Artist: Rise Against
Album: Endgame
Year: 2011
Song: "Make It Stop (September's Children)"
Tabbed by: DaysOfGrace
Tuning: Eb
Key: Db major
All chords are relative to tuning (i.e. A#m is referred to as Bm)
NOTE: The chords may not be placed exactly where the chord changes happen. They
may be slightly off. With a decent ear, you should be able to figure it out. Enjoy.
[Intro]
Bm D A A (x4)
[Verse 1]
Bm D
Bang Bang go the coffin nails
A A
Like a breath exhaled and gone forever
Bm D
Seems like just yesterday
A A
How did I miss the red flags
Bm D
Raised? Think back to days we laughed
A A
We braved these bitter storms together
Bm D
Brought to his knees he cried,
A A
But on his feet he died
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm D A
What God could damn a har-eart?
Bm D
And what God drove us apa-hart (“Apart”)?
A N.C.
What God co-hould (“Could”)
[Chorus]
Bm D A
Make it stop, let this end
Em
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
It’s come this, a weightless step
Em
On the way down singing
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
[Post-Chorus]
Bm D A A (x2)
[Verse 2]
Bm D
Bang bang from the closet walls
A A
The schoolhouse halls, the shotgun’s loaded
Bm D
Push me and I’ll push back
A A
I’m done asking, I demand
Bm D
From a nation under God
A A
I feel its love like a cattle prod
Bm D
I’m born free but still they hate
A A
I’m born me, no, I can’t change
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm D A
It’s always darkest just before the dawn
Bm D
So stay awake with me
N.C. Bm
LETS PROVE THEM WRONG
[Chorus]
D A
Make it stop, let this end
Em
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
It’s come this, a weightless step
Em
On the way down singing
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
[Bridge]
Bm A
The cold river washed him away
F# G
But how could we forget
Bm A
The gatherings hold candles
G
But not their tongues
Bm A
And too much blood has flown from the wrists
F# G Bm
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss
D A
Who will rise to stop the blood?
Bm D
We’re counting for, insisting on
A Bm D A Em
A different beat, yeah, a brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
A brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
Bm D A
Make it stop, make this end
Em Bm
This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin.
D A
And proud I stand of who I am
Em
I plan to go on living!
Bm D A
Make it stop, make this end
Em
All these years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
And proud I stand of who I am
Em
I plan to go on living!
