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Rise Up Singing

My tribute to the most inspiring singalong songbook of all time – word and guitar chords to 1400 of your favorite songs, lovingly compiled by Peter and Annie Blood-Patterson, and available from SING OUT!

Been another cruel day downtown
Can I make it thru another week
Feel glad just to make it home alive
Ate far too much for dinner
Need to head on up to sleep
Morning hits so hard at 6:45

    Now we're sittin' on the front porch pickin' and grinnin'
    Playin' thru the tunes in Rise Up Singing
    Inch By Inch gonna make this garden grow
    And nobody counts who's losing or winning
    Sweet harmony in the night air ringing
    Making homemade music always feeds my soul
    Singing feeds my deepest soul

Always dreamed I'd be big someday
Another Dylan or Baez
A madman strumming my fingers raw and blue
Put that ol' guitar away
Have a wife and kid, got a job that pays
Time to grow up and do like the big boys do

    Now we're sittin' on the front porch pickin' and grinnin'
    Playin' thru the tunes in Rise Up Singing
    Lean on Me, Joe Hill, and Swing Low . . .
    Singing feeds my deepest soul

Tommy's on the washtub bass
Nadine's on the guitar
Elisabeth sings angel harmony
Shoshanna's dancing in the street
Pablo's blowing harp
Uncle Richard plays that hambone loud and free

    Now we're sittin' on the front porch pickin' and grinnin'
    Playin' thru the tunes in Rise Up Singing
    Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow . . .
    Singing feeds my deepest soul


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