Tone: [Dm]
Intro x4:
[Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [F]
Verse 1:
[Dm] I am a nation, I am a mil[C]million f[Dm]faces
Formed together, made for elevation [Dm]
I am a soldier, I won't su[C]surrender
[Dm]Faith is like a fire that never burns to embers
[Dm](Who's gonna stand up, who's gonna fight?)
The v[Dm]voice of the unheard
[Dm](Who's gonna break these chains and lies?)
[Dm]Love is the answer
[Dm]I gotta speak it, believe it, that's how I feel inside
[Dm]I, I, can't, can't sit here quiet [Bb]
Pre-chorus:
You can take my heart, you can take my br[C]breath
When you pry it from my co[Am]cold, dead chest
Chorus:
[Dm]This is how we r[Bb]rise up
[Gm]Heavy as a hurricane, lo[C]louder than a freight train
[Dm]This is how we r[Bb]rise up
[Gm]Heart is beating faster, f[C]feels like thunder
[Dm]Magic, static, c[Bb]call me a fanatic
[F]It's our world, th[C]they can never have it
[Dm]This is how we ri[Bb]rise up
[Gm] It's our resistance[Am]resistance, you can't resist us
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [F]
Verse 2:
[Dm] Hey can you hear me? Hey, are you li[C]listeni[Dm]stening?
[Dm]Sleeping in the shadows, could be making history
[Dm]Walk through the fire, walk on the wa[C]water
[Dm]Used to be a slave, but now you are a conqueror [Bb]
Pre-chorus:
They can take my heart, they can take my br[C]breath
When they pry it from my [Am]cold, dead chest
Chorus:
[Dm]This is how we r[Bb]rise up
[Gm]Heavy as a hurricane, lo[C]louder than a freight train
[Dm]This is how we r[Bb]rise up
[Gm]Heart is beating faster, f[C]feels like thunder
[Dm]Magic, static, c[Bb]call me a fanatic
[F]It's our world, th[C]they can never have it
[Dm]This is how we ri[Bb]rise up
[Gm] It's our resistance[Am]resistance, you can't resist us
Bridge:
[Bb]Up, up, up, up, up
We're rising u[C]up, up, up, up, up
(The voice of the unheard)
Rising [Bb]up, up, up, up, up
We're rising u[C]up, up, up, up, up
(Love is the answer)
Rising [Gm]up, up, up, up, up
We're rising [Am]up, up, up, up, up
(Love is the answer)
[Dm]This is how we r[Bb]rise up [Gm]
It's our resistance[Am]resistance, you can't resist us
Chorus:
[Dm]This is how we r[Bb]rise up
[Gm]Heavy as a hurricane, lo[C]louder than a freight train
[Dm]This is how we r[Bb]rise up
[Gm]Heart is beating faster, f[C]feels like thunder
[Dm]Magic, static, c[Bb]call me a fanatic
[F]It's our world, th[C]they can never have it
[Dm]This is how we ri[Bb]rise up
[Gm] It's our resistance[Am]resistance, you can't resist us
Outro (x4):
[Dm] [F] [C]