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[Verse 1]
CAll the riders on the rise
Fmaj7Circlers from every side
CAll the riders on the rise
Fmaj7Circlers from every side
[Chorus 1]
AmEyes up!
Light floods arGound
in a yellow shadow after Amnight
Comes down in a grand Gfall,
in a dull dumb swipe and all’s Amwhite.G  
[Verse 2]
CFire painting on the pines
Fmaj7And hawks above the timber-line
CWater weeping from the ice
Fmaj7Water weeping from the ice
[Chorus 2]
AmHeat is lost
Winter Grocks into a lonely boxwood grove
And Amquiet snowfall
Smothers Gall of the lawns where the ladies coughed and cried,
Fmaj7"I don't want to be there wGhen it's time!"
[Verse 3]
CThe dying stag is on his side
Fmaj7The dying stag is on his side
CThe wind is beating through the briers
Fmaj7The wind is beating through the briers
CThe dying stag is on his side
Fmaj7The dying stag is on his side
CThe wind is beating through the briers
Fmaj7The wind is beating through the briers
[Chorus 3]
AmWaves on the graves of the saints
Dull gGrey as the sea pushes land away
AmDull ache when you wake
Grey Gsmoke shows the way you walk down by when it’s time
Fmaj7I don't want to be there wGhen it's time
[Outro]
To go Emdown, down
I don't want to go Fdown there alone
EmDown down
I don't want to go Fdown there alone
EmDown down down Fdown
EmDown down down Fdown
EmDown down down Fdown
EmDown down down Fdown
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The Rise

by Okkervil River

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Fmaj7

[Verse 1]

All the riders on the rise

Fmaj7

Circlers from every side

All the riders on the rise

Fmaj7

Circlers from every side

[Chorus 1]

Eyes up!

Light floods around

in a yellow shadow after night

Comes down in a grand fall,

Am G

in a dull dumb swipe and all’s white.

[Verse 2]

Fire painting on the pines

Fmaj7

And hawks above the timber-line

Water weeping from the ice

Fmaj7

Water weeping from the ice

[Chorus 2]

Heat is lost

Winter rocks into a lonely boxwood grove

And quiet snowfall

Smothers all of the lawns where the ladies coughed and cried,

Fmaj7 G

"I don't want to be there when it's time!"

[Verse 3]

The dying stag is on his side

Fmaj7

The dying stag is on his side

The wind is beating through the briers

Fmaj7

The wind is beating through the briers

The dying stag is on his side

Fmaj7

The dying stag is on his side

The wind is beating through the briers

Fmaj7

The wind is beating through the briers

[Chorus 3]

Waves on the graves of the saints

Dull grey as the sea pushes land away

Dull ache when you wake

Grey smoke shows the way you walk down by when it’s time

Fmaj7 G

I don't want to be there when it's time

[Outro]

To go down, down

I don't want to go down there alone

Down down

I don't want to go down there alone

Em F

Down down down down

Em F

Down down down down

Em F

Down down down down

Em F

Down down down down

Ooh

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