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Intro: Em Em/G Em Em/G G#m13 Am9 (x2)
Verse 1:
Em Em/G Em Em/G
We'll go to knuckle to knuckle, or buckle against buckle
Em Em/G Em Em/G
Your nostrils will flare as you push out the air
Am7
Rise up, Brother
C/D Cadd9 Cadd9/B Em Em/G Em Em/G
Rise up from the trappings of flesh and the holdings of skin
Verse 2:
Em Em/G Em Em/G
We'll steer the car towards the reservoir
Em Em/G Em Em/G
And poison our senses as nightfall commences
Am7
Rise up, Brother
C/D Cadd9 Cadd9/B Em Em/G Em Em/G
Rise up from the monotony that is hemming you in
Verse 3:
Em Em/D Cmaj9 Em7/B
Tonight while you sleep you'll be grinding your teeth
Em Em/D Cmaj9 Em7/B
Put your head at the North and the South at your feet
Am7
Rise up, Brother
C/D Cadd9 Cadd9/B Em Em/G Em Em/G
Rise up from the pack who are baying and drawing of blood
Am7
Oooo-oooo, who's there?
C/D
How can you hear the door
Cadd9 Cadd9/B
I'm one-hundred acres of sycamore
Gadd9 G/B C Cadd9 C
Oh flash my hand past your eyes in the air
Cadd9 Gadd9
But it won't break your stare
G/B
Is there anyone there
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 Em Em/G Em Em/G
But the four black winds blowing through the eaves of your mind?
Am7 C/D Cadd9 Cadd9/B Em Em/G Em Em/G
Verse 4:
Em Em/D Cmaj9 Em7/B
If he darkens your doorway, you come and tell me
Em Em/D Cmaj9 Em7/B
Where he resides, text me or bell me
Am7
Rise up, Sister
C/D Cadd9 Cadd9/B Em Em/G Em Em/G
I'll make sure he never darkens your doorway again
Verse 5:
Em Em/D Cmaj9 Em7/B
Don't be a stranger to me anymore
Em Em/D Cmaj9 Em7/B
I'll hold a lantern, put your heel on the shore
Am7
Rise up, Sister
C/D Cadd9 Cadd9/B Em Em/G Em Em/G
Rise up from the black ships that sail through the swan of your heart
Am7
Oooo-oooo, who's there?
C/D
How can you hear the door
Cadd9 Cadd9/B
I'm one-hundred acres of sycamore
Gadd9 G/B C Cadd9 C
Oh flash my hand past your eyes in the air
Cadd9 Gadd9
But it won't break your stare
G/B
Is there anyone there
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 Em Em/G Em Em/G
But the four black winds blowing through the eaves of your mind?
Bridge:
C Cadd9/B Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G
Those weasels in the weeds await to jump us
C Cadd9/B Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G
One had a screwdriver and one had a cutlass
C Cadd9/B Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G
We counted the beats between thunder and lightning
C Cadd9/B Am7 Am7/G Am7 Am7/G
One-thousand and two, one-thousand and three
D7/F#
It's coming in from the Sea
Gadd9 G/B
Put your hand on my leg
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 Gadd9
Kilometres in blue and miles in black
G/B
Lose my eyes in the bathroom
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 Gadd9
Arm-wrestle, East, West, place brass-tack
G/B C
Bite my lip in the car, midnight ringing
Cadd9 C Cadd9 Gadd9
Unravel on the gravel, phone off, walk
G/B
Search for the lighter in my pocket
C Cadd9 C Cadd9
Go inner, and inner, and bolt, and book
C Cadd9 C Cadd9 Em Em/G Em Em/G
Let the four black winds begone from the eaves of the mind
Outro
G#m13 Am9 Em Em/G Em Em/G (x2)
Am7 Am7/G (x10)
Am7
Written by Fionn Regan