The Rising by Bruce Springsteen

Capo on 1st fret

D                    A
Can't see nothin' in front of me
D                        A
Can't see nothin' coming up behind
D                         A
I make my way through the darkness
D                             A
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
D                 A
Lost track of how far I've gone
D                        A
How far I've gone 'n how high I've climbed
D                    A
On my back's a sixty-pound stone
D                     A
On my shoulder a half mile of line

D                  A
Come on up for the rising
D                   A
Come on up lay your hands in mine
D                  A
Come on up for the rising
D                  A
Come on up for the rising tonight

D                   A
Left the house this morning
D                A
Bells ringing 'n filled the air
D                             A
I was wearin' the cross of my calling
D                        A
On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here

Come on up for the rising
Come on up lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Chords: E, D
Li, li, li ... (4 times)

Instrumental Chords F#m, D, A, E (twice)

E                           F#m
There's spirits above and behind me
D                      A       E
Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright
E                        F#m
May their precious blood bind me
     D                      A     E
Lord as I stand before your fiery light

Chords: E, D
Li, li, li ... (4 times)

Chords: D, A
I see you Mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
There's holy pictures of our children
Dancin' in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of my line

Sky of blackness and sorrow
(a dream of life)
Sky of love, sky of tears
(a dream of life)
Sky of glory and sadness
(a dream of life)
Sky of mercy, sky of fear
(a dream of life)
Sky of memory and shadow
(a dream of life)
Your burnin' winds fills my arms tonight
Sky of longin' and emptiness
(a dream of life)
Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life

Come on up for the rising
Come on up lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Chords: E, D
Li, li, li ... (8 times)

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Submitted by Tim Gibbons
Email: tg3@aol.com
Web: www.tmgps.com
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