Ashes To Ashes chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Steve Earle: Ashes to Ashes


Chorus: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

    Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust


Verse 1:
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    A augmentedA long time ago, before the ice and snow

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    There were giants, that walked this land

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    Each step they took, the mighty mountains shook

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    And the trees took a knee, and the seas rolled in

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    Then one day, they say the sky gave way

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    And death rained down, it made a terrible sound

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    There was fire everywhere, and nothin was spared

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    That walked on the land, or flew through the air

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    When it all was over, the slate wiped clean with a touch

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    There God stood, and he saw it was good

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    And he said, "Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust"


Chorus:
    E minorEm
    Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

    E minorEm
    Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

Verse 2:
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    The sea gave birth, and it crawled up on the dirt

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    And stood up, and took a look around

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    Said "I'm the next big thing, and the gift that I bring

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    comes directly from God, this ain't no holdin me down"

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    So he crowned himself King, Now no one remembers his name

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    But the seed that he sowed, took the show on the road

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    There was blood on their hands, and a plague on the land

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    They drew a line in the sand, and made their last stand

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    They said "God made us in his image, and it's in God that we trust

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    When asked about the men, that had died by their hands

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    They said "Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust"


Chorus:
    E minorEm
    Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

    E minorEm
    Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust


    Solo:

      E minorEm C majorC E minorEm  C majorC  E minorEm  D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC E minorEm


Verse 3:

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    Now, nobody lives forever

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    Nothin stands, the test of time

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    Oh, you heard'em say "Never say Never"

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    Ah but it's always best, to keep it in mind

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    That every tower, ever built tumbles

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    No matter how strong, no matter how tall

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    Some day, even great walls crumble

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    And every idol ever raised, falls

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    And someday, even man's best laid plans

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    Will lie twisted, and covered in rust

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    When we've done all that we can, but it slipped through our hands

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    And it's "Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust"


Chorus:

    E minorEm
    Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

    E minorEm
    Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust