Melissa Etheridge – Ruins chords

[Intro]

(Riff, Play 4 measures 2 times before lyrics, then play the 2measure riff over verse throughout the song)

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[Verse 1]

             C

Don't try to call

There are some bridges that burn

Beyond recognition beyond repair

Don't say you've changed

There are some forces that turn

Beyond recollection beyond my stare

         Bb                  F

When I feel the cold in the dark

                  C

  I know you're there

 

[Verse 2]

C

Long ago I was a woman in pain

A woman in need

I ran to you

Long ago I did not understand

You were making me bleed

I ran to you

           Bb                F

When I feel the cold in the dark

                C

I know what you do

 

[Chorus]

      F

I will crawl through my past

       Dm

Over stones blood and glass

      Am        Am

In the ruins

            F

Reaching under the fence

        Dm

As I try to make sense

          Am

In the ruins

 

[Verse 3]

 C

I know your heart has held its own fear

It's perfectly clear What they did to you

  C

In my heart it's the screaming I hear

I won't let them come near Since my love knew you

         Bb                   F

When I feel the cold in the dark

            C

I remember you

 

[Chorus]

 F

I will crawl through my past

       Dm

Over stones blood and glass

      Am        Am

In the ruins

F

Reaching under the fence

       Dm

As I try to make sense

      Am        Am

In the ruins

 

[Verse 4]

  C

Night after night

I am carving it out

I will carry it down to the waterside

  C

Night after night

I am hearing the sound

Of wings that come beating

I will not hide

         Bb                  F

When I feel the cold in the dark

                 C

I will know why

 

[Chorus]

         F

I will crawl through my past

        Dm

Over stones blood and glass

      Am        Am

In the ruins

         F

Reaching under the fence

        Dm

As I try to make sense

      Am        Am

In the ruins

 

[Outro]

         F

But if I am to heal

        Dm

I must first learn to feel

      Am        Am

In the ruins

           F            Dm

I will crawwl, I will crawwl

      Am        Am

I will crawwl

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