[Intro]

Ebmaj7        C#          Bb
I must be the loneliest man alive
Gm Bb E Ebmaj7
Gm Bb E Ebmaj7


[Verse 1]

Em                D  A/C#               D   C
When I'm all alone, I sit behind the keys
   G          C          D
An ivory altar stands in front of me
Em                   D     A/C#             D C
When you love someone, the party's just begun
    G                           C                       D
You tear down some walls and you make some room in your heart
Em                    D     A/C#               D C
When you lose that one, the pain has just begun
    G                                   C                         D
You try to build that wall back but your bricks just keep falling down, don't let them hit the ground



[Chorus 1]
     G             Bm7            C                D
Rise above, rise above, though it hurts so much to think of
        G          Bm7           C                D           B7
Rise above, rise above though it hurts so much inside, if you keep the
Em              G                 C           G                 Am   Am B5 C C/C# D
faith, keep the love you soon grow wings of a dove and you will rise
N.C             Gm Bb E Ebmaj7
You will rise above


[Verse 2]

                                        Em             D  A/C#         D    C
Sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in an Egyptian Sphinx a Hare Krishna thing
       G                    C                          D
Pinned up against a wall, a man throwing knives as he laughs from center ring
           Em   D    A/C#             D    C  G           C            D
and when I bleed the cut will surely flow and suddenly my thoughts are real


[Chorus 2]
       G          Bm7             C                D
Rise above, rise above, though it hurts so much to think of
       G           Bm7           C                D           B7
Rise above, rise above though it hurts so much inside, if you keep the
Em              G                 C           G                 Am   Am B5 C C/C# D
faith, keep the love you soon grow wings of a dove and you will rise
N.C                Gm Bb E Ebmaj7
You will rise above


[Outro]
Ebma7         C#m        Bb
I must be the loneliest man alive