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My City Of Ruins Acoustic chords by The Lumineers

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Intermediate

(Bruce Springsteen cover, as performed on Radio Hamburg)
Submitted by: haenchen

Tuning: standard
Capo: 3rd fret

Chords used:
G:     3.2.0.0.3.x
Cadd9: x.3.2.0.3.x
Em7:   0.2.2.0.3.x
D/F#:  2.0.0.2.3.x
Dsus4: x.x.0.2.3.x
C/G:   3.3.2.0.1.x

Intro: Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G x2

Verse:
Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7          Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9      Chord diagramG+G
  There's a blood red circle on the cold dark ground
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD/F#D/F#  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4  Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
  And the rain is falling down
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramE minor 7Em7             Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9            Chord diagramG+G
 The church doors thrown open I can hear the organ's song
Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramD/F#D/F#     Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4  Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
 But the congregation's gone

Post-verse:
Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9            Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramG+G
      My city of ruins
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G
  My city of ruins

Verse:
Now the sweet veils of mercy drift through the evening trees
Young men on the corner like scattered leaves
The boarded up windows, the empty streets
While my brother's down on his knees

Post-verse:
My city of ruins
My city of ruins

Chorus:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7              Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7              Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4       Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4   Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
 Come on ri................se up

Break:  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G x2

Verse:
Now there's tears on the pillow darling where we slept
And you took my heart when you leftG
Without your sweet kiss my soul is lost, my friend
Now tell me how do I begin again?

Post-verse:
My city's in ruins
My city's in ruins

Bridge:
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramE minor 7Em7   Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9       Chord diagramG+G
 Now with these hands, with these hands
Chord diagramG+G
(I pray Lord)
           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramG+G
With these hands, with these hands
           Chord diagramG+G
(I pray for the strength Lord)
             Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramG+G
(I pray for Your love Lord)
          Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramG+G
(I pray for Your lost Lord)
          Chord diagramE minor 7Em7      Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramG+G
(I pray for the love Lord)
           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9      Chord diagramG+G
With these hands, with these
Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
(I pray for the faith Lord)
                  Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
With these hands, with these
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramG+G
(I pray for the lost Lord)
           Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
With these hands,
      Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9     Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Come on! Come on!
      Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9     Chord diagramG+G
Come on! Come on!

Ending:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7               Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7               Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9  Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9 Chord diagramG+G
 Come on rise up!  Come on rise up!
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4   Chord diagramC/GC/G
 Come on ri................se up


Note I: Transition from Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 to Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9

    Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 Chord diagramG/BG/B Chord diagramCsus2Csus2 Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9
e|---x--x-x--x-x--x---------|
Chord diagramBB|---3--3-3--3-3--3---------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0--0-0--0-0--0---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2--0-0--0h2--2---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2--2h3--3-3--3---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---0----------------------|

He does this in: intro, post-verse, break, bridge
Doesn't do this in: verse, chorus,

THE END!

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