Ruins chords by Melissa Etheridge

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Verse 1:
             C
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                  F
When I feel the cold in the dark
                  C
  I know you're there

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

Chorus:
      F
I will crawl through my past
       Dm
Over stones blood and glass
      Am        Am
In the ruins
            F
Reaching under the fence
        Dm
As I try to make sense
          Am
In the ruins

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

Chorus:
 F
I will crawl through my past
       Dm
Over stones blood and glass
      Am        Am
In the ruins
F
Reaching under the fence
       Dm
As I try to make sense
      Am        Am
In the ruins

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

Chorus:
         F
I will crawl through my past
        Dm
Over stones blood and glass
      Am        Am
In the ruins
         F
Reaching under the fence
        Dm
As I try to make sense
      Am        Am
In the ruins

Outro:
         F
But if I am to heal
        Dm
I must first learn to feel
      Am        Am
In the ruins
           F            Dm
I will crawwl, I will crawwl
      Am        Am
I will crawwl