Rise Up Piano Notes (Andra Day)




Piano Notes for Rise Up

Key Information for Rise Up

Key Signature: Five flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)
Scale: Db Major Scale (five black keys)
Db Major Scale Notes: Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, C
Tempo: 59 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Same Notes, but on Different Scales

The relative minor of Db major is Bb minor (same notes, different order).
Bb minor Scale Notes: Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab
The enharmonic equivalent of Db major is C# major (same notes, written or notated differently)
C# major Scale Notes: C#, D#, E# (F), F#, G#, A#, B# (C), C


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Asterisk (star symbol): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Bracekt: Play quickly or fast.
Wavy Lines (Tilde): Sustained Notes
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Chord Change


Rise Up Piano Notes

Verse 1

(*Ab Db Eb F)  Db  (Ab Bb)  Ab~~
You’re broken down and tired

(Db)  Gb Ab~ (Ab)  Gb
Of living life

(Gb F Gb Ab)  F  (Db)  Eb~~~
on a merry-go-round


(*Ab Db Eb F)  Db  (Ab Bb Ab )  F~~
And you can’t find the fighter


(Db)  Ab  Gb  F~
But I see it in you,

(F Gb Ab)  F  (Db)  Eb~~
so we gon’ walk it out


Db*  Ab  Db*  C*  Ab  Eb  Db  F~~  (Eb)  Db~~
And move~~~ mountains


(Db Eb)  F  (Eb)  Db  (Ab Db*)  Ab
We gon’ walk it out

Db*  C*  Ab  Eb  Db  Ab~~ op  (Eb)  Db~~~
And move mountains


Chorus

(Gb Ab)  Ab~  Ab~
And I’ll rise up,


(Ab)  Ab  (F Ab Ab)  Bb
I’ll rise like the day

(Ab)  Ab  Ab~
I’ll rise up,


(Ab Ab  Ab Bb C*)  Db*
I’ll rise unafraid

(Db*)  Db*  (Db* Bb)  Ab~~
I’ll rise up


(Ab Bb Ab)  F  F  (F)  Ab  Eb  (Db)  Db~~
And I’ll do it a thousand times again


(Gb Ab Ab  Ab)  F~~
And I’ll rise up,


Ab  (F Ab Ab)  Bb
high like the waves

(Ab)  Ab  (Ab)  F
I’ll rise up


(F)  Ab  (Ab Bb C*)  Db*
in spite of the ache

(Db*)  Db*  (Db* Bb)  Ab~~
I’ll rise up


(Ab Bb Ab)  F  F  (F)  Ab  Eb  (Db)  F  (Eb)  Db~~~
And I’ll do it a thousand times again


Post-Chorus

(Ab)  F*  (Ab*)  Eb*  (F*)  Db*  (Eb* Ab
For you

(Ab F*  (Ab*)  Eb*  (F*)  Db*  (Eb*)  F*~~
For you

(Ab)  F*  (F* Eb*)  Db*~~  
For you

(Ab)  F*~~ (Eb*)  Gb*  F*  Eb*  Db*~~~
For you


Verse 2

(*Ab Db Eb F)  Db  Bb  Ab~~
When the silence isn’t quiet

(Db Eb)  Ab  Ab  Gb~  (F Gb Ab F Db Eb)  F~~  
And it feels like it’s getting hard to breathe

(*Ab Db Eb F Db  (Bb)  Ab  (F)  Eb~~
And I know you feel like dying


(Db)  Ab  Ab  Gb~  (Gb F Gb)  F  (Eb)  Db
But I promise we’ll take the world to its feet

Db* Ab~ Db*  C*  Ab  Eb  Db  F~~ Eb  Db~~~
And move mountains


(Db Eb F Eb)  Db~~
Bring it to its feet

Db* Ab  Db*  Eb*  C*  Bb  Ab  Eb  Ab~  (Eb)  Db~
And move~~ mountains


Chorus

(Gb Ab)  Ab~  Ab~ (Ab)  Ab  (F Ab Ab)  Bb
And I’ll rise up,  I’ll rise like the day

(Ab)  Ab  Ab~  (Ab Ab  Ab Bb C*)  Db*
I’ll rise up,  I’ll rise unafraid

(Db*)  Db*  (Db* Bb)  Ab~~
I’ll rise up

(Ab Bb Ab)  F  F  (F)  Ab  Eb  (Db)  Db~~
And I’ll do it a thousand times again


Post-Chorus

(Ab)  F*  (Ab*)  Eb*  (F*)  Db*  (Eb* Ab
For you

(Ab F*  (Ab*)  Eb*  (F*)  Db*  (Eb*)  F*~~
For you

(Ab)  F*  (F* Eb*)  Db*~~  
For you

(Ab)  F*~~ (Eb*)  Gb*  F*  Eb*  Db*~~~
For you


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