Ashtray chords by Matt Pless

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Intro: muted strings into G

G
Someone asked me if I found God?
C
Yes I think we met a couple times
G
But Im not sure if it was him
D
Cause I cant look him in the eye
G
And all I heard were warnings
C
From my conscience in the guilty night
G                     D              G
That said Ill see you on the day you die
            C              G
Ill see you on the day you die
            D              G
Ill see you on the day you die

G
Yes Ive never been to heaven
C
But they say my head is in the clouds
G
So Ill just sit here by myself
D
And hope I stand out in the crowd
G
I tried to make my father proud
C
But found out that I dont know how
G                 D             G
Tomorrow there is only here and now
            C             G
Yes theres only here and now
            D             G
Yes theres only here and now


C                             G
And I hate to say it, but Ive heard it all before
D
Theres a war outside my window
    G
Revolution at my door
           C                D
keep your corporate counter culture
        Bm          Em
That Im trying to ignore
           C              D          G
Because I dont believe in nothing anymore.


G
All these teachers preaching right from wrong
C
Cant help the weak against the strong
G
Or save you from an end that comes
D
For you and I and everyone
G
So ill just write another song
C
For all the world to sing along
G                    D                G
Cause after all some day we'll all be gone
     C                     G
Yes some day we'll all be gone,
        D                  G
Yes some day we'll all be gone


G
Now Ive washed my hands of everything
C
The fairy tales and fantasy
G
Apparently reality
D
Has finally got the best of me
G
And all those drugs I did in vain
C
They eased the pain, and numbed my brain
G                  D                G
But life is just a high you cant sustain,
        C                  G
Life's a high you cant sustain
         D                 G
Life's a high you cant sustain.


C                               G
Yes I hate to say it, but Ive heard it all before
D                                    G
Theres a devil in the details And salvation with the Lord
C                       D
No Im not one for compliance
       Bm               Em
And defiance makes me bored
           C               D         G
I guess I dont believe in nothing anymore.

           G (single strum)
Yeah Ive seen the writing on the wall
     C
The darkness in the crystal ball
  G
A house of cards about to fall
  D
A peace of mind I cant recall
    G
But man the worst thing that I saw
    C
Was clearly the reflection of
  G              D                 G
A boy who said I think Ive seen it all
        C                G
Yes I think Ive seen it all
        D               G
Yes I think Ive seen it all

        C                       G
and I hate to say it, but Ive heard it all before
        D
After all these years those chandeliers
        G
Have crashed upon the floor
           C               D
And there aint no way of knowing
         Bm             Em
What the future has in store
      C              D          G