Matt Maher - Rise Up

recording in B ( G capo 4 )
main progression : C G Em D ( iv , i , vi , v )

verse 1
C G
when you see the road ahead
Em D
that you’ve been down before
C G
when you’re half way to no where
Em D
and you can’t pay the toll

cont . C G Em D pattern
you’re hanging onto mercy
withered on the vine
with your feet on the ground , your head in the clouds
and your heart on the line

pre – chorus
A C
open up your eyes

chorus
C C G G
you’ve got to rise up ( rise up )
Em D
when this life has got you down
C C G G
you’ve got to look up ( look up )
Em D
when you search & nothings found
C G Em D
mine eyes have seen the glory of the love that’s here and now
C C G G
it’s coming down
Em Em D D
so rise up now .

verse 2
main progression C G Em D ( iv , i , vi , v )

when your told that day is over ( iv > i )
long after the sun goes down ( vi > v )
and your mind it keeps on racing ( iv > i )
at the dreams that don’t come ’round ( vi > v )

when you don’t know how to surrender ( iv > i )
’cause your whole life’s been a fight ( vi > v )
when the dark holds you and you can’t break through ( iv > i )
cause you haven’t seen the light . ( vi > v )

open up your eyes

bridge :
C G
and all the lambs roar like lions
Em D
and all the prisoners breaking their chains
C G
and all the poor find their treasure
Em D
cause heaven is coming this way . x2