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Ashes And Flames

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 18Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Drop D on acoustic (See chord shapes below)
Verse 1
DYou and I meet on the Gshores of the broken
DYou swallow the ocean, I swallow my Bm7pride
DOnly to see the Gway that I need You
Is Dmore than I knew I ever Bm7could
Chorus 1
A7sus4In between the ashes and the flEm7ames
Is a A7suscry an awkward silence could never coEm7ntain
And the A7sus4falling of my hammers and the writhing of my pain
Is Gjust not as real as the way that You're calling my DnameG  
Verse 2
I can't help thinking that the way that You want me
And the ghost that haunts me are one and the same
Cause you stand at my window at night while I'm sleeping
There's not a promise I'm keeping that could ever repay You
Chorus 2
A7sus4In between the ashes and the flEm7ames
There's a A7sus4song that burns brighter than radio waEm7ves
About thA7sus4e remnants of my idols and the shadow of my shame
About how they sGcatter like the rain and I can't stop crying
Cause You won't stop calling my Dname
Calling my Bm7name,  calling my nDame, up from the Em7ashes
Outro (end on D)
 D-  Bm7-  D4-  Em7  
As I said above, he's playing this in drop D. Here's the way I play the 
chords (and I'm pretty sure JMM is), but play them however sounds best for 
you.
         D      G    Bm7    A7sus      Em7       D* Bm7alternate position*  
e|--0-----3-----2-----0-----0-----2-------0----------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------7----------------------------|
G|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-------0----------------------------|
D|--4-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-------0----------------------------|
A|--5-----5-----2-----0-----2-----0-------9----------------------------|
D|--0-----5-----x-----------2-----0-------9----------------------------|
Little slide interlude between C1 and V2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------10-12-12s13s12-------------------------------|
G|--9-11-11s12s11------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------0----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
The other slide parts correspond to the underlying the chords. Just play
and riff on it. If you really want it tabbed out, let me know. 

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Ashes And Flames

by John Mark McMillan

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

A7sus4

Em7

A7sus

Drop D on acoustic (See chord shapes below)

Verse 1

D G

You and I meet on the shores of the broken

D Bm7

You swallow the ocean, I swallow my pride

D G

Only to see the way that I need You

D Bm7

Is more than I knew I ever could

Chorus 1

A7sus4 Em7

In between the ashes and the flames

A7sus Em7

Is a cry an awkward silence could never contain

A7sus4

And the falling of my hammers and the writhing of my pain

G D G

Is just not as real as the way that You're calling my name

Verse 2

I can't help thinking that the way that You want me

And the ghost that haunts me are one and the same

Cause you stand at my window at night while I'm sleeping

There's not a promise I'm keeping that could ever repay You

Chorus 2

A7sus4 Em7

In between the ashes and the flames

A7sus4 Em7

There's a song that burns brighter than radio waves

A7sus4

About the remnants of my idols and the shadow of my shame

About how they scatter like the rain and I can't stop crying

Cause You won't stop calling my name

Bm7 D Em7

Calling my name, calling my name, up from the ashes

Outro (end on )

D Bm7 D4 Em7

- - -

As I said above, he's playing this in drop D. Here's the way I play the

chords (and I'm pretty sure JMM is), but play them however sounds best for

you.

D G Bm7 A7sus Em7 D Bm7

* alternate position*

e|--0-----3-----2-----0-----0-----2-------0----------------------------|

B|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------7----------------------------|

G|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-------0----------------------------|

D|--4-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-------0----------------------------|

A|--5-----5-----2-----0-----2-----0-------9----------------------------|

D|--0-----5-----x-----------2-----0-------9----------------------------|

Little slide interlude between C1 and V2

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------10-12-12s13s12-------------------------------|

G|--9-11-11s12s11------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------------------------------------0----------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

The other slide parts correspond to the underlying the chords. Just play

and riff on it. If you really want it tabbed out, let me know.

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