Rise by Eddie Vedder (Mandolin)
This song is essentially just variations of the G, C and D chords. It's not difficult to play, it's just
confusing to read at first. You may need a Youtube video to figure out the strumming pattern, it’s all over
the place and there’s a lot of versions, but the chord progression is below.
Start by just plucking the G chord. There's various different ways of playing it, but this is the simplest.
E|--------------3----3--------------------3--3---------------|
A|-----2-----2------------2-----2-----2-------------2-----2--|
D|--------0------------0-----------0-------------0-----0-----|
G|--0------------------------0-------------------------------|
Chords are as follows. Each one only requires 2 fingers! Most of the time you're only moving one finger
around. Best advice is go slow, try playing each chord once in order with the lyrics and you'll start to
recognize the progression. Then learn a strumming pattern that works for you.
/ = slide up.
\ = slide down.
G G2 G3 G4 G5 (only used once)
E|-3-| |-5-| |-7-| |-5-| |-0-|
A|-2-| |-3-| |-5-| |-2-| |-2-|
D|-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-|
G|-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-|
C C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7
E|-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-|
A|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-5-| |-7-| |-3-|
D|-2-| |-4-| |-5-| |-0-| |-4-| |-5-| |-7-|
G|-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-|
D D2 D3 D4 D5
E|-2-| |-0-| |-3-| |-5-| |-5-|
A|-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-|
D|-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-| |-0-|
G|-2-| |-2-| |-2-| |-2-| |-2-|
G/G3 \G2 \G (x2)
Such is the way of the world
C C3 C2 C
You can never know
G/G3 \G2 \G (x2)
Just where to put all your faith
C C3 C2 C
And how will it grow?
D D2 D
Gonna rise up
G G4 G C C4 C
Burning black holes in dark memories
D D2 D
Gonna rise up
G G4 G C C2 C3 C7
Turning mistakes into gold...
(instrumental)
G G2
D D3 D5
C6 C5 C C4
G G5 (only time you use G5)
D D3 D5
C6 C5 C C4
C6 C5 C C4
---(second verse and chorus same as above except the very last line)---
G/G3 \G2 \G (x2)
Such is the passage of time
C C3 C2 C
Too fast to fold
G/G3 \G2 \G (x2)
Suddenly swallowed by signs
C C3 C2 C
Lo and behold
D D2 D
Gonna rise up
G G4 G C C4 C
Find my direction magnetically
D D2 D
Gonna rise up
G G4 G C C2 C3 C C2 C3 C7
Throw down my ace in the hole
(This gets tricky, it's similar to the chorus)
D D2 D
G G4 G
C C4 C C4
D D2 D
G G4 G
C (strum a couple times)
G/G3 \G2 \G G4
/G3 \G2 \G G4
D D3 D4
C C2 C3 C2 C
(slow strum)G
GOOD LUCK!
