Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G
Verse:
D MajorD
There's a junked out truck stuck in the mud
E minorEm C majorC
Down in the valley where the low fields flood
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Every spring when the river jumps its banks
Verse:
G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA few stubborn leaves clinging to the bough
E minorEm C majorC
By the wing or wheel, the whole deal's gone south
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Only ones left, got no place else to go
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
Everything in ruin now
C majorC G+G
Ruin now, ruin now
A minorAm C majorC
Everything in ruin now
D MajorD G+G
Soon to be renewed
Verse:
D MajorD
All is still in the chilly night
E minorEm C majorC
Save, one lone cricket fiddling for his life
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Sawing off a shivery waltz before the frost
Verse:
G+G D MajorD
And it's all gone to seed, brown and spent
E minorEm C majorC
And I'm a-wondering where all the innocence went
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Will it come back like a redwing blackbird's song
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
Everything in ruin now
C majorC G+G
Ruin now, ruin now
A minorAm C majorC
Everything in ruin now
D MajorD G+G
Soon to be renewed
Instrumental:
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse:
G+G D MajorD
Frost on windows, filigreed
E minorEm C majorC
And I could use a little wildcard up my sleeve
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Just in case Old Man Winter calls my bluff
Verse:
G+G D MajorD
Oh, it smells like snow, the sky's hearse black
E minorEm C majorC
Full moon cloudy as a cataract
G+G D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
But all I got to do, is make it through these next few months
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
Everything in ruin now
C majorC G+G
Ruin now, ruin now
A minorAm C majorC
Everything in ruin now
D MajorD G+G
Soon to be renewed
Chorus:
D MajorD E minorEm
Everything in ruin now
C majorC G+G
Ruin now, ruin now
A minorAm C majorC
Everything in ruin now
D MajorD G+G
Soon to be renewed