Ashes To Ashes Chords

Key: Bb Tuning: E A D G B E Intro: E7 A7 D7 G7 Verse 1: G7 C7 G7 I hold in my hand, an echo of voice brought on the wings of a bird G7 Like a ruby filled vase, and a basket with lace A7 D7 The most beautiful sound you have heard G7 C7 G7 My body, it aches of a far memory of someone I might have known C7 G7 E7 And there’s a hole in the wall too small to see through A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7 But I’m sure it’s a picture of home

Verse 2: G7 C7 G7 Sometimes I’m standing on a mountaintop. I’m nowhere but I’m not lost G7 But sometimes I’m just hanging with a heart that’s just breaking A7 D7 My arms outstretched on a cross G7 But something keeps pulling, a lost letter of love C7 G7 In a cabin where a fire used to be C7 G7 E7 There’s a woman who’s calling, with a voice of fair warning A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7 Her crooked hand points only at me Verse 3: G7 Ashes to Ashes, mothers turn to ashes C7 G7 Daughter soon follows in death A7 D7 But before leaving earth, a daughter gives birth; a gift to me and she says G7 C7 G7 “You hold in your hand an echo of voice, brought on the wings of a bird C7 G7 E7 A7 D7 And like a bird who only sings for what every morning brings, the most beautiful sound I have heard” Outro: E7 A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7