Verse
C# F# G# C#
If you are weary & trying to find your way home
C# F# G# C#
Well don't give up my friend, 'cos you are not alone
C# F# G# C#
In a world full of trouble, you know trouble may find you
C# F# G# C#
But I've got your medicine baby, this is what you do
[Chorus 1]
C# F#
You've got to rise up, rise up singing
G# C#
In time this too shall pass
C# F#
You've got to rise up, rise up singing
D#m G# C#
You know trouble ain't built to last
[Verse 2]
C# F# G# C#
And when you're left standing with no hope inside
C# F# G# C#
'Cos at the end of the tunnel someone's been dimming out the light
C# F# G# C#
Well you can lose your way & end up far from home
C# F# G# C#
But 'till the day you lose your voice, you cannot lose your song
[Chorus 2]
C# F#
You've got to rise up, rise up singing
G# C#
In time this too shall pass
C# F#
You've got to rise up, rise up singing
D#m G# C#
You know trouble ain't built to last
[Instrumental]
C# F# G# C# (x4)
[Verse 3]
C# F# G# C#
You know life ain't easy & life will make you cry, but
C# F# G# C#
So long as you're breathing you know you are still alive, and
C# F# G# C#
When you're standing at the station a waiting for your train
C# F# G# C#
Don't you think you'll be singing, oh on that sweet refrain
[Chorus 3]
C# F#
You've got to rise up, rise up singing
G# C#
In time this too shall pass
C# F#
You've got to rise up, rise up singing
D#m G# C#
You know trouble ain't built to last
D#m G# C#
You know trouble ain't built to last