Waqidi Falicoff (SESAC) & Brian Lace Walker (ASCAP)
©2016 W. Falicoff & B.L. Walker
All Rights Reserved
Key Em Andante moderato
Verse 1
Em G
Call up The Navajo, Call up The Sioux
Em G
Call up The Lakota, And The Kickapoo
Am C
Meet us at Standing Rock
Em
There’s a Battle we can’t lose
{Alternating Em with Em7}
Verse 2
Em G
Call up The Seneca, Call up The Coos
Em G
Call up The Paiute, And The Cheyenne too
Am C
Meet us at Cannonball
Em
Stop the Pipeline coming through
Chorus 1
Em C
It’s not a Battle with Guns or Knives,
D Em
It’s for The Spirit of this Land,
Em C
It doesn’t matter if you’re small or weak,
D B7
You just gotta take a Stand
Verse 3
Em G
Call up The Mandan, Call up The Mohawk
Em G
Call up The Aricara, And The Chicana
Am C
Meet us at Sacred (Standing) Stone
Em
Tell Your Stories to Governor Jack
Verse 4
Em G
Call up The Cherokee, Call up The Chumash
Em G
Call up The Cree, Our Cause is Just
Am C
Meet us (me) at Sacred (Standing) Stone
Em
Where The Missouri and Cannonball Dance
{Em/Em7 Vamp 8 bars}
Chorus #2
{Can be song at the same time as Chorus 1 on the second time through}
Em C D Em
||:Rise up, Rise up, Rise up and take a Stand
Em C D B7
Eyes up, Eyes up, Eyes up, for our Land:||x2
Free
Em Em7 Em Em7
||:Rise up, Rise up, Eyes up, Eyes up:|| free
Ending
{Repeat Verse 1}
Em G
Call up The Navajo, Call up The Sioux
Em G
Call up The Lakota, And The Kickapoo
Am C
Meet us at Standing Rock
Em
There’s a Battle we can’t lose
{Alternating Em with Em7 fade out}