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Gemma Hayes
"Ruin"
Let it Break (2011)
Note: I'm not a guitar player, so I'm not sure the tab is 100%, but
I assume it's an easy song to follow. The transcription is in its
original tune (no capo). Play this during both verses. All notes are 8ths:
e||--Csus4------------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------0--------0-----0--|--------0--------0-----0--|
D||-----3--------3-----------|-----3--------3-----------|
A||--3--------3--------3-----|--3--------3--------3-----|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
e|--Bb6------------------------|--------------------------||
B|--------------------------|--------------------1-----||
G|--------0--------0-----0--|--------0--3-----0-----0--||
D|-----3--------3-----------|-----3--------3-----------||
A|--1--------1--------1-----|--1-----------------------||
E|--------------------------|--------------------------||
[Verse]
Csus4Hiding out in    Bb6trenches I’ve built 
Csus4I’m so good at it now
Bb6I know how to trick myself
Csus4We’ll soon Bb6see if you’ll be my ruin
Csus4I maybe high   Bb6but you got me terrified
[Chorus]
AbYou make me feel Fmadd9something again Cm  
You make me feBbel humanAb  Fmadd9  Cm  Bb  
AbYou make me feel Fmadd9something again Cm  
At least I feBbel human AbagFmadd9ainCm  Bb  
[Verse]
Csus4I was fine with nothing 
Bb6I was fine in a dream
Csus4Did nobody tell you 
You can’t wake a Bb6girl who pretends to sleep
Csus4I, I don’t Bb6know how you did it 
But I can’t catch my bCsus4reath 
Wrapped so tightly round my chestBb6  
Your love is a tourniquet 
[Chorus]
AbYou make me feel Fmadd9something again Cm  
You make me feBbel humanAb  Fmadd9  Cm  Bb  
AbYou make me feel Fmadd9something again Cm  
At least I feBbel human AbagFmadd9ainCm  Bb  
[Break]
Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb
[Bridge]
AbWhat do you burFmadd9n
What do you keCmep 
You can’t wake a gBbirl
Who pretends to sleAbep
Over and oveFmadd9r
Cutting at sCmcars
You need the daBbrkness
If you wanna see stAbars
AbWhat do you burFmadd9n
What do you keCmep 
You can’t wake a gBbirl
Who pretends to sleAbep
Over and oveFmadd9r
Cutting at sCmcars
You need the daBbrkness
If you wanna see stAbarsFmadd9  Cm  Bb  
[Break]
Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb
[Bridge]
AbI don’t knoFmadd9w why I tell you theCmse things
I Bbdon’t know why I tell you tAbhese thingsFmadd9  Cm  Bb  
AbI don’t knoFmadd9w why I tell you theCmse things
I Bbdon’t know why I tell you tAbhese thingsFmadd9  Cm  Bb  
[Outro]
Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

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Ruin

by Gemma Hayes

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Csus4

Bb6

Fmadd9

Gemma Hayes

"Ruin"

Let it Break (2011)

Note: I'm not a guitar player, so I'm not sure the tab is 100%, but

I assume it's an easy song to follow. The transcription is in its

original tune (no capo). Play this during both verses. All notes are 8ths:

Csus4

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

B||--------------------------|--------------------------|

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

D||-----3--------3-----------|-----3--------3-----------|

A||--3--------3--------3-----|--3--------3--------3-----|

E||--------------------------|--------------------------|

Bb6

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

B|--------------------------|--------------------1-----||

G|--------0--------0-----0--|--------0--3-----0-----0--||

D|-----3--------3-----------|-----3--------3-----------||

A|--1--------1--------1-----|--1-----------------------||

E|--------------------------|--------------------------||

[Verse]

Csus4 Bb6

Hiding out in trenches I’ve built

Csus4

I’m so good at it now

Bb6

I know how to trick myself

Csus4 Bb6

We’ll soon see if you’ll be my ruin

Csus4 Bb6

I maybe high but you got me terrified

[Chorus]

Ab Fmadd9 Cm

You make me feel something again

Bb Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

You make me feel human

Ab Fmadd9 Cm

You make me feel something again

Bb Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

At least I feel human again

[Verse]

Csus4

I was fine with nothing

Bb6

I was fine in a dream

Csus4

Did nobody tell you

Bb6

You can’t wake a girl who pretends to sleep

Csus4 Bb6

I, I don’t know how you did it

Csus4

But I can’t catch my breath

Bb6

Wrapped so tightly round my chest

Your love is a tourniquet

[Chorus]

Ab Fmadd9 Cm

You make me feel something again

Bb Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

You make me feel human

Ab Fmadd9 Cm

You make me feel something again

Bb Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

At least I feel human again

[Break]

Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

[Bridge]

Ab Fmadd9

What do you burn

What do you keep

You can’t wake a girl

Who pretends to sleep

Fmadd9

Over and over

Cutting at scars

You need the darkness

If you wanna see stars

Ab Fmadd9

What do you burn

What do you keep

You can’t wake a girl

Who pretends to sleep

Fmadd9

Over and over

Cutting at scars

You need the darkness

Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

If you wanna see stars

[Break]

Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

[Bridge]

Ab Fmadd9 Cm

I don’t know why I tell you these things

Bb Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

I don’t know why I tell you these things

Ab Fmadd9 Cm

I don’t know why I tell you these things

Bb Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

I don’t know why I tell you these things

[Outro]

Ab Fmadd9 Cm Bb

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