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[Intro]
D  G  D     G  D  G
[Verse 1]
There Donce was a man who thought Glove was warm
Hell, Dstop me if you've heard this Astory before
He had a Dpurple heart, but who's Gkeeping score
There's a Dlot of purple hearts in the Apurple heart store
He was a Gcommandant, now he's a Apenitent
On Ash DWednesdayG  D  A  
[Verse 2]
There Donce was a woman, a Gpretty young thing
She Dsold her soul for a Adiamond ring
She Dheard about love in a Gmagazine
Saw it Devery Friday night on a Amovie screen
She was a Gdebutante, now she's a Apenitent
On Ash DWednesdayG  D  A  
[Verse 3]
They're both Dlove sick, they're Alove tired
They Dstrayed a little close to the Gedge of the fire
Their Dhands got burned and their Aeyebrows singed
They're Dwalking down the streets of oGblivion
They got Dholes in their pockets, Aholes in their minds
They're Dholy people in an Gunholy time
BmHeading for the church at the Aend of the line
Ash GWednesdayA  Bm  
[Chorus]
See them hanging out in F#mevery lonely placeEm  
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
But they've got Gashes on their Aface
[Instrumental]
D  A  D  G  Bm  A  G    A Bm
[Chorus]
See them hanging out in F#mevery lonely placeEm  
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
But they've got Gashes on their Aface
[Verse 4]
We're all Dlove sick, we're love Atired
We Dstrayed a little close to the Gedge of the fire
Our Dhands got burned and our Aeyebrows singed
We're Dwalking down the streets of oGblivion
We got Dholes in our pockets, Aholes in our minds
We're Dholy people in an Gunholy time
BmHeading for the church at the Aend of the line
[Outro]
Ash GWednesday
Yeah, Ash DWednesday

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Ash Wednesday

by Tom Russell

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

[Intro]

D G D G D G

[Verse 1]

D G

There once was a man who thought love was warm

D A

Hell, stop me if you've heard this story before

D G

He had a purple heart, but who's keeping score

D A

There's a lot of purple hearts in the purple heart store

G A

He was a commandant, now he's a penitent

D G D A

On Ash Wednesday

[Verse 2]

D G

There once was a woman, a pretty young thing

D A

She sold her soul for a diamond ring

D G

She heard about love in a magazine

D A

Saw it every Friday night on a movie screen

G A

She was a debutante, now she's a penitent

D G D A

On Ash Wednesday

[Verse 3]

D A

They're both love sick, they're love tired

D G

They strayed a little close to the edge of the fire

D A

Their hands got burned and their eyebrows singed

D G

They're walking down the streets of oblivion

D A

They got holes in their pockets, holes in their minds

D G

They're holy people in an unholy time

Bm A

Heading for the church at the end of the line

G A Bm

Ash Wednesday

[Chorus]

F#m Em

See them hanging out in every lonely place

They'll tell you love can't hurt them now

G A

But they've got ashes on their face

[Instrumental]

D A D G Bm A G A Bm

[Chorus]

F#m Em

See them hanging out in every lonely place

They'll tell you love can't hurt them now

G A

But they've got ashes on their face

[Verse 4]

D A

We're all love sick, we're love tired

D G

We strayed a little close to the edge of the fire

D A

Our hands got burned and our eyebrows singed

D G

We're walking down the streets of oblivion

D A

We got holes in our pockets, holes in our minds

D G

We're holy people in an unholy time

Bm A

Heading for the church at the end of the line

[Outro]

Ash Wednesday

Yeah, Ash Wednesday

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