F#m         E         Bm
    It's a rising tide out on the street tonight 
F#m    E          Bm
      Rising over you 
F#m       E          Bm
  It's a rising tide, just when the moon is right 
F#m         E           Bm
They'll be coming after you 

[Verse]
F#m                                 E
Born with a bright future, nothing gets in my way 
Bm
Steppin' into the light of a bright sunny day 
F#m              E       Bm
Let us feel the warmth, make me feel reborn 
F#m                           E
Takin' away the pains of the things that we do 
Bm
Breakin' away the chains, now they're lookin' for you 
F#m                          E
We've got nothing but we've something to say 
Bm
Free us from our own robbed grave 

[Chorus]
       F#m      E     Bm
It's a rising, rising tide 
       F#m      E     Bm
It's a rising, rising tide
A              E              Bm          F#m 
Just like the rising tide is coming after you
A            E           Bm                F#m 
You will be righted for all the wrongs you do 
A      E    Bm
Ooooh Oooh Ooh 
F#m
All the people say 
A     E     Bm
Ooooh Oooh Ooh 

[Verse]
F#m                               E
Singin' another song to keep the reggae beach rockin' 
Bm
Swimmin' in the sound, now there's no time for talkin' 
F#m                       E
Tick tick tockin' of the clock it's never stoppin' 
Bm
Tickin' like a bomb, bomb's away, we be droppin' 
F#m        E               Bm
Downtown, down that road, down on your luck 
N.C.
There's a story to be told 
          F#m            E
And it's written in the sand 
Bm
In the music of the shoreline band 
F#m          E                     
Crazy fool, yeah you keep cool, just 
Bm
Scratchin' on your head, it's like you never knew this 
F#m                            E
Burnin' down the villages but never seem to notice 
Bm
Callin' up all the people only askin' for forgiveness 
F#m                         E
What are we gunna do right now 
    Bm
Somebody has got to show them how 
    F#m
To stand their ground and do not run 
     E
The battles only just begun 
          Bm
Like the rising of the setting sun 
N.C.
This time you know there's only one, one 

[Chorus]
       F#m      E     Bm
It's a rising, rising tide 
       F#m      E     Bm
It's a rising, rising tide
A              E              Bm          F#m 
Just like the rising tide is coming after you
A            E           Bm                F#m 
You will be righted for all the wrongs you do 
A      E    Bm
Ooooh Oooh Ooh 
F#m
All the people say 
A     E     Bm
Ooooh Oooh Ooh 

[Bridge]
F#m                      E
Oh 'til the ends of the earth 
         Bm               F#m     E   Bm   
We will sing it, we will bring it 
    F#m                  E
No matter if we sink or swim 
         Bm        F#m     E   Bm
We will carry on, carry on 

[Chorus]
       F#m      E     Bm
It's a rising, rising tide 
       F#m      E     Bm
It's a rising, rising tide
A              E              Bm          F#m 
Just like the rising tide is coming after you
A            E           Bm                F#m 
You will be righted for all the wrongs you do 
A      E    Bm
Ooooh Oooh Ooh 
F#m
All the people say 
A     E     Bm
Ooooh Oooh Ooh 

[Outro]
F#m         E         Bm
    It's a rising tide out on the street tonight 
F#m    E          Bm
      Rising over you 
F#m       E          Bm
  It's a rising tide, just when the moon is right 
F#m         E           Bm
They'll be coming after you