RISE - Darryl Braithwaite Intro: G C D Em G C D (x2) Verse 1 G C D C G D Friends, foes and firewood are gathering in the tenements tonight G C D C G C D While the fast ones amongst them brings home food for those too slow G C D C For many years they have lived on the streets G C D C And their freedom just a memory as the darkness repeats G C D C G D But somehow everything is turning upside down Pre Chorus ECD Em CD And they've been sleeping in the subway Em D The only place they call their own Em C D Eventually they rise, yes they rise and they Chorus G C D D Rise in their own way G C D D Rise in their own way Verse 2 Their daughters ran away today, She didn't have a lot to say They wondered why she comes home twice a week To wash her clothes and watch her mother cry There's too many eyes watching her family home Now the seeds of revolution inside her are sown And somehow everything is turning upside down And they've been sleeping in the subway The only place they call their own Eventually they rise, yes they rise and they Rise in their own way Rise in their own way Verse 3 G C D C G C D C Her only daughter left her many years ago and still she dont know why G C D C G C D She said, don't you worry mother you will never see me cry? Eventually they rise, yes they rise and they Rise in their own way Rise in their own way Note: You can substitute the C's after the D's for Em's if you think that sounds better