My City Of Ruins Acoustic chords by The Lumineers

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate

Artist: The Lumineers
Song: My City Of Ruins
(Bruce Springsteen cover, as performed on Radio Hamburg)
Submitted by: haenchen

Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret

Chords used:
G:   3.2.0.0.3.x
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.x
Em7:  0.2.2.0.3.x
D/F#: 2.0.0.2.3.x
Dsus4: x.x.0.2.3.x
C/G:  3.3.2.0.1.x

Intro: G+G E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G x2

Verse:
G+G           E minor 7Em7     Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
 There's a blood red circle on the cold dark ground
G+G       D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7  Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9
 And the rain is falling down
G+G          E minor 7Em7       Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
 The church doors thrown open I can hear the organ's song
G+G     D/F#D/F#   E minor 7Em7  Dsus4Dsus4 Cadd9Cadd9
 But the congregation's gone

Post-verse:
Cadd9Cadd9      G+G  E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
   My city of ruins
G+G      E minor 7Em7  Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 My city of ruins

Verse:
Now the sweet veils of mercy drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows, the empty streets
While my brother's down on his knees

Post-verse:
My city of ruins
My city of ruins

Chorus:
G+G    E minor 7Em7       Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    E minor 7Em7       Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    E minor 7Em7  Dsus4Dsus4    Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7  Dsus4Dsus4  Cadd9Cadd9
 Come on ri................se up

Break: G+G E minor 7Em7 Cadd9Cadd9 G+G x2

Verse:
Now there's tears on the pillow darling where we slept
And you took my heart when you leftG
Without your sweet kiss my soul is lost, my friend
Now tell me how do I begin again?

Post-verse:
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins

Bridge:
G+G        E minor 7Em7  Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
 Now with these hands, with these hands
G+G
(I pray Lord)
      E minor 7Em7  Cadd9Cadd9  G+G
With these hands, with these hands
      G+G
(I pray for the strength Lord)
       E minor 7Em7   Cadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G+G        G+G
(I pray for Your love Lord)
     E minor 7Em7   Cadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G+G        G+G
(I pray for Your lost Lord)
     E minor 7Em7   Cadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G+G       G+G
(I pray for the love Lord)
      E minor 7Em7  Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
With these hands, with these
G+G           E minor 7Em7
(I pray for the faith Lord)
         Cadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
G+G        G+G
(I pray for the lost Lord)
      E minor 7Em7
With these hands,
   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G  G+G  E minor 7Em7
Come on! Come on!
   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Come on! Come on!

Ending:
G+G    E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    E minor 7Em7        Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4    Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4    Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    E minor 7Em7 Dsus4Dsus4    Cadd9Cadd9 G+G
 Come on rise up! Come on rise up!
G+G    D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7  Dsus4Dsus4  C/GC/G
 Come on ri................se up


Note I: Transition from E minor 7Em7 to Cadd9Cadd9

  E minor 7Em7 G/BG/B Csus2Csus2 Cadd9Cadd9
e|---x--x-x--x-x--x---------|
BB|---3--3-3--3-3--3---------|
G+G|---0--0-0--0-0--0---------|
D MajorD|---2--0-0--0h2--2---------|
A augmentedA|---2--2h3--3-3--3---------|
E MajorE|---0----------------------|

He does this in: intro, post-verse, break, bridge
Doesn't do this in: verse, chorus,

THE END!