You Rise and Meet the Day
Words and music by Dar Williams
From My Better Self

Transcription by:  Ron Greitzer
Date:  September 25, 2005

(C)We could pre(C/B)tend

That we're (Am)walking on (Am/G)petals and (F)light

Golden (C)light (G)

(C)Flaunting our (C/B)love like a (Am)dance step (Am/G)mastered

(F)Turning from left to (C)right (G)

But (Dm)after all the (E)colored lights are (Am)gone (Am/G)

(Dm)Time will leave the (E)ashes and the (Am)dawn

You (Am/G)rise and (F)meet the day

 

And (C)watching you (C/B)go, it's like (Am)spying on (Am/G)hope

Ever (F)onward with more to (C)burn (G)

(C)Giving your (C/B)hands and your (Am)heart to the (Am/G)wheel of the (F)world

Though it fights each (C)turn (G)

But (Dm)you do not give (E)up so easi(Am)ly (Am/G)

It's (Dm)how I know you (E)won't surrender (Am)me

You (Am/G)rise and (F)meet the day

 

It's (C)all I need, it's (C/B)all I need to (Am)know

It's (Am/G)all I need (F)to know

(Dm)And I (E)love you all the (Am)time (Am/G)

(Dm)I had always (E)feared that some (Am)gloomy in(Am/G)gratitude would (F)sieze me

But (C)you have held the (Am)dream like every (Em)morning

Finds a (G)way to hang the sun up in the (Dm)sky

And now I (E)think I have it (Am)too (Am/G)

(Dm)The greatest (E)part I learned from (Am)you

You (Am/G)rise and (F)meet the day

 

And (C)I can see (C/B)kids, maybe (Am)ours, maybe (Am/G)not

Oh (F)oh, I can hear what they'll (C)say (G)

(C)Laughing at (C/B)pictures with the (Am)old fashioned (Am/G)hats and the (F)clothes

That we're wearing to(C)day (G)

(Dm)They will know the (E)true and humble (Am)power (Am/G)

Of (Dm)love that made it (E)through the darkest (Am)hour

You (Am/G)rise and (F)meet the day

 

It's (C)all I need, it's (Em)all I need to (Am)know

It's (Am/G)all I need (F)to know



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