Rise Against – The Numbers (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] | F#m | F#m9 | Bm | A E | | F#m | F#m | D | A E A | 2x | F#m | F#m | [Verse 1]
 F#m                     D            E
We're biding time as we wait for the signal

  F#m                       D             E
Sharpening blades while we wait out the storm

F#m                    D         E
 These cold nights are almost unbearable

             A5   B5   F#m
But purpose keeps us  warm

                          D           E
Pledge allegiance while crossing our fingers

   F#m                   D             E
A bark with no bite, no teeth, just a roar

F#m                         D                E
 You're not a thorn in our side, you're a splinter

               A5  B5    E
We are ready, but we're bored
[Pre-Chorus 1]
      F#m          E       D
Just holding our place in line

    A           E/G#       D
And everything moves too slow now

  F#m      D/F#   E
Breaking away in time
[Chorus]
                   F#m
And they have the power

                 F#m
But we have the numbers now

                 D                    A      E
It's all just a constant illusion of control

       A/C#         F#m
They break us like horses

                   F#m
How long will we drag their plow?

           D
What will continue to be

     A        E
Is what we allow

A/C#   F#m
Oh-ooh-oh
[Verse 2]
F#m
 And still we worship at altars so empty

    F#m
Consumption of something we don't need at all

 F#m                                 E
Holes we can't fill, a never-ending song

   E
"Again, from the top now"
[Pre-Chorus 2]
 F#m              D             E
Textbook cases we all fit the profile

 F#m                 D           E
Mass surveillance we opened the door

  F#m
Prey on the fears

      D               E
The blurred lines of right and wrong

             A5  B5     D
Sped up 'til we can't slow down

    F#m        E    D
And at this veloci-ty

      A        E/G#    D
One wrong move and we go down

  F#m   D/F#         E
Brace  for the reckoning
[Chorus]
                   F#m
And they have the power

                 F#m
But we have the numbers now

                 D                    A      E
It's all just a constant illusion of control

       A/C#         F#m
They break us like horses

                   F#m
How long will we drag their plow?

           D
What will continue to be

     A        E
Is what we allow

A/C#   F#m
Oh-ooh-oh
[Bridge]
F#m
 Heavy are the chains

                 D
We fasten to ourselves

                E
Gathering the thorns

                  F#m
To shape into a crown

                         F#m
Is this saddle comfortable?

                             D
Do these reigns feel tight enough?

                             E
Will you gallop when you're kicked

                        F#m
Or throw the rider off?
[Pre-Chorus 3]
                            F#m
Are you the willing and the able

                      D
Or are you spoken for?

                              E
Destined to serve what you abhor

                      F#m
Until it all gives out

                            F#m
Listen, fuck what you call normal

                         D
And this pressure to conform (Break free)

                     E
It's your trail to blaze

                   Bsus2   A/C#   D   E
Or your bridge to burn

                Bsus2   A/C#   D   E
Your bridge to burn
[Instrumental] | F#5 | F#5 | F#5 | F#5 | [Chorus]
                     F#
Yeah, they have the power

                 F#m
But we have the numbers now

                            D         A      E
It's all just a constant illusion of control

       A/C#         F#m
They break us like horses

                   F#m
How long will we drag their plow?

              D
What will continue to be

     A        E
Is what we allow

      A/C#      F#m
What will we allow?