Intro:

E|--------3---5------|
B|--3--5-------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------| (Many Times)

C#
  The streets of persuasion
B                 G#
 Are plated with gold
C#
  Your heart's in the right place,
          B                    G#
But you travel down the wrong road
C#
 Like so many before you
B                G#
 The gates open wide

                C#         B G#
Here come the rising tide

      F#         G#
Let's go out, tonight
            A#m                         F#
There's a mystery underneath the neon lights
F#                     G#
Before life and dream collide
            A#m                               F#
Cause the truth's gonna come and cut me open wide
         F#                Fm          A#m
And you can't escape the rising of the tide

C#                       B                    G#
 Keep up your appearance, you're joining the choir
C#
  With everybody singing out
 B          G#
"Glory Hallejuah"
C#
  The time came for your solo
B                        G#
 But there's nowhere to hide

                 C#        B G#
Here come the rising tide

          F#         G#
And the company you keep
          A#m                           F#
Well they plan your crucifiction as we speak
                F#                 G#
So, baby 'till life and dream the collide
                    A#m                           F#
There's gonna be a mystery underneath those neon lights
         F#            Fm                A#m
If you can't decipher just who's on your side
         F#                Fm          A#m
You will not escape the rising of the tide

C#                                              A#m
Can you tell me brother? was I deceived, or in denial?
C#                                                F#      G#
I was there, on the back of the room, when you testified
            A#m                                        F#
With your pitchfork tongue, you licked your lips, and lied
                    F#               G#
We're never gonna know how hard you cried
            A#m                           F#
When you petitioned and your access was denied
           F#            Fm         A#m
'Till the venom in your veins is satisfied
            F#            Fm              A#m
'Till you suffocate and swallow down the pride

          F#
Well you can't escape
      A
(You can't escape)
     A#m
Yeah you can't escape
      A
(You can't escape)
        F#               Fm           A#m
No you can't escape the rising of the tide