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20 CLASSIC SONGS your friends will love

Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    Son's Gonna Rise

    Citizen Cope

     

    Chord Guide

            231

    Am:   x0221x

            2 1 3

    G6:     3x203x

            T  21

    D7/F#:  2x021x

          T 321

    F:    1x321x

           3241

    C7:   x32310

     

     

     

     

    Strum: D D D D D D D DU   w/swing feel

           1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

    Intro (Note last measure of first line is 3/4):

    / Am - - - / - - - - / - - - - / - - (hold) - /

    / Am - - - / - - - - / G6 - - - / - - - - /

    / D7/F# - - - / - - - - / F - - - / C7 - - - /

     

    Verse 1:

    Am (2)
    Rollin' down the highway like a rocket got a 

    G6 (2)

    minute to town now--Can't stop it with the

    D7/F# (2)

    wheel in my hand as I stand on the

    F                                   C7

    floor of the board of this car on the road got this

     

    Verse 2:

    Am (2)

    woman in the back seat she's my wifey in the

    G6 (2)

    middle of delivery man she saves me to this

    D7/F# (2)

    day I don't know why she picked me up when I was

    F                                        C7

    down on the road with the wind when it blowed

    Chorus:

                 Am (2)
    Well the son's gonna rise in a mile--In a

    G6 (2)

    mile you'll be feeling fine--In a

    D7/F# (2)

    mile you will see after me you'll be

    F                                        C7

    out of the dark, yeah you'll get your shot, yeah the

    Am (2)

    son's gonna rise in a mile--In a

    G6 (2)

    mile you'll be feeling fine--In a

    D7/F# (2)

    mile you will see after me you'll be

    F                                        C7

    out of the dark, yeah you'll get your shot, yeah

     

    Interlude:  Am x4

     

    Repeat from Verse 1 through Chorus

     

    Interlude:  Am x8

     

    Repeat Verse 1

     

    Interlude:

    / Am - - - / - - - - / G6 - - - / - - - - /

    / D7/F# - - - / - - - - / F - - - / C7 - - - /

     

    Am x16

     

    Chorus

     

    Interlude (x2):

    / Am - - - / - - - - / G6 - - - / - - - - /          

    / D7/F# - - - / - - - - / F - - - / C7 - - - /   

     

    Am x4

     

    End on Am


    This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.