Rise Up With Fists Chords Guitar Tab

Capo on 4th fret.
Int/Verse(What are you changin'?...)
G     C     Am     G
Pre-Chorus(But you can wake up younger under the knife...)
Am    Em    G      G
Chorus(There but for the grace of god...)
Am    Em    C      G
Pretty easy...I basically just watched what Jenny Lewis was playing in the video on
myspace. I'm sure someone will have a way better tab with the lead guitar parts.
Hopefully this will suffice for now.
http://www.team-love.com/bands/jenny/news.html

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/j/jenny_lewis_with_the_watson_twins/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Doug Wanna Be	#1 by Doug Little at Sep 28, 2007 at 7:10 AM EST
	i think the song is about human fallibility, and our ability to rise above whatever driving force might cause us to act poorly. and the realization that its a neverending battle. this is definitely my favorite song on the album. the watson twins' backup vocals just suck me in. i could have no idea what this song was about, but if they sang like that on it, i would immediately love it.

No Picture Chris Average	#2 by Chris Young at Sep 28, 2007 at 2:22 PM EST
	This song is so delicious. "What are you changing? Who do you think you're changing? You can't change things, we're all stuck in our ways. It's like trying to clean the ocean. What do you think, you can drain it? Well it was poison and dry long before you came." Sel-explanatory, I think. Reminds me of a quote: "Everybody thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." I don't remember who said it, so I can't credit. But, basically, touching the subject that people see their friends/family whoever in trouble, and take it upon themselves to "fix" them, even though they had NOTHING to do with them getting that way. Lives are going to be lived, and you can't take away the past (What, do you think you can drain it?), so let them fix their future. "But you can wake up younger under the knife. You can wake up sounder if you get analyzed, and I'd better wake up. There but for the grace of God, go I." Again, I think touching on the trying to fix the past. Like, getting plastic surgery, or therapy, trying to take the life you have lived and adjust it to better fit you, when in reality, you've lived that life no matter what. And then the most imporant and amazing line in the song, repeated much, "There but for the grace of God, go I." I think anyone, religious or not, should use this as their motto. No matter where they've been, or the things they've done, they've never made a final choice to influence their life because of what they believe in. I was there, but because of what I believe in (God, or yourself, or anything) I am no longer there.

No Picture kristopher-karl Average	#3 by kristopher-karl Schröder at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:12 AM EST
	My current favourite track on her album - this is such a powerful song. The lyrics follow me all day until I next hear it, and all the following day afterwards. It's brilliant - some utter genius in songwriting.

No Picture Connor Average	#4 by Connor Larkin at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:27 PM EST
	i think we need to give some love to the Watson Twins and get the artist name changed to Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins.

No Picture sp00ky_child Average	#5 by sp00ky_child at Oct 1, 2007 at 7:02 AM EST
	my favorite part of this song is "it was not pretty/ but she was/ not your wife." The pauses make you think you know what's going on but then the next few words speak volumes. i love jenny lewis.

No Picture kenzie Professional Badass	#6 by kenzie at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:09 AM EST
	no, you're not crazy, the whole album's very agnostic, but not necessarily atheist or anti-religious.

No Picture The Penguins Tr Professional Badass	#7 by The Penguins Tried To Kill Me The Other Day at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:12 PM EST
	she gave an interview in a magazine a few months ago and talked about how the album is about her sort of grappling with religion. I think it's pretty much self-explanatory.

No Picture fredman Average	#8 by fredman jesu at Oct 2, 2007 at 2:53 PM EST
	indie_music, "there but for the grace of god" is a pretty widely-used, old phrase, it's not unique to Jenny. It means basically, that if it wasn't for god, or luck, or what have you, i would be just like that person. Jenny is saying that, except for something, maybe god, she would be just the same as the people she's criticizing in this song. The wording is weird because the phrase is old, so the language is a little archaic. 1

No Picture FuckFace Wanna Be	#9 by FuckFace at Oct 3, 2007 at 3:58 AM EST
	i like this song better in the slower live version. i think this song is a bit about hypocrisy which seems to be a running thread in some RK songs (e.g. It's a Hit) and even in the album itself with jenny talking about "selling out" and all i think the phrase "there but for the grace of god go i" here is important cos it shows that had she been in that same situation as any of the characters mentioned she may have also done what they did but because of her own faith, she's been able to pull it together. i see it as her talking about the fragility of decisions. how it's so easy to succumb and be led astray from who you are and what you believe in. and maybe, how difficult it is to change who you are and what you became.

No Picture alex Average	#10 by alex czelowalnik at Oct 3, 2007 at 4:30 PM EST
	I think I understand most of the song, but what does she exactly mean when she says "there but for the grace of god go I"? It's an important part, but the phrasing throws me off. Does she mean if it wasn't for the grace of god or I don't need god or... I'm confused.

No Picture jar0n Average	#11 by jar0n at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:58 PM EST
	"there but for the grace of god go i" - rise up with fists, jenny lewis "there but for the grace of you go i" - kathy's song, simon & garfunkel

No Picture Dane Rhythm Player	#12 by Dane n\|\|n at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:32 PM EST
	Am I hallucinating, or did I manage to download a weird version, because she's saying "Before the grace of god" not "But for..." But anyway... I really like this song. Her voice is so beautiful. This is the only song I've heard, I saw it on The Dive on FUSE ^_^ I also like the whole repetition of "wake up..." I agree that it's probably about hypocrasy. Dunno about the religion thing though. It's still a good song.

No Picture chris Average	#13 by chris thomas at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:02 PM EST
	I too like the slower version better, but the song itself is beautifully written and I love it.

No Picture Gabba Gabba Hey Average	#14 by Gabba Gabba Hey at Oct 5, 2007 at 9:25 PM EST
	Am I crazy in thinking that this song, along with others on the album, is a renunciation of religion?