Am                                    C
(Us kids don't know what we're talking about,
                        G
that we're too young to understand how the government works)
Am        C       G
  (We call BS)


[Pre-Chorus]
          Am                                   C
I'm going through it, yeah, I know you see the tragic in it
     G
Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it
Am                 C
I can't break down now
G
I can't take that now

F               G
Died a thousand times
Am            C
Managed to survive
F                  G
I can't break down now
Am
I can't take that (I can't take that)


[Chorus]
F    G
   I rise
Am   C
   I rise
F    G
   I rise
Am
Up above it, up above it
F    G
   I rise
Am   C
   I rise
F    G
   I rise
Am
Up above it all


[Verse 1]
        Am                            C
There's nothing you can do to me that hasn't been done
G
  Not bulletproof, shouldn't have to run from a gun
Am                   C
  River of tears ran dry, let 'em run
G                                N.C.
  No game that you can play with me I ain't won


[Pre-Chorus]
                 Am                                   C
'Cause I'm going through it, yeah, I know you see the tragic in it (alright)
     G
Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it
Am                 C
I can't break down now
G
I can't take that now (I can't take that)

F               G
Died a thousand times
Am            C
Managed to survive (I managed to survive)
F                  G
I can't break down now
Am
I can't take that


[Chorus]
F    G
   I rise
Am   C
   I rise
F    G
   I rise
Am
Up above it, up above it
F    G
   I rise
Am   C
   I rise
F    G
   I rise
Am
Up above it all

                Am     C     G
I managed to survive


[Verse 2]
Am                                   C
Freedom's what you choose to do with what's been done to you
G
  No one can hurt you now unless you want them to (unless you want)
Am                          C
  No one can hurt you now unless you love 'em too (BS!)
G
   Unless you love 'em too


[Pre-Chorus]
                 Am                                   C
'Cause I'm going through it, yeah, I know you see the tragic in it
     G
Just hold on to the little bit of magic in it (magic in it)
Am                 C
I can't break down now
G
I can't take that (I can't take that)


[Chorus]
F    G
   I rise
Am   C
   I rise
F    G
   I rise
Am
Up above it, up above it
F    G
   I rise
Am   C
   I rise
F    G
   I rise
Am
Up above it all


[Outro]
                       F                       G
(Yeah, we gonna rise up, yeah, we gonna rise up)
                      Am                     C
(Yeah, we gonna get up, yeah, we gonna get up)
                        F                   G
(Yeah, we gonna get up) Yes, we can, we can get it together
Am
We'll rise up, we can get it together
                       F                       G
(Yeah, we gonna rise up, yeah, we gonna rise up)
                      Am                     C
(Yeah, we gonna get up, yeah, we gonna get up)
                        F                   G
(Yeah, we gonna get up) Yes, we can, we can get it together
Am
We'll rise up, we can get it together

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