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Rise To The Sun

Alabama Shakes

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

G
E
D××
A×
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro:  
 
 
verse 1: 
 
G       E             D         A 
All I believe in is a dream 
 
G       E             D         A  
I haunt the earth though I am fully seen 
 
 G       E             D         A 
In all my years I've never felt more sure than now 
 
 G       E             D         A 
Well, I got to get off this rock somehow. 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
  
G 
I feel so homesick 
  
E 
Where's my home 
 
D  
Where I belong 
  
A 
Where I was born 
  
G 
I was taught to go 
 
E 
Where the wind would blow 
 
D  
And it blows away-  
 
A 
Away 
 
 
Chorus: 
 
(Again, B&A sound better played as barre chords on the 5th and 7th fret) 
 
G E F# D B A B A x2 
 
 
G G G G x2 
 
 
verse 2: 
  
G       E             D         A 
Well, my eyes are full of stars 
  
G       E             D         A 
But I just can't reach'em, oh, how high they are 
  
G       E             D         A 
I gotta believe what I'm thinking 
  
G       E             D         A 
But in a modern world that can be so hard to do 
 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
  
G 
I feel so homesick 
  
E 
Where's my home 
 
D  
Where I belong 
  
A 
Where I was born 
  
G 
I was taught to go 
 
E 
Where the wind would blow 
 
D  
And it blows away-  
 
A 
Away 
 
 
Chorus: 
 
 
G E F# D B A B A x2 
 
 
G G G G x2 
 
Bridge:  
 
G G G G        G G G G  
      I wake up 
 
                E E E E 
Rise to the sun 
 
              E E E E 
I go to work 
 
                      G G G G 
And I come back home 
          
         G G G G  
I wake up 
 
                E E E E 
Rise to the sun 
 
              E E E E 
I go to work 
 
                      G G G G 
And I come back home 
 
 
 
Chorus: 
 
G E F# D B A B A x2 
 
Come back home... 
 
G E F# D B A B A x2 
 
 
G G G G (woo!) x2 
          
 

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Chord set

G · E · D · A · F# · B

Practice tip

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