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Madeleine

Backstreet Boys

PopAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
F#mDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
D××
E
Bm×
AbmDiagram coming soon
Am×
F
DbmDiagram coming soon
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: A 
 
F#m                             B 
Madeleine, what?s up with those tears in your eyes? 
D                                     
What happen when you shut down 
                                 A 
And all the amber lights turned turn into red? 
F#m 
In the silence of your cave you feel safe, 
                  B 
You decorated with velvet drapes, 
D 
Outside you see the dark woods, 
                                     A 
But you don't know there?s fields of gold ahead, 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
D        E 
Hold on, so let go, 
F#m      E 
Hold on, you?ll know 
D            E 
That help is on it's way. 
 
 
Chorus 
A                 E             Bm 
Rise up, rise up, rise up, Madeleine 
D 
The sun will come out again. 
A                 E             Bm 
Rise up, rise up, rise up, Madeleine 
D 
This summer we're coming. 
A 
Kiss you with honesty, 
E 
Love you unconditionally, 
Bm 
Trust you and let you breathe, 
D 
Give you back your dignity. 
A                    E               F#m 
So rise up, rise up, rise and live again 
D 
?Cause only you can Madeleine. 
 
 
A    E    F#m    D 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 
           A    Abm 
Madeleine. 
 
 
F#m 
Remember when, 
B 
You used to sit and watch from the bridge, 
D 
And I wonder where the ships go 
                             A 
Who is on and what they would find out. 
F#m 
You wrote it in a notebook 
A                                      B        D 
And said some day that this would be a story to tell 
          A                        Am 
And you?d put it in a movie, maybe be the movie star. 
          Bm                   E 
Something stole your tears and wiped your smile away. 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
So hold on, don't let go, 
Hold on and you?ll know 
The help is on it's way. 
 
 
Chorus 
Rise up, rise up, rise up, Madeleine 
The sun will come up again. 
Rise up, rise up, rise up, Madeleine 
This summer we're coming. 
Kiss you with honesty, 
Love you unconditionally 
Trust you and let you breathe, 
Give you back your dignity. 
So rise up, rise up, rise and live again 
?Cause only you can Madeleine. 
 
A E F#m D F 
 
BRIDGE 
        F#m - E  D  - Dbm  Bm -  A  E 
Let the sunshine warm your heart today. 
   A                 Em                 Bm 
So rise up, rise up, rise up, Madeleine. 
 
 
Chorus 
So rise up, rise up, rise up, Madeleine. 
The sun will come out again. 
Rise up, rise up, rise up, Madeleine. 
The sun will come out again. 
Kiss you with honesty, 
Love you unconditionally 
Trust you and let you breathe, 
Give you back your dignity. 
So rise up, rise up, rise and live again 
?Cause only you can, Madeleine. 
 
(same chord pattern) 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 
?Cause only you can, Madeleine. 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh 
Madeleine. 
          
 

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Chord set

A · F#m · B · D · E · Bm · Abm · Am · F · Dbm · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.