The Rising
by Bruce Springsteen
as heard by Antti Kauppinen (amkauppi@spam_hell_no_remove_this_hotmail.com), June 21st 2002
The chords seem to sound best as follows:
D/A A
x x
3 2
2 2
0 2
0 0
x x
The background synth/string figure is
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2---2-4-2---2-4- etc.
--2-------2-----
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(each "-" represents a sixteenth)
D/A A
Can't see nothin' in front of me
D/A A
Can't see nothin' coming up behind
D/A A
I make my way through this darkness
D/A A
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
D/A A
Lost track of how far I've gone
D/A A
How far I've gone, how high I've climbed
D/A A
On my back's a sixty pound stone
D/A A
On my shoulder a half mile of line
D/A A
Come on up for the rising
D/A A
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
D/A A
Come on up for the rising
D/A A
Come on up for the rising tonight
D A
Left the house this morning
D A
Bells ringing filled the air
D A
Wearin' the cross of my calling
D A
On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here
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
(4x)
E A D
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
Guitar solo (not actual fingering, but the simplest way to play the melody):
F#m D A E
h p h
----------------I--------7-9-7---I----------------I7-------79797---I
7---------------I--------------10I7---------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----9---------9-I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
F#m D A E
----------------I--------7-9-7---I--------------9-I7---------------I
10--7-----------I--------------10I7---------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----9-----------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
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
(4x)
E A D
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
Guitar doubles the vocal:
E A D
7---7---7-9-7---I----------------I7---7---7-9-7---I----------------I
--------------10I7-------7-10----I--------------10I7-------7-10----I
----------------I----9-----------I----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
----------------I----------------I----------------I----------------I
(the rest of the verses and chorus as previously)
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' wind fills my arms tonight
Sky of longing 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
Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li
Into the Fire (notes in parentheses indicate roughly the guitar lines played on the E chord; it's hard to make out the exact figure from the booted copy I have so far, I'll update this when I get a cleaner copy)
E (c# b g#)
The sky was falling and streaked with blood
(c# b g#)
I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into the dust
A E
Up the stairs, into the fire
A E
Up the stairs, into the fire
(c# b g# f# c# b g#) A
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
E
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
A
May your strength give us strength
E/G#
May your faith give us faith
B
May your hope give us hope
E
May your love bring us love
A
May your strength give us strength
E/G#
May your faith give us faith
B
May your hope give us hope
A
May your love bring us love
E (riff notes: g# g#g#f#e ef#)
E
You gave your love to see, in fields of red and autumn brown
You gave your love to me and lay your young body down
A E
Up the stairs, into the fire
A E
Up the stairs, into the fire
E A
I need you near, but love and duty called you someplace higher
A/B E
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
It was dark, too dark to see, you held me in the light you gave
You lay your hand on me
Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire
May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love
May your love bring us love
(continue chorus chords until fade out)