Rise Against - Tip The Scales (Acoustic) Submitted by: Marcus Jacobsson, Sweden - [email protected] Tuning: Half-Step Down Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb This is my own acoustic interpretation on the song. Rise Against havn't as far as i know performed this song acoustic live or in the studio before. Hope you like it! Chords used: Em - 022000 D - xx0232 D/F# - 2x0232 G - 320033 Cadd9 - x32033 Intro: e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|-------------9---7------------------| A|---7---7-------------10---9---10----| E|-0---0---0-0---0---0----0---0----0--| Em Are we so alone, So distant, D So forgotten, Cadd9 D/F# As we think ourselves to be? Em These are our lifes D But did they ever even matter? Cadd9 D/F# Are we worth remembering? Em Cadd9 G These machines feed on the tears of broken lifes and dying dreams D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em Cadd9 We’re throwing wrenches in the gears G Our lifes will not be lived in vain D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em When this is all said and done Cadd9 We spent this life on the run G D/F# Judged by the company we keep Em Our language, buried inside Cadd9 These lungs that keep us alive G D/F# We breathe so selfishly Em Promises we plan to break D Are made in whispered voices Cadd9 D/F# Cause our despair knows many names Em We make mistakes D Cadd9 D/F# But we apologize with roses we never stop to smell on the way Em Cadd9 G These machines feed on the tears of broken lifes and dying dreams D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em Cadd9 We’re throwing wrenches in the gears G Our lifes will not be lived in vain D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em When this is all said and done Cadd9 We spent this life on the run G D/F# Judged by the company we keep Em Our language, buried inside Cadd9 These lungs that keep us alive G D/F# We breathe so selfishly Em G D/F# Em We fell from the sky todaaay Em G D/F# Em We melt into balls of claay Em G D/F# Em We sell ourselves everyday Em Cadd9 G D/F# Don’t tell me how to live this way Em Cadd9 G Pushed so far to the edge We teeter just on the brink D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em Cadd9 You can lead me to the bloodbath G But you can’t make me drink D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em Cadd9 G As These machines feed on the tears of broken lifes and dying dreams D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em Cadd9 We’re throwing wrenches in the gears G Our lifes will not be lived in vain D (Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh) Em my life will not be lived in vain
