Oct142020

Rise Against – A Gentlemens Coup Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
E5 C5 A5 G5 D5   
E5 C5 A5 G5 D5   
E5 C5 A5 G5 D5   
E5 C5 A5 G5 D5

[Verse 1]
E5
The pain, disorder
   G5   D5     E5
A cataclysmic dawn
E5              G5       
We trusted but something 
D5        E5
has gone wrong
E5
We bought it
     G5      D5      C5
But woke to find it gone
C5        G5    D5
Impact in 5, 4, 3, 2
E5
The place before
    G5  D5     E5
The radiation creeps
E5
On cats' feet
     G5    D5       E5
We scatter in the streets
E5                   G5  
She asks me "do you think 
       D5        C5
it's safe to breathe?"
C5          G5       D5  
It doesn't look that way 
   E5
to me

[Chorus]
E5            C5
We storm the gates
           A5
Raise the flags
          G5      
Just the same old 
  D5  E5
story
E5             C5    
We seize the throne, 
     A5
subjugate
                G5    
We should have burned 
   D5      E5
it to the ground
E5               C5    
Whoa (storm the gates, 
            A5 G5 D5
raise the flags)
E5               C5     
Whoa (seize the throne, 
      A5    G5 D5
subjugate)
C5
Some might say we've 
lost our way
    A5              B5  
But I believe we've not 
          E5
gone far enough

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[Verse 2]
E5
Afraid, we cower
    G5       D5      E5
To interests not our own
E5            G5     D5 
The power to free or to 
     E5
control
E5
We let it skip through
     G5     D5      C5
Our fingers to the bone
C5            G5     D5 
Watch as the bodies wash 
  A5
ashore
 B5           D5       
Whoa, Nobody lives here 
     E5
anymore

[Chorus]
E5            C5
We storm the gates
           A5
Raise the flags
          G5        D5  E5
Just the same old story
E5             C5    
We seize the throne, 
     A5
subjugate
                G5   
We should have burned 
    D5      E5
it to the ground
E5               C5    
Whoa (storm the gates, 
            A5 G5 D5
raise the flags)
E5               C5     
Whoa (seize the throne, 
      A5    G5 D5
subjugate)
C5
Some might say we've 
lost our way
    A5              B5  
But I believe we've not 
          E5
gone far enough

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[Solo]
E5    E5 F#5 G5 A5   
E5 F#5 G5 C5 D5

[Interlude]
G         C    Em     
 And how long will we 
 D        G
 fall for this?
         C    Em     
And how long will we 
 D        G
fall for this?
     C    Em      D   
How long will we fall 
     G
for this?
         C    Em    
And how long will we 
  G
fall?
         C    Em    
And how long will we 
  D        G
fall for this?
         C    Em     
And how long will we 
 D        G
fall for this?
         C    Em    
And how long will we 
  D        G
fall for this?
         C    E5 C5 A5 G5 D5  
          E5 C5 A5 G5 D5
How long, how?

[Chorus]
E5            C5
We storm the gates
           A5
Raise the flags
          G5        D5  E5
Just the same old story
E5             C5    
We seize the throne, 
     A5
subjugate
                G5       
We should have burned it 
D5      E5
to the ground
E5               C5   
Whoa (storm the gates, 
             A5 G5 D5
raise the flags)
E5               C5     
Whoa (seize the throne, 
      A5    G5 D5
subjugate)
C5
Some might say we've 
lost our way
    A5              
But I believe we've 
B5
not gone far enough

How to play A Gentlemens Coup: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of A Gentlemens Coup by Rise Against on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

To play A Gentlemens Coup by Rise Against, think in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). It takes 11 chords: E5, C5, A5, G5, D5, B5, F#5, G, C, Em and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E5 – C5 – A5 – G5 (II – ♭VII – V – IV in D major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.