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Perfect Ruin

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[Intro]
Am D F
[Verse]
    Am  DHow loFng can lovers stand 
    Amto pDrove they were rFight?
    AmWhy Dmdid CI fFold my hand?
Why cAmhoose aDmnother fiFght?
    AmHDow lFong would we have gone
    Amto kDnow we shouldn't sFtay?
    AmI Dmsaw yCou wFalk the wire
I waAmtched you bDmurn aFway
[Chorus]
And somehow it mCoved Fme
Your love has DmpoweCrs oFver me
Oh what dDmream Cis tFhis?
Somehow it tAmowers over me
Send your love to mCove Fme
My world has DmpoweCred oFver me
In perfect DmruiCnsF  
Somehow it toAmwers over me
[Verse]
    Am  DWho sFaid we had it all?
    AmOur heDarts no longer lFie
    AmWho kDmnew tChe vFeil would fall?
Who’d gAmuess that Dmwe would cFry?
    AmWDhat mFore were we to do?
    AmTwo sDouls who had their fFill
    AmYour lDmove Cit keFeps me here
You kAmeep me wDmondering stFill
[Chorus]
And somehow it mCoved Fme
Your love has DmpoweCrs oFver me
Oh what dDmream Cis tFhis?
Somehow it tAmowers over me
Send your love to mCove Fme
My world has DmpoweCred oFver me
In perfect DmruiCnsF  
Somehow it toAmwers over me
In DmperfCect DmruiCnsF  
Somehow it tAmowers over me
[Outro] 
(same as verse)
Am D F
Am D F
Am Dm C F
Dm Dm F

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Perfect Ruin

by Kwabs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Am D F

[Verse]

Am D F

How long can lovers stand

Am D F

to prove they were right?

Am Dm C F

Why did I fold my hand?

Am Dm F

Why choose another fight?

Am D F

How long would we have gone

Am D F

to know we shouldn't stay?

Am Dm C F

I saw you walk the wire

Am Dm F

I watched you burn away

[Chorus]

C F

And somehow it moved me

Dm C F

Your love has powers over me

Dm C F

Oh what dream is this?

Somehow it towers over me

C F

Send your love to move me

Dm C F

My world has powered over me

Dm C F

In perfect ruins

Somehow it towers over me

[Verse]

Am D F

Who said we had it all?

Am D F

Our hearts no longer lie

Am Dm C F

Who knew the veil would fall?

Am Dm F

Who’d guess that we would cry?

Am D F

What more were we to do?

Am D F

Two souls who had their fill

Am Dm C F

Your love it keeps me here

Am Dm F

You keep me wondering still

[Chorus]

C F

And somehow it moved me

Dm C F

Your love has powers over me

Dm C F

Oh what dream is this?

Somehow it towers over me

C F

Send your love to move me

Dm C F

My world has powered over me

Dm C F

In perfect ruins

Somehow it towers over me

Dm C Dm C F

In perfect ruins

Somehow it towers over me

[Outro]

(same as verse)

Am D F

Am Dm C F

Dm Dm F

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