Intro
 
Em Em 
Em  G (x4) 
 
Verse 1
 
Em                          D     Em 
   I am a nation, I am a million faces  
                                    Em 
Formed together, made for elevation 
                          D 
I am a soldier, I won't surrender 
Em 
Faith is like a fire that never burns to embers 
Em 
(Who's gonna stand up, who's gonna fight?) 
     C 
The voice of the unheard 
Em 
(Who's gonna break these chains and lies?) 
C 
Love is the answer 
E 
I gotta speak it, believe it, that's how I feel inside 
Em                                C 
I, I, can't, can't sit here quiet 
 
Pre-Chorus
 
                                         D 
You can take my heart, you can take my breath 
                          Bm 
When you pry it from my cold, dead chest 
 
Chorus
 
Em              C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                      D 
Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train 
Em              C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                        D 
Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder 
Em              C 
Magic, static, call me a fanatic 
G                 D 
It's our world, they can never have it 
Em               C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                   Bm 
  It's our resistance, you can't resist us 
Em  G 
Em  G 
 
Verse 2
 
Em                                    D    Em 
  Hey can you hear me? Hey, are you listening? 
Em 
Sleeping in the shadows, could be making history 
Em                                   D 
Walk through the fire, walk on the water 
Em                                              C 
Used to be a slave, but now you are a conqueror 
 
Pre-Chorus
 
                                           D 
They can take my heart, they can take my breath 
                         Bm 
When they pry it from my cold, dead chest 
 
Chorus
 
Em              C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                      D 
Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train 
Em              C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                        D 
Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder 
Em              C 
Magic, static, call me a fanatic 
G                 D 
It's our world, they can never have it 
Em               C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                   Bm 
  It's our resistance, you can't resist us 
 
Bridge
 
C 
Up, up, up, up, up 
              D 
We're rising up, up, up, up, up 
(The voice of the unheard) 
       C 
Rising up, up, up, up, up 
              D 
We're rising up, up, up, up, up 
(Love is the answer) 
       Am 
Rising up, up, up, up, up 
             Bm 
We're rising up, up, up, up, up 
(Love is the answer) 
Em              C     Am 
This is how we rise up 
                   Bm 
It's our resistance, you can't resist us 
 
Chorus
 
Em              C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                      D 
Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train 
Em              C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                        D 
Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder 
Em              C 
Magic, static, call me a fanatic 
G                 D 
It's our world, they can never have it 
Em               C 
This is how we rise up 
Am                   Bm 
  It's our resistance, you can't resist us 
Em  G (x4) 
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