

Pretend is your life but

APlease don't dGie on Ame" C

Refrain:

AWings won't take Dsus2me G5

AHeights don't phase Dsus2me G5

So take a sAtep

G5 But don't look down

Take a step A C

Dsus2 Now I'm stG5anding on the rAooftop ready to fall

Dsus2 I thG5ink I'm at the eAdge now but I could be wrong

Dsus2 I'm stG5anding on the roAoftop ready to Dsus2fall G5 A C

Perpetual motion the image won't focus

A blur is all that's seen

But here in this moment like the eye of the storm

It all came clear to me

I found a shoulder to lean on

An infallible reason to live all by itself

I took one last look from the heights that I once loved

And then I ran like hell

Refrain:

Wings won't take me

Heights don't phase me

So take a step

But don't look down

Take a step

Dsus2 Now I'm stG5anding on the rAooftop ready to fall

Dsus2 I thG5ink I'm at the eAdge now but I could be wrong

Dsus2 I'm stG5anding on the roAoftop ready to Dsus2fall G5 A

C I count the times that I've been sorry

AI know, I know

C Now my compassion slowly drowns

AI know, I know

C If there's a time these walls could guard you

AI know, I know

C Then let that time be right now

Dsus2G5A

Dsus2 Now I'm staG5nding on the roAoftop

Dsus2 Now I'm staG5nding on the roAoftop ready to fall

Dsus2 Now I'm stG5anding on the rAooftop ready to fall

Dsus2 I thG5ink I'm at the eAdge now but I could be wrong

Dsus2 I'm stG5anding on the roAoftop ready to Dsus2fall G5 A

Dsus2 Now I'm staG5nding on the roAoftop ready to fall

Dsus2 Now I'm staG5nding on the roAoftop ready to fDsus2all

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I Dont Want To Be Here Anymore

Key: F#mMedium

F#m

F#m On pins and needles we are waiAting for the fall

D We count the days, scratching liEnes on the wall

F#m Wait in the wings at soAmeone's beck and cEall

F#m No longer recognize the plAace that I call home

D No longer recognize this fEace as my own

F#m Somewhere, this fAate I lost contErol

F#m We backed down, Awe took no Dfor answers Efar too long

F#m We felt those waAlls close arEound

I don't want toF#m be here aAnyDmoEre (x2, play A E D the second time)

I don't want toF#m be here anymorAe

I know there's nothing lDeft worth staying foEr

Your paradise is soF#mmething I've endAured

(Oh wah Dho, Oh wah Eho)

See I don't think I can fF#might this anymorAe

I'm listening with oDne foot out the dooEr

And something has to F#mdie to be rebAorn

I don't want to Dbe here anymorEe

F#m On hand and foot we answered eDvery single call

A And weathered every day like pasEsing storms

F#m But when they break Dwe will all be gAonEe

F#m Won't back down, wAon't take no fDor answers anyEmore

F#m These walls close, Awe pace back and forEth

I don't want toF#m be here anymorAe

I know there's nothing lDeft worth staying foEr

Your paradise is soF#mmething I've endAured

(Oh wah Dho, Oh wah Eho)

See I don't think I can fF#might this anymorAe

I'm listening with oDne foot out the dooEr

And something has to F#mdie to be rebAorn

I don't want to Dbe here.E.. anymore.

The pF#moint where we brDeak gets closer evAery dEay

But wF#mhere do we Ago?

But whDere do we Ego? F#m

I don't want toF#m be here aAnyDmoEre (x2, play A E D the second time)

I don't want toF#m be here anymorAe

I know there's nothing lDeft worth staying foEr

Your paradise is soF#mmething I've endAured

(Oh wah Dho, Oh wah Eho)

See I don't think I can fF#might this anymorAe

I'm listening with oDne foot out the dooEr

And something has to F#mdie to be rebAorn

I don't want to Dbe here.E.. anymore.

AnyF#mmore A D E

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10.

Time Tragedy

Key: CHard

CAmFGAFBm

CAmFGABmEm

AmOn the edges of the sharpest knives

FIn the middle of the darkest nights

CAlways knew that I would find you here

GIn a puddle of the bravest tears

AI've seen enough to know it's lonely wherFe you are Bm

Above the crowd

AFeet dangling from a rooftop (a rooftop)F

She waits from ledges fAor a voice to talBmk her down Em

CNothing mattersC but the pain when you're alone

Never-ending nightsG when you're awake

When you're prayingA that tomorrow itF's okay Bm

There will be a time to crack anotCher smile

Maybe not today Gor for a while

But we're holdAing on to laugh agaBmin some day Em

To laugh again some day

ABmEm

AmAll that matters is the time we had

FDoesn't matter how it all went bad

CNever wonder what it might be like

GShut the door, say goodbye

A (palm puted)

When faced with tragedy

We come alive or come undoFne Bm

So don't hold back, let iAt shape you like an oceanF F

Even the deepest scars in Atime will fBmade Em

CNothing mattersC but the pain when you're alone

Never-ending nightsG when you're awake

When you're prayingA that tomorrow itF's okay Bm

There will be a time to crack anotCher smile

Maybe not today Gor for a while

But we're holdAing on to laugh agaBmin some day Em

To laugh again some day

AmAnd sometimes you have to go back

FTo know just where you were then

CBut we're old enough to know that

GWhat has been, will be again and again A F Bm

ABmEm

AmAnd the bravest of faces Fare the ones where Cwe fake it G

AmAnd the roles that we play Bm

C (palm muted)

Nothing matters when the pain is all but gone

FWhen you are finally awake

Despite the overwhAmelming odds, tomoBmrrow came Em

AmAnd when they see you crack a smile

FAnd you decide to stay a while

CYou'll be ready then, to laugh again G

Nothing matters but the pain C

(We are tragAmedy, yeFah, we are sympathy) G A

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