Ash Wednesday chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD   G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 1:
   D MajorD             G+G
There once was a man who thought love was warm
   D MajorD              A augmentedA
Hell, stop me if you've heard this story before
     D MajorD            G+G
He had a purple heart, but who's keeping score
     D MajorD              A augmentedA
There's a lot of purple hearts in the purple heart store
     G+G           A augmentedA
He was a commandant, now he's a penitent
    D MajorD     G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
On Ash Wednesday

Verse 2:
   D MajorD          G+G
There once was a woman, a pretty young thing
  D MajorD          A augmentedA
She sold her soul for a diamond ring
  D MajorD           G+G
She heard about love in a magazine
    D MajorD            A augmentedA
Saw it every Friday night on a movie screen
     G+G           A augmentedA
She was a debutante, now she's a penitent
    D MajorD     G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
On Ash Wednesday

Verse 3:
       D MajorD         A augmentedA
They're both love sick, they're love tired
   D MajorD               G+G
They strayed a little close to the edge of the fire
   D MajorD             A augmentedA
Their hands got burned and their eyebrows singed
    D MajorD              G+G
They're walking down the streets of oblivion
     D MajorD            A augmentedA
They got holes in their pockets, holes in their minds
    D MajorD         G+G
They're holy people in an unholy time
B minorBm              A augmentedA
Heading for the church at the end of the line
  G+G      A augmentedA B minorBm
Ash Wednesday

Chorus:
            F# minorF#m         E minorEm
See them hanging out in every lonely place

They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
        G+G       A augmentedA
But they've got ashes on their face

Instrumental:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA G+G  A augmentedA B minorBm

Chorus:
            F# minorF#m         E minorEm
See them hanging out in every lonely place

They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
        G+G       A augmentedA
But they've got ashes on their face

Verse 4:
     D MajorD           A augmentedA
We're all love sick, we're love tired
  D MajorD               G+G
We strayed a little close to the edge of the fire
  D MajorD            A augmentedA
Our hands got burned and our eyebrows singed
   D MajorD              G+G
We're walking down the streets of oblivion
    D MajorD           A augmentedA
We got holes in our pockets, holes in our minds
   D MajorD         G+G
We're holy people in an unholy time
B minorBm              A augmentedA
Heading for the church at the end of the line

Outro:
  G+G
Ash Wednesday
     D MajorD
Yeah, Ash Wednesday