Rising in Love

Words and music by David Roth

This is my first posting here, so constructive criticism is
welcome.  This is one of my favorite songs, one of the best wedding
songs I've ever heard (I used it at my wedding).  I heard this on
the collection _On_A_Winter's_Night_ , and it's credits say it's
originally from the album _May_The_Light_Of_Love_ by David Roth.

A few notes:
1.  I've labelled one chord D/F#*, which is most likely the
wrong name, but I've drawn the chord below.  If anyone knows a good
name for this chord, I'm interested in correcting this.  Similarly,
the C and D diminished chords near the end of the song may not be the
appropriate names for this particular key, but that's what I call
them.
2.  I must confess, I often don't play the key change at the

end of the bridge -- it's too easy to stay in D.  When I'm feeling
lazy I just play an Asus4 followed by an A instead of the B chord,
and continue on in the key of D.
3.  Some of the chords I drew below use the thumb -- I hope

this doesn't offend any purists.  I started using my thumb too many
years ago to stop now.

Enjoy,

Jeff Hirschman

Rising in Love

Words and music by David Roth

Vamp:  D   D/F#  G   G/A
Dsus2  D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
  G/AG/A Piano Chord 



DD Piano Chord 
       D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
            AA Piano Chord 
         BmBm Piano Chord 
       Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
        D/F#*D/F#* Piano Chord 
     BmBm Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 

Everyone looks for their calling in love, but I always find it surprising,
DD Piano Chord 
         D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
              AA Piano Chord 
         BmBm Piano Chord 


The way people say that they're falling in love,

Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
        D/F#*D/F#* Piano Chord 
        F#F# Piano Chord 
    F#sus4  F#F# Piano Chord 

when I always felt I was rising.
BmBm Piano Chord 
          Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
          D7D7 Piano Chord 

Floating right off of the ground and reaching
GG Piano Chord 
                     F#F# Piano Chord 

Something I only had dreamed of.
Em7       D/F#*     G  A               (Vamp)
I'm not falling at all, I am rising in love.


Everyone talks about tying the knot, but I have a hard time agreeing
With the way that we bind up the love that we've got,

when the feeling of love should be freeing.
Oh, lifting each other up, instead of giving one another a shove.
We won't be falling at all, we'll be rising in love.

Bridge:
BmBm Piano Chord 
         Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 
      GG Piano Chord 

How do you let love grow?

D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
     Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
       D/F#*D/F#* Piano Chord 
               BmBm Piano Chord 
       Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 

You've got to give it a chance when you've found it.
GG Piano Chord 
            D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
      EmEm Piano Chord 


A bird in your hand will stay until

Em7                          A  (Key change! :-))  B

You start to close your fingers around it.

EE Piano Chord 
       E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
            B7B7 Piano Chord 
       C#mC#m Piano Chord 


Love is the river whose waters we test,

F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
       E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
     C#mC#m Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 

And a measure of where we are going.
EE Piano Chord 
        E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
          B7B7 Piano Chord 
       C#mC#m Piano Chord 


But you never can step in the same river twice,

F#m7F#m7 Piano Chord 
      E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
        G#G# Piano Chord 
    G#sus4  G#G# Piano Chord 

For the water is constantly flowing.
C#mC#m Piano Chord 
       C#m/AC#m/A Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 
          E7E7 Piano Chord 

But the deeper the river, the greater the trust,
AA Piano Chord 
                     G#G# Piano Chord 

And the more that we're rising above.
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
       E/G#*E/G#* Piano Chord 
         C#mC#m Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 
      F#mF#m Piano Chord 
     F#m/G#F#m/G# Piano Chord 

We won't be falling at all, we'll be rising in love.

F#mF#m Piano Chord 
        E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
     AA Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 


I'm not falling at all, I'm rising...
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
        E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
     CdimCdim Piano Chord 
  DdimDdim Piano Chord 


I'm not falling at all, I am rising...
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
       E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
     AA Piano Chord 
  BB Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
   E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 


I'm not falling at all, I am rising in love.
BB Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 
   E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 


I'm rising in love.
BB Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 
   E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 


I'm rising in love.
BB Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 
   E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 
 BB Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 

I am rising in love.



Chords used:

DD Piano Chord 
                D/F#D/F# Piano Chord 
             D/F#*D/F#* Piano Chord 
            GG Piano Chord 

x x o              o o              x x o   o          o o o
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | 2 | 3      T | | 2 | 3      T | | | | |      | 2 | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------

| | | | 4 |      | | | | 4 |      | | | | 4 |      3 | | | | 3
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
              AA Piano Chord 
                F#F# Piano Chord 
               BmBm Piano Chord 


o     o   o      x o                               x
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |   B2B2 Piano Chord 
 1 1 1 1 1 1      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| 2 3 | | |      | | 1 2 3 |      | | | 2 | |      1 1 1 1 1 1
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------

| | | | 4 |      | | | | | |      | 3 4 | | |      | | | | 2 |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | 3 4 | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------

EE Piano Chord 
                AmAm Piano Chord 
               F#sus4           Bm/ABm/A Piano Chord 

o       o o      o o       o                       x o
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | 1 | |      | | | | 1 |   B2B2 Piano Chord 
 1 1 1 1 1 1      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| 2 3 | | |      | | 2 3 | |      | | | 1 | |      | | | | | 1
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | 3 | 4 | |      | | | | 2 |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | 3 4 | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------

D7D7 Piano Chord 
                G/AG/A Piano Chord 
             E/G#E/G# Piano Chord 
             BB Piano Chord 

x x o            x o x              x x   o o      x
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | 1 |      | | | | | |      | | | 1 | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | 2 | 3      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      1 1 1 1 1 1
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------

| | | | | |      | | | | 1 1      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | 2 | |      4 | | | | |      | | 2 3 4 |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


B7B7 Piano Chord 
                C#mC#m Piano Chord 
             C#m/AC#m/A Piano Chord 
             EE Piano Chord 

x                x                                 o o       o
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |   B4B4 Piano Chord 
 1 1 1 1 1 1   B4B4 Piano Chord 
 1 1 1 1 1 1      | | | 1 | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
1 1 1 1 1 1      | | | | 2 |      | | | | 2 |      | 2 3 | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------

| | | | | |      | | 3 4 | |      | | 3 | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | 3 | 4 |      | | | | | |      4 | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


E7E7 Piano Chord 
                G#G# Piano Chord 
              G#sus4           F#mF#m Piano Chord 

o o       o

-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | 1 | |   B4B4 Piano Chord 
 1 1 1 1 1 1   B4B4 Piano Chord 
 1 1 1 1 1 1      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| 2 3 | | |      | | | 2 | |      | | | | | |      1 1 1 1 1 1
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------

| | | | 4 |      | 3 4 | | |      | 2 3 4 | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | 2 3 | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


F#m/G#F#m/G# Piano Chord 
           CdimCdim Piano Chord 
             DdimDdim Piano Chord 
             Dsus2
x x              x x              x x o     o
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |   B4B4 Piano Chord 
 | | 1 | 2 |   B3 | | 1 | 2 |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
1 1 1 1 1 1      | | | 3 | 4      | | | 3 | 4      | | | 1 | |
-----------      -----------      -----------       -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | 3 |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
3 | 4 | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
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