Rise Up With Fists chords by Jenny Lewis

"Rise Up With Fists"
words/music by Jenny Lewis
from Rabbit Fur Coat (2006)
transcribed by James


This song is played with a capo on the 3rd fret.
G is actually Bb, etc...


Miss Lewis described her record on NPR as a "secular album". I'm not
sure
what this means exactly given that God seems one of the record's main
themes.
Miss Lewis makes use of Biblical allusions in many of the songs; and
her own
internal ontological struggle is seemingly reflected in many of the
album's
lyrics. There is even outright anger toward God in songs like "Born
Secular"
and "The Big Guns". Perhaps the indictment of religion found
throughout is
what is meant by the description of secular. Incidentally, Are the
prophets
in verse two, who are found cavorting in Vegas, Mormons?

             G
What are you changing?
                        C
Who do you think you're changing?
          Am
You can't change things
                       G
We're all stuck in our ways



Chorus:
        Am      Em        G
You can wake up younger under the knife
            Am      Em             G
And you can wake up sounder if you get analyzed
             Am   Em   G
And I better wake up
                  Am       Em       C    G
There but for the grace of God goes I... I