Biography:
Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1999, and originally performing under the name Transistor Revolt, they released a self-produced demo entitled Transistor Revolt in 2000, a year before signing with Fat Wreck Chords to release their first two albums, The Unraveling in 2001, and Revolutions Per Minute in 2003. They later switched to Dreamworks Records and recorded their album Siren Song of the Counter Culture.
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Other songs:
- Anywhere But Here
- Architects
- Audience Of One
- Black Masks And Gasoline
- Blind
- Blood Red White And Blue
- Blood To Bleed
- Chamber The Cartrigde
- Drones
- Everchanging
- Faint Resemblance
- Faint Resemblance (ghost Note Symphonies)
- From Heads Unworthy
- Help Is On The Way
- Hero Of War
- Injection
- Life Less Frightening
- Like The Angel
- Paper Wings
- People Live Here
- Prayer Of The Refugee
- Prayer Of The Refugee (standard Tuning)
- Roadside
- Satellite
- Savior
- Survive
- Swing Life Away
- Swing Life Away (intro)
- Swing Life Away (standard Tuning)
- The Good Left Undone
- Tour Song
- Amber Changing
- Awake Too Long
- Behind Closed Doors
- Bridges
- Broken Mirrors
- Bullshit
- But Tonight We Dance
- Collapse
- Dancing For Rain
- Diaspora
- Dirt And Roses
- Disparity By Design
- Entertainment
- Far From Perfect
- For Fiona
- Give It All
- Good Left Undone
- Heaven Knows
- Historia Calamitatum
- House On Fire
- How Many Walls
- I Dont Want To Be Here Anymore
- Kiss The Bottle
- Kotov Syndrome
- Last Chance Blueprint
- Little Boxes
- Long Forgotten Sons
- Make It Stop Septembers Children
- Methadone
- Miracle
- Mourning In Amerika
- My Life Inside Your Heart
- Politics Of Love
- Re
- Ready To Fall
- Roadside Acoustic
- Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
- Sight Unseen
- Six Ways Til Sunday
- Six Ways Till Sunday
- The Black Market
- The Dirt Whispered
- The Strength To Go On
- The Unraveling
- The Violence
- This Is Letting Go
- Tip The Scales
- To Them These Streets Belong
- Torches
- Tragedy Time
- Voices Off Camera
- Wait For Me
- Welcome To The Breakdown
- Whereabouts Unknown
- Wolves
- Worth Dying For
- Zero Visibility
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This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Don't forget to tune a half step down to play along! Based on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMa01n5EBg
I notated the riff Tim plays in the intro and the first two choruses as G* and C*,
since it's simply hammering on and off between variations of open G and C chords.
The first time through, I think he plays it a little different (without the lower strings),
so I'll try to work that part out in the future, but this is how it goes every other time:
G* is played
e|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
B|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
G|-0--0--2--0--2--0--0--2--0--0--2--0--2--4--2--0--|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
E|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C* is played
e|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
B|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
G|-0--0--2--0--2--0--0--2--0--0--2--0--2--4--2--0---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
E|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
The rest of the chords are simple:
G - 320033
Cadd9 - x32033
Em7 - 022033
D - xx0232
A7sus4 - x02233
G/B - x2x033
G/F# - 200033
For those who sing and play, I tried to change the lyrics for each time Tim changes it.
[Intro]
G* C* (x4)
[Verse]
G Em7
It gets loneliest at night.
D
Down at the liquor store.
Cadd9
Beneath the neon sky. Our moonlight.
G Em7
Six A.M., the floor comes alive with lice.
D
The pan's dried up so tight.
Cadd9 G G/F#
With hardened beans. We're hungry.
Em7 D
So I lean on you sometimes.
Cadd9
Just to see if you're still there.
G Em7
These feet can't take the weight of one.
D
Much less two.
Cadd9 G G/F# Em7
We hit concrete.
Em7 D Cadd9
How were we born into this mess?
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
I thought I painted you a prettier picture, baby.
Em7 D Cadd9
But we were run out on a rail.
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
Fell from the wagon to the night train.
[Chorus]
G* C*
I kissed the bottle.
G* C*
I should've been kissing you.
G* C* G*
You wake up to an empty night.
C*
With tears for two.
[Verse]
G Em7
Cigarettes they fill the gaps.
D
In our empty days.
Cadd9
In our broken teeth.
G
We're jonesing. Say mister,
Em7
can you spare a dime?
D
Some change could make some change.
Cadd9
Could buy some time.
G G/F#
Some freedom.
Em7 D Cadd9
Or an ear to hear my story.
G
It's all I've got. My fiction
Em7
Sure beats the hell out of my truth.
D
A palm upturned burnt blue.
Cadd9 G G/F# Em7
Don't call it sunburn.
Em7 D Cadd9
You were shaking on the job.
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
Just one drink ahead of your last.
Em7 D Cadd9
And there's a white light coming up.
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
You close the blind hoping it'll pass
[Chorus]
G* C*
I kissed the bottle.
G* C*
I should've been kissing you.
G* C* G*
You wake up to an empty night.
C*
With tears for two.
[Final Chorus]
G
And tears for two.
Cadd9
...And I kissed the bottle.
G Cadd9
I should've been kissing you.
G Cadd9
We wake up to an empty night.
G Cadd9
With tears for two.
G
And tears for two.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMa01n5EBg
I notated the riff Tim plays in the intro and the first two choruses as G* and C*,
since it's simply hammering on and off between variations of open G and C chords.
The first time through, I think he plays it a little different (without the lower strings),
so I'll try to work that part out in the future, but this is how it goes every other time:
G* is played
e|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
B|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
G|-0--0--2--0--2--0--0--2--0--0--2--0--2--4--2--0--|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
E|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
C* is played
e|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
B|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
G|-0--0--2--0--2--0--0--2--0--0--2--0--2--4--2--0---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
A|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
E|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
The rest of the chords are simple:
G - 320033
Cadd9 - x32033
Em7 - 022033
D - xx0232
A7sus4 - x02233
G/B - x2x033
G/F# - 200033
For those who sing and play, I tried to change the lyrics for each time Tim changes it.
[Intro]
G* C* (x4)
[Verse]
G Em7
It gets loneliest at night.
D
Down at the liquor store.
Cadd9
Beneath the neon sky. Our moonlight.
G Em7
Six A.M., the floor comes alive with lice.
D
The pan's dried up so tight.
Cadd9 G G/F#
With hardened beans. We're hungry.
Em7 D
So I lean on you sometimes.
Cadd9
Just to see if you're still there.
G Em7
These feet can't take the weight of one.
D
Much less two.
Cadd9 G G/F# Em7
We hit concrete.
Em7 D Cadd9
How were we born into this mess?
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
I thought I painted you a prettier picture, baby.
Em7 D Cadd9
But we were run out on a rail.
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
Fell from the wagon to the night train.
[Chorus]
G* C*
I kissed the bottle.
G* C*
I should've been kissing you.
G* C* G*
You wake up to an empty night.
C*
With tears for two.
[Verse]
G Em7
Cigarettes they fill the gaps.
D
In our empty days.
Cadd9
In our broken teeth.
G
We're jonesing. Say mister,
Em7
can you spare a dime?
D
Some change could make some change.
Cadd9
Could buy some time.
G G/F#
Some freedom.
Em7 D Cadd9
Or an ear to hear my story.
G
It's all I've got. My fiction
Em7
Sure beats the hell out of my truth.
D
A palm upturned burnt blue.
Cadd9 G G/F# Em7
Don't call it sunburn.
Em7 D Cadd9
You were shaking on the job.
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
Just one drink ahead of your last.
Em7 D Cadd9
And there's a white light coming up.
G A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
You close the blind hoping it'll pass
[Chorus]
G* C*
I kissed the bottle.
G* C*
I should've been kissing you.
G* C* G*
You wake up to an empty night.
C*
With tears for two.
[Final Chorus]
G
And tears for two.
Cadd9
...And I kissed the bottle.
G Cadd9
I should've been kissing you.
G Cadd9
We wake up to an empty night.
G Cadd9
With tears for two.
G
And tears for two.
