Ruins chords by Ashley Park

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: G

Intro:

G Gmaj7 F C


Verse 1:
G                             Gmaj7
We built this city brick by brick
                           F
It's kind of funny, isn't it?
                      C
How we almost had it all?
G                             Gmaj7
We worked our fingers to the bone
                         F
We made a castle of our own
                                 C      Am C
But then we watched this kingdom fall

Chorus:
          D           G                    C
It’s the crying that reminds us, we’re alive
          D                   G                 C
It’s the cracks that let the light in sometimes
       D       G        D/F#      Em
I can see the diamonds in the dust
        C             D        G
There’s beauty in the ruins of us


Verse 2:
G                                 B
And darling, that's just how it goes
                                  Em
It's one door opened, one door closed
               D              C
It's nothing tragic in the end
G                      B
So go ahead and say goodbye
                                 Em
'Cause there's an empire in my mind
             D           C    C
And I can build it all again


Chorus:
          D           G                    C
It’s the crying that reminds us, we’re alive
          D                   G                 C
It’s the cracks that let the light in sometimes
       D       G        D/F#      Em
I can see the diamonds in the dust
        C             D        G
There’s beauty in the ruins of us


Bridge:
Eb                            G
And maybe life is what you make it
Eb                                 G
You know this heart can take the flames
Eb                           G
But just remember once you break it
                       D
It won't ever be the same



Chorus:
C          D           G                    C
It’s the crying that reminds us, we’re alive
          D                   G                 C
It’s the cracks that let the light in sometimes
       D       G        D/F#      Em
I can see the diamonds in the dust
        C             D        G
There’s beauty in the ruins of us

C D G