Intro: G5 C5 D5 E5 G5 C5 D5 (x2) Verse 1 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 Friends, foes and firewood are gathering in the tenements tonight G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 While the fast ones amongst them brings home food for those too slow G5 C5 D5 C5 For many years they have lived on the streets G5 C5 D5 C5 And their freedom just a memory as the darkness repeats G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 But somehow everything is turning upside down Pre Chorus E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 And they've been sleeping in the subway E5 C5 D5 The only place they call their own E5 C5 D5 Eventually they rise, yes they rise and they Chorus G5 C5 D5 G5 C5 D5 Rise in their own way G5 C5 D5 G5 C5 D5 Rise in their own way Verse 2 Their daughters ran away today, She didn't have a lot to say They wondered why she comes home twice a week To wash her clothes and watch her mother cry There's too many eyes watching her family home Now the seeds of revolution inside her are sown And somehow everything is turning upside down And they've been sleeping in the subway The only place they call their own Eventually they rise, yes they rise and they Rise in their own way Rise in their own way Verse 3 G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 C5 Her only daughter left her many years ago and still she dont know why G5 C5 D5 C5 G5 C5 D5 She said, don't you worry mother you will never see me cry? Eventually they rise, yes they rise and they Rise in their own way Rise in their own way Note: You can substitute the C's after the D's for Em's if you think that sounds better