The Short Rise Up

Words and Music by Jeff Stone

From Jeff Stone's "Three of a Trilogy"

For more songs go to jeffstone.com


There was this time that the devil wrote me a hook

I couldn't take

'Cause if I took

Then everyone would sing along

And it would make a hell of a song
               Am
But that's the thing

It's hit then hell
              F        
And there are days it's tough to tell
                Am
The choice I'll make

The path I'll take
            E
A desperate man

So much at stake
    Am
But it's so small

The free times
     F (etc)
I am sitting here at 29

Had giant dreams at 17

That only grew in-between

Then and now

And now it seems 

The only thing that there is left
A     E     Am
Is to cry myself to death
Am
Life's so fast 
         F         
Then the long spiral down
Am
Long spiral down
E
Long spiral down
Am
Life's so fast
         F
Then the long spiral down
Am                  F
Excuse me please if I mistook
  Am      E          Am
A cry for help for a devilish hook



notes: d e g g#  chord: Am 

God wrote me a soul
           F  
I couldn't take without control
                Am
And even though no one sings along
             E
I think I've written some damn good songs
               Am (etc)
But that's the thing

When I'm at peace

Nothing on earth will matter least

If choices made

The path I've paved

Means I can walk out of my own grave

And it's so great

The Kingdom Come

For hitless wonders when we're done

But sitting here

In this chair

Is a soul that's being bared

Through the jokes and tunes 
    F                           Am
And some get the jokes but they don't have a clue
           E                                 Am
Some don't want to get the point 'cause they don't really care
    F      Am  E
But I know you do



Life's so fast then the short rise up

The short rise up

The short rise up

Life's so fast then

The short rise up
Am                   F    
Let me see light wherever I look
       Am        E          Am
'Cause darkness, too, has a pretty good hook



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