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