Ryan Adams : Ashes And Fire

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Last time I was here it was raining

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It ain't raining anymore

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Streets were drowning and the water's waning

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All the ruins washed ashore

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Now I'm just looking through the rubble

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Try to find out who we were

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Last time I was here it was raining

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It ain't raining anymore Last time I was here you were waiting You're not waiting anymore The window's broke and the smoke's escaping The books scattered across the floor And the church bells are ringing through the sirens Your coat was full of bullet holes Last time I was here you were waiting You're not waiting anymore

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So, may the wind blow

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May the moonlight know your name

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So, let the needle pull the record round

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Till the walls cave in

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You and I we're out there dancing in the dirty rain Last time I was here it was raining Like you have never seen it rain And your eyes were filled with terror And smoke from the gasoline As the stars exploded with gunfire I saw you smiling just before Last time I was here you were crying You're not crying anymore So, may the wind blow May the moonlight know your name So, let the needle pull the record round Till the walls cave in You and I we're out there dancing in the dirty rain

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) Mmm... dirty rain In the dirty rain

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C/g

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As he stared past the fire

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Em

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His hunger to leave, well it gnawed his poor heart alive

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Her skin smelled like black cherry blossom perfume

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The sailboats they all sailed by

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And a river she cried And the wind was suddenly sweeter than Roosevelt pine The windows broke out and the cigarette smoke was drifting by The bums on the bowery were swallowed in the lights As cars rumbled by in the night Screaming, "Run for your life"

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With cool and silvery eyes

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And a heart that was fit for desire

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Drowned in a river of tears

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Oh a river she cried left her with a heart

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Made of ashes and fire

Instrumental chorus

One day there was a silence that washed through the town There was no reason to speak and no one made a sound As the indigo cats were all calico And the sailboats they all sailed by And the river she cried With cool and silvery eyes And a heart that was fit for desire Drowned in a river of tears Oh a river she cried left her with a heart Made of ashes and fire

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Ashes and fire Ashes and fire Ashes and fire

Capo:

III

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D/f#

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D/f#

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You built this house, built it stone by stone

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Hammer in your hands, you built this home

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This house is strong, we raised it with our love

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Shelter from the winds, from the cold and dark

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Nobody has to cry to make it seem real

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Nobody has to hide the way that they feel

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If you stay right here, tomorrow you'll be fine

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I will be here for you standing by your side

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So come home

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Come home You built those walls to hide your fears inside We were younger then, it's safe now, come outside We built this home on this little piece of land The sky above was dark, no rain comes in Nobody has to cry to make it seem real Nobody has to hide the way that they feel If you stay right here, tomorrow you'll be fine I will be here for you standing by your side So come home Come home

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As the storm grows stronger, deeper and wider

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My faith is a winding river with no riversides

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As the years grow longer I will be here by your side

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Ashes to dust and stone by stone

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Forever, I will always be your love

Solo over intro

Nobody has to cry to make it seem real Nobody has to hide the way that they feel If you stay right here, tomorrow you'll be fine I will be here for you standing by your side So come home Come home Come home

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Whatever it is you know you think you want

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Well here's a little something to light the way

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Inside your heart where the darkness stays

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I believe the sun still rises here but when it falls

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I'm not sure what there is to say

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Flickers in mine eye like a memory

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I am not rocks, I am not rain

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I'm just another shadow in the stream

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That's been washed away after all these years

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I am not rocks in the river

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I am bursting in tears for it

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And the day is dawning Whatever it is you wanted I think you got But take a little something to light the way Inside your mind when the weather is gray I believe the sun still rises here but when it falls There is something to be said for the calm at night When the stars up above are so cold and bright I am not rocks, I am not rain I'm just another shadow in the stream That's been washed away after all these years I am not rocks in the river I am bursting in tears for it And the day is dawning And the day is dawning

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Do I want to say the things I say?

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When I know that they are wrong?

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Do I wait here forever for you?

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Would you ask me to?

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I been waiting here, all night

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If you're not going to show we're not gonna fight

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I could stay, forever, if I tried

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Surrounded by things, like a shadow in the light

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Do I try and stay still for you? And the clowns who park here in the emptiness of the room Do you watch me from the corner of your eye? Do we say goodbye? I waited in the wings for you to appear But you're never coming back, you're never gonna feel Like we did, I waited all night I tried to let you go, like a shadow in the light The light... Do I wait Do I wait... for you Do I wait Do I wait... for you Do I wait here forever for you? Did you ask me to?

Capo:

III

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Walk away slowly, you don't have to take this In the spaces in between, sadness on the faces

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I can see the chains of love

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The chains

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Talkin' bout the chains of love

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Can't take us away Storms are brewing in your heart, I don't wanna waste it Better to I've tried it all, at least we got to taste it Locked up in the chains of love We change Caught up in the chains of love Can't take us away

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Clouds moving over the house

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I think about those days

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Wish I had something to relax my mind

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Send me off to heaven, I've got nothing but time Lightning in the sky above blink and see the traces And everything you are to me is bigger than the spaces Between us and the chains of love The chains Caught up in the chains of love You can't take us away Can't take us away Can't take us away Can't take us away Can't take us away

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I guess I'll show my hand, either way I'm losing

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Used to have the goods, back when I could use 'em

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Standing by the ocean

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Like I'm frozen here in time

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So don't let go, don't change your mind

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If the stars fall into the ocean side

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Someone hold the ribbons from my eyes, free my soul

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Let it roll away on an invisible riverside I didn't travel far, but my feet were moving Couldn't read the signs, they were too confusing Driving to the ocean Sunset Boulevard So don't let go, don't change your mind If the stars fall into the ocean side Someone hold the ribbons from my eyes, free my soul Let it roll away on an invisible riverside |

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I wanna lay my head forever on your shoulder Stay with me my love, now and when we're older Standing by the ocean We got nothing now but time Yes, don't let go, don't change your mind The stars fall into the ocean side Someone hold the ribbons from my eyes, free my soul Let it roll away on an invisible riverside

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What am I doing here

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In the setting sun

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With the windows down, what am I?

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Like a breaking bell

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Ringing like a sigh

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What am I doing here? What am I?

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Somebody save me

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There's just too much pain

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If someone can save me

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Come the morning, I will remain

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Cadd9

Somebody save me, save me In the early dawn With your heavy bend And your careless heart, where you been? From the windows of Just another midnight bar What am I doing here? What am I? Somebody save me I just can't go on If someone don't save me By the morning I will be gone By the morning I will be gone Somebody save me, save me

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Capo:

III

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If you're so kind, can you let down your hand?

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Can you let down your hand if you're so kind?

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If you're so strong, can you shelter the weak?

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Will you listen as the strangers speak and bring them calm?

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Kindness don't ask for much but an open mind...

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Kindness can cure a broken heart

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Honey, are you feeling kind...?

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Do you believe in love?

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Do you believe in love? If you're so kind can you let down your hand? Will you try and understand when it goes wrong? Days come and gone and it's been said and been done I will shelter you with my love and my forgiveness Kindness don't ask for much but an open mind Kindness can cure a broken heart Honey, are you feeling kind? Do you believe in love? Do you believe in love?

Instrumental verse

Kindness don't ask for much but an open mind Kindness can cure a broken heart Honey, are you feeling kind? Do you believe in love? Do you believe in love?

Capo:

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I don't remember were we wild and young

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All that's faded into memory

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I feel like somebody I don't know

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Are we really who we used to be?

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Am I really who I was?

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The lights will draw you in

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And the dark will take you down

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And the night will break your heart

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Only if you're lucky now

Repeat intro

Waiting outside while you find your keys Like bags of trash in the blackening snow City of neon and toes that freeze We got nothing and nowhere to go We got nothing and nowhere The lights will draw you in And the dark will take you down And the night will break your heart Only if you're lucky now If the lights draw you in And the dark can take you down Then love can mend your heart But only if you're lucky now

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I don't remember were we wild and young All that's faded into memory I feel like somebody I don't know Are we really who we used to be? Am I really who I was?

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We belong here, we belong here

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Ain't nobody that can tell us we're wrong

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Help me say, say this to you

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I'll stand by your side, to see you through

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I promise you that I'll keep you safe from harm

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I'll love you all the rest of my days

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When the night is silent and we seem so far away

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Oh I love you but I don't know what to say I was lost, I was lost Trying to find a balance, caught up in the course Let it go, when I met you All the clouds inside me parted and the light came shining through I promise you that I'll keep you safe from harm I'll love you all the rest of my days When the night is silent and we seem so far away Oh I love you but I don't know what to say |

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| I promise you that I'll keep you safe from harm I'll love you all the rest of my days When the night is silent and we seem so far away Oh I love you but I don't know what to say Oh I love you but I don't know what to say

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Runaway rain, I see you dancing on the wind

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Try not to cry, one day they will let you land

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Ghosts breathing down your neck

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Chairs moving in the night

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Something's whispering your name

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You... you go sailing through the sky

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Ooh... straight into the fire |

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Night, watch him come, take these chains from the door Rewrite the books, I will blindfold the guards Like a battleship of sky Blasting clouds from the book Just as grey as a sigh

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Ooh... you go sailing through the sky

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Ooh... straight into the fire

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You... you go sailing through the sky

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Ooh... |

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| Pack my star signs Pack my star signs |

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Ryan Adams : Ashes And Fire
2011

Dirty Rain

Ashes And Fire

Come Home

Rocks

Do I Wait?

Chains Of Love

Invisible Riverside

Save Me

Kindness

Lucky Now

I Love You But I Don't Know What To Say

Star Sign

Ryan Adams : Ashes And Fire 2011

Dirty Rain

Ashes And Fire

Come Home

Rocks

Do I Wait?

Chains Of Love

Invisible Riverside

Save Me

Kindness

Lucky Now

I Love You But I Don't Know What To Say

Star Sign

Ryan Adams : Ashes And Fire
2011