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Ash Wednesday

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Intro: C-  Am  C-  Am  C- Am  F-G  
Riff:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------2------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------0-2---3----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C-Am  
Cthe tents go uAmp
as i Cgo down
down to the Amflats and into the soCund
 the closer i Amget to the citFy
the further Gi am from memoCry
in the green gAmrass looking uCp
for the woAmrds of the angry sCun
Am'nooneC' when he says 'FnoonCe'
yeah he means 'nFoonCe'
G into Riff
noone
Cnoone will survAmive
ash Cwednesday aliAmve
no solCdier no loAmver
no fatFher no mother
nGot a lonely chCild 
in the Amup and in the bedrCoom
a black and wAmhite of the bride and the gCroom
will bring me to my knAmees
with the colorized bFad dream 
that takeGs its place on
 C Am C Am C Am F G --> Riff
ash wednesday
(Same chords continue)
white noise and love
will be my only drug
on this day nine
suns away
from that sad sad saturday
when fire my friend
fire my villain
you take away yesterday
to give to me today
when nothing's free no now it's
ash wednesday
so each day is ash wednesday
all this life is ash wednesday
all the doors are shut
and the windows barely opened up
the fires all around
it's the ending of the drought
and we are ready now
for tear gas clouds
on my mind
come on fill the house
finally and weep
for it's king and queen sleep
both now
in the arms of
ash wednesday
ash wednesday

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Ash Wednesday

by Elvis Perkins

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C Am C Am C Am F G

Intro: - - - -

Riff:

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

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

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|----------2------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------0-2---3----------------------------------------------------------|

E|---3-------------------------------------------------------------------|

C Am

the tents go up

as i go down

Am C

down to the flats and into the sound

Am F

the closer i get to the city

G C

the further i am from memory

Am C

in the green grass looking up

Am C

for the words of the angry sun

Am C F C

'noone' when he says 'noone'

F C

yeah he means 'noone'

G into Riff

noone

C Am

noone will survive

C Am

ash wednesday alive

C Am

no soldier no lover

no father no mother

G C

not a lonely child

Am C

in the up and in the bedroom

Am C

a black and white of the bride and the groom

will bring me to my knees

with the colorized bad dream

that takes its place on

C Am C Am C Am F G --> Riff

ash wednesday

(Same chords continue)

white noise and love

will be my only drug

on this day nine

suns away

from that sad sad saturday

when fire my friend

fire my villain

you take away yesterday

to give to me today

when nothing's free no now it's

ash wednesday

so each day is ash wednesday

all this life is ash wednesday

all the doors are shut

and the windows barely opened up

the fires all around

it's the ending of the drought

and we are ready now

for tear gas clouds

on my mind

come on fill the house

finally and weep

for it's king and queen sleep

both now

in the arms of

ash wednesday

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