Ruins chords by Melissa Etheridge

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
(Riff, Play 4 measures 2 times before lyrics, then play the 2measure riff over verse throughout the song)
e|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
BB|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|-----10----8-8----8----|-----10----8-8----8-|-----10----8-8----8----|-----10----8-8----8-|
A augmentedA|--------10-----10---10-|--------10-----10---|--------10-----10---10-|--------10-----10---|
E MajorE|-8-8-------------------|-8-8----------------|-8-8-------------------|-8-8----------------|

Verse 1:
       C majorC
Don't try to call
There are some bridges that burn
Beyond recognition beyond repair
Don't say you've changed
There are some forces that turn
Beyond recollection beyond my stare
     Bb majorBb         FF
When I feel the cold in the dark
         C majorC
 I know you're there

Verse 2:
C majorC
Long ago I was a woman in pain
A augmentedA woman in need
I ran to you
Long ago I did not understand
You were making me bleed
I ran to you
      Bb majorBb        FF
When I feel the cold in the dark
        C majorC
I know what you do

Chorus:
   FF
I will crawl through my past
    DmDm
Over stones blood and glass
   A minorAm    A minorAm
In the ruins
      FF
Reaching under the fence
    DmDm
As I try to make sense
     A minorAm
In the ruins

Verse 3:
 C majorC
I know your heart has held its own fear
It's perfectly clear What they did to you
 C majorC
In my heart it's the screaming I hear
I won't let them come near Since my love knew you
     Bb majorBb          FF
When I feel the cold in the dark
      C majorC
I remember you

Chorus:
 FF
I will crawl through my past
    DmDm
Over stones blood and glass
   A minorAm    A minorAm
In the ruins
FF
Reaching under the fence
    DmDm
As I try to make sense
   A minorAm    A minorAm
In the ruins

Verse 4:
 C majorC
Night after night
I am carving it out
I will carry it down to the waterside
 C majorC
Night after night
I am hearing the sound
Of wings that come beating
I will not hide
     Bb majorBb         FF
When I feel the cold in the dark
         C majorC
I will know why

Chorus:
     FF
I will crawl through my past
    DmDm
Over stones blood and glass
   A minorAm    A minorAm
In the ruins
     FF
Reaching under the fence
    DmDm
As I try to make sense
   A minorAm    A minorAm
In the ruins

Outro:
     FF
But if I am to heal
    DmDm
I must first learn to feel
   A minorAm    A minorAm
In the ruins
      FF      DmDm
I will crawwl, I will crawwl
   A minorAm    A minorAm
I will crawwl