Scale Down Chords by Rising Appalachia

Tempo:
153.9 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

E

B

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Rising Appalachia:  Scale Down chords
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[E] [C] Stand up, look around,
then scale [B] that down too.
Stand up, [Am] look around,
and then scale that down [D] too
Stand up, [C] look around,
[Em] and then scale that down [F] [D] too
Stand up, [C] look [G] around,
[F] and then scale that down [D] too
100%  ➙  154BPM
D
1321
G
2131
E
2311
B
12341112
Am
2311
D
1321
G
2131
E
2311
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To start learning Rising Appalachia - Scale Down chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - A, B, E, Bm, Am, D, N, D, Bb, C, B, G and Am in sequence. Begin your practice at a relaxed 76 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 154. With an eye on the song's key D Minor, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Stand up, look around,
and then scale [B] that down too.
[Bb] _
Stand up, [Am] look around, _
and then scale that down [D] too _
Stand up, [C] look around,
[Em] and then scale that down [F] [D] too
Stand up, [C] look [G] around,
[F] and then scale that down [D] too
Stand [Gm] up, look around,
And then scale that down, go [D] down [N] now
Look around, and _ scale that down too _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
Oh, _ I [E] believe in a [Db]
revolution
I [N] believe it is a hand, I'm [G] believing it
[Gbm] Thick hands are _ [G] strengthenin' daily, daily on demand
Because see, I am a [Am] blacksmith of metal
And words and a [G] sheath that's pitch black too
And _ _ [B] Lord, in this life that's all, [Gb] all we found out to [D] do
Cause 500 [Em] years ago we'd be thin
_ Trees and [Gm] _
mortars and all this
_ [Gb] Blood of pristine, so the chaos it made
Since there was [D] no knowing of the loss of a whole mountain
Of that [E] same mountain [N] that I call home
And Lord, Lord, these same trees, they rolled on and on
Without mention of vanishing or with whom to belong
And these same mountains that [D] go, please Lord
A long time of all the no's and all
Now that too is nearly gone
_ Now that too is nearly gone
So tell me, what have we done as a [Bm] civilization
To destroy in our own way
Oh, that [Am] _ metaphorical hand that feeds us, y'all
We are trashing our [D] own birthday cake
And I [N] consider myself a [D] skeptic
But Lord, I'm an optimist [Gm] and so
_ We [Dm] are all [N] getting _
_ Strolled around and dragged along like the bull
_ He's huge and rageful yet somehow _ subdued
And hard by those thick rings
So don't you two shut out
Nasty, sticky, true things
[Am] Here we [D] go, get the fuck out your [Gb] car
Walk is good for you, stop [F] into me blindly
And [Db] get [F] my own private [Bb] _ _
[Ab] introduction
_ [A] Have a possessive, [Dm]
scale that down to me _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Eh, [D] _ eh, ah, ah, ah
Eh, [B] eh, _ [Am] ah, ah, [Gm] ah
_ _ _ _ [A] Oh, _ [G] eh, eh, ah, oh
[B] Oh, eh, [Em] eh, ah, [B] oh
Oh, [N] eh, eh, ah, oh _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It [G] starts there
Everybody's got a lot to say about everybody else
But it's our own _ transgression
[Db] _ That [E] always tends to melt away
and [D] fade into that [A] critique of who's fault or who's [Em] blame or who's _ _ wrong.
Oh no no, each and every one of us, we all doing something is too hard or too fast or too [Abm] long
and there's [N] none but ourselves to make this thing last.
None but ourselves.
_ No, there's none but ourselves to make this thing last.
None but ourselves. _ _
_ No, there's none but ourselves to make this thing [E] last.
None but ourselves.
_ [Abm] _
Oh no, there's [Bb] none but [D] ourselves to make this thing last.
None [G] but ourselves.
[B] _
So [D] it starts there.
Everybody take a long, hard look at [Ab] you.
A long, [E] long, hard look at [G] you, Lord.
[D] It starts there.
[E] Everybody take a long, hard look at you.
A long, [D] long, hard look at you. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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