The Numbers chords by Rise Against

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🤘 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?