Chords for Dierks Bentley "Riser" ACM Awards written by Travis Meadows

[F] I was [C] born a restless kind.
[F] [C] Count my days in court [N] time.
Welcome back y'all.
I am just honored to introduce you to our longtime friend, Travis
Meadows, joining us tonight.
Hi.
Hey, good to have you back.
Well, I think you got about every hit on the radio right now.
I don't have any hit.
I got, I got a bunch of cuts and no hit, but a lot of cuts.
You are burning them up.
Okay.
Blackberry smoke, Leonard Skinner.
Now lately Levi Lowry.
You've had the Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen.
I mean, come on, save some for the rest of us. Good Lord.
No.
_ I've been doing this for a long time.
It's my turn.
Well, you just did.
You just enjoy it.
It's much deserved.
What you gonna play for us?
I figured I'd do that Dierks Bentley thing.
All right.
[Am] I was hoping you'd say that.
Oh, okay.
[G] _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Lay [Am] your pretty head down on my shoulder.
_ _ [C] You don't have to worry anymore. _
_ This old [G] world is cold and getting colder. _
_ [C] [G] I know how to lock and bolt the door. _
_ [A] I'm strong enough to hold you [G] through the winter. _
_ [C] Mean enough to stare your demons down. _
The hard times put the shine into [G] the diamond. _ _
[C] I won't let that keep us in [G] the ground. _
[F] I'm [C] a riser.
_ I'm a get up off the ground, don't run and [G] hide.
_ Pushing comes shoving.
Honey, [Am] I'm a [G] fighter.
_ Darkness [Cm] comes to town.
I'm a [F] lighter.
_ _ [G] _ _ We'll get [Am] out alive.
_ [C] Of the [G] fire. _ _
[C] Survivor. _ _ _ _ _
We [A] ain't got no money.
I can make it.
_ [G] _ [C]
I ain't afraid of working to the bone.
_ When [Cm] I don't know what [G] I'm doing, I can fake it.
_ I pray to Jesus, rolls away the stone.
_ [C] Well, I'm a riser.
_ I'm a get up off the ground, don't run and [G] hide.
_ _ Pushing comes shoving.
Honey, [A] I'm a fighter.
[G] _ _ Darkness [A] comes to town.
[G] I'm a lighter.
_ _ _ _ We'll get out alive.
[A] Of the [G] fire.
_ [C] _ _
[G] Survivor.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ I'm _ [C] _ [F] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] a try.
_ _ I'm a get down low so I can [G] lift you higher.
_ An army couldn't keep down [Am] my desire.
_ [G] Oh, _
[C] _ I'm _ _ a get up off the ground.
Don't run [G] and hide.
_ _ Pushing comes shoving.
Honey, [A] I'm a fighter.
_ Darkness comes to town.
[G] I'm a lighter. _ _ _ _
We'll get [A] out [G] alive.
_ [Cm] Of the [G] fire. _
_ [C] _ [G] _ Survivor. _ _ _
[A] I'm a [G] riser. _ _ _ _
I'm a survivor. _ _ _ _
Honey, [C] I'm a riser. _ _ _ _ _
I'm a riser. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And I'm gonna tell you what, that is the truth.
You are.
Yeah, thank you.
I mean, if y'all knew his story, y'all check him out
because he's got a story to tell.
Thank you, Lord, for Travis Metamorphosis. [N] Yes, amen.