
Rising Greatness
Alela Diane
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Tom : G
G Em G Em
[Verse 1]
G Em
At the end of the day
G Em
At the end of the day
C G Em
A song that I sing is the same
C G Em
A song that I sing is the same
[Verse 2]
G Em G
Then a year has been sung
G Em
A year is gone and I'm older
Em C G Em
Then I've never been so young anyway
Em C G Em
Oh, I've never been so young anyway
[Chorus]
A C G A
Too many left behind
A C G A
On this circle 'round the sun
A C G A
But Suzanne, she bought more time
A C G D
She won a wager with the sky
D Em D
We are the lucky ones, this time
D Em
We are the lucky ones
[Verse 3]
G Em G
Setting sun in Arizona
G Em
Told the story of beyond
Em C G Em
That moon was rising greatness
Em C G Em
Over flatlands, over us
[Bridge]
C G Em C
Tell me 'bout what has been
C Em C
Tell me why
C G Em C
Tell me 'bout what has been
C Em A
Tell me why
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Em G Em G
Still there are, there are heavy days about us
G Em
They are shards of something lost
Em C G Em
But there's white gold in the static
C G Em
Relentless and charged with magic
Em C G Em
There is danger in what we know
Em D C
There is good, there is good
C G
There is good too
G D C
There is good, oh, there is good
C G
There is still good for me and you
G D C
There is good, oh, there is good
C G
There is still good
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