Rise Against – Dirt And Roses (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (3)

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Original is in G#m, or Am tuned down 1/2-step. This is an acoustic arrangement. ORDER: I V1 C1 V2 C2 INT1 BD B INT2 FC1 FC2 [INTRO] Em | C B | Em | C B n.c. | (full band) Em | C B | Em | C B | Em | C B | Em | C n.c. | [VERSE 1]
Em            C            B         Em                C       B
    This city grieves like widows clasping folded flags against their hearts

Em            C          B          G              B7
    Raindrops spill like dirt and roses on black coffins in the dark

Em          C        B        Em            C      B
    Not yet corpses, still we rot, oblivious to our decay

Em           C      B       G                    B
    Drinking poison drop by drop, destined to die
[CHORUS 1]
          Em                      C
Unless we save our lives from the coming tide

              G                    B
That seeks to drown us in its waves

          Em                    C
But if we sell our soul for the chance of gold

           G                       B
Then we'll rue each passing day
[VERSE 2]
Em                   C          B
    And I swear this place once was alive

Em                   C           B
    The streets, all pulsed like living veins

Em              C        B
    Heart worth beating, coarse with blood

G                 B
    The buildings breathe each time they sway

Em             C      B Em      C      B
    The time of death,    punctuated by the bells

Em                C    B G                   B
    The sky turned red,    then came the rain
[CHORUS 2]
n.c.           Em                      C
Come on, let's save our lives from the coming tide

              G                    B
That seeks to drown us in its waves

          Em                    C
But if we sell our soul for the chance of gold

           G                       B
Then we'll rue each passing day
[INTERLUDE 1] Em | C B | Em | C B | Em | C B | Em | C B | [BREAKDOWN]
     Em     Bm      C         B        Em
They drown, they'll crush you from the top

Bm  C      B    Em Bm    C      B          G    B
I'd rather die, I  would rather chase them down.

      Em     Bm  C        B       Em     Bm     C    B
These worlds are crashing forward,  they try to set alight

Em    Bm  C          B          G    B
Built our true fates while they drown
[BRIDGE]
C             Bm       G  D/F#  Em         D          C
  Like fallen soldiers on these fields, we spared our lives

         Bm       G  D/F# Em        D        C
  Bodies hurled upon the  wheels, I swear we tried

    Bm    G   D/F# Em    D     C          Bm               Em
  I came upon this godforsaken sight, and felt it all pass by
[INTERLUDE 2] ( Em ) | C B | Em | C B | Em | C B | Em | C [FINAL CHORUS 1]
n.c.           Em                      C
Come on, let's save our lives from the coming tide

              G                    B
That seeks to drown us in its waves

          Em                    C
But if we sell our soul for the chance of gold

           G                       B
Then we'll rue each passing day
[FINAL CHORUS 2]
   Em                          C
So save our... Our lives, it's coming clear

           G                   B
Yeah, it's becoming clear to me

            Em                    C
We'll never sell our soul for the chance of gold

          G                       B
And we'll live each passing day