George Harrison - Rising Sun: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Rising Sun" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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D                 Gm6       D           Gm6
On the street of villains, taken for a ride
D                Gm6         D   A# Gm
You can have the devil as a guide
D                Gm6          D              Gm6
Crippled by the boundaries, programmed into guilt
D                  Gm6              D  A# Gm
'til your nervous system starts to tilt.

And in the room of mirrors you can see for miles
But everything that's there is in disguise
Every word you've uttered and every thought
you've had
Is all inside your file, the good and the bad

G           A      Cm           G         A      Cm
But in the rising sun, you can feel your life begin
  G               G7
Universe at play, inside your DNA,
              C                   Cm
and you're a billion years old today
G        A      Cm            G         A      Cm
Oh, the rising sun, and the place it's coming from
      G        G7               C            Cm
Is inside of you, and now your payment's overdue

Chorus:
G        A Cm   G  A
Oh, the rising sun,
G        A Cm   G  A
Oh, the rising sun.

On the avenue of sinners I have been employed
Working there until I was near destroyed
I was almost a statistic inside a doctor's case
When I heard the messenger from the inner space

He was sending me a signal that for so long
I had ignored
But he held on to my umbilical cord
Until the ghost of memory trapped in my body, mind
Came out of hiding to become alive

Chorus:
And in the rising sun
You can hear your life begin
And it's here and there, nowhere and everywhere
Though its atmosphere is rare

Oh the rising sun
And the place that it's coming from
Is inside of me and now I feel it constantly
Oh the rising sun, oh the rising sun

But in the rising sun
You can feel your life begin
Universe at play inside your DNA
And you're a billion years old today

Oh the rising sun
And the place it's coming from
Is inside of you and now your payment's overdue
Oh the rising sun, oh the rising sun


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

G

Guitar chord G

G7

Guitar chord G7

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Gm6

Guitar chord Gm6

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Rising Sun" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Rising Sun" by George Harrison.

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