Elevation chords by Project Blackbird

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
You will never forget
C 
Am 
those first winter mornings
Dm 
As  you stepped out into the
Am 
ineffable nation
C 
Each day was like a fresh
Dm 
descent from the deck
And each day you asked yourself,
Am 
what have I done?
C 
Dm 
How well I speak and walk and work
Am 
Who I am, who I am perceived to be
C 
Could truly make or break me
Dm 
Become my  undoing
or my reason to go on
G 
Dm 
Rise, we will rise
G 
Dm 
Am 
Rise, we will rise
C 
This is what you still think about
Am 
Dm 
Even generations after you have learned
To ignore those who question
Am 
your citizenship
C 
identity or faith
Am 
Dm 
that the hateful language you hear
does not represent the true spirit of home
Am 
that when someone is cruel
C 
or acts like a bully
Am 
Dm 
you don't stoop to their level
Am 
instead you try to find dignity and power
C 
in the lessons they have
never had to retain
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Dm 
because when they go low
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Dm 
we go high and rise, and rise, and rise
G 
Dm 
G 
Rise, we will rise
Dm 
Rise, we will rise
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Dm 
Am 
C 
Rise, we will rise
Am 
Dm 
Am 
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Am 
Dm 
Am 
It seems so long ago now,
Cm 
Am 
but you will never forget the morning
Dm 
when you stepped out, lifted your chin,
saw that it was spring,
Am 
and for a brief moment,
C 
Am 
mistook the buds of the magnolias
Dm 
for hundreds of sleeping doves,
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their heads tucked into folded wings.
C 
Those others who were waiting,
Am 
Dm 
who were dreaming,
who would at any moment awaken and take
Am 
C 
Am 
Dm 
flight.
Am 
C 
Am 
Dm 
Am 
C 
Dm 
You