Ruins chords by Cat Stevens

Chords with lyrics

Ruins by Cat Stevens

INTRO: D/F#D/F# G+G  Gadd9Gadd9 (x8)


D/F#D/F#              G+G D/F#D/F#               G+G
  It's so quiet in the ruins,    walking through the old town,
D/F#D/F#          G+G          D/F#D/F#          G+G
  Stones crumbling under my feet, I see smoke for miles around,
D/F#D/F#         G+G       D/F#D/F#            G+G
  Oh, it's enough to make you weep,  all that remains of the main street,
D/F#D/F#         G+G    D/F#D/F#            G+G
  Up in the park on Sunday,   dogs chasing, and the children playing,
FF         C majorC     FF          C majorC   A augmentedA
 Old man with his head down,  can't see nothing more around?, no!

D/F#D/F# G+G             D/F#D/F#    G+G
    But he remembers how it used to be,  back in the old days,
Dsus4Dsus4              G+G         E minorEm
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again,
              C majorC         G+G
It's nice to see a friendly face come peeping through,
      A augmentedA
Having tea in the afternoon,
Dsus4Dsus4              G+G         E minorEm   C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again


     D/F#D/F# G+G  Gadd9Gadd9 (x3)


D/F#D/F#              G+G  D/F#D/F#         G+G
   Ah, but it's all changed,     Winter turned on Man,
D/F#D/F#              G+G            D/F#D/F#        G+G
   Came down one day when no one was looking, and it stole away the land,
D/F#D/F#           G+G      D/F#D/F#         G+G
  People running scared, losing hands, dodging shadows of falling sand,
D/F#D/F#            G+G           D/F#D/F#     G+G
  Buildings standing like  empty shells, and nobody helping no one else,
FF           C majorC     FF           C majorC   A augmentedA
 Young child with his hands high, ain't able to see no reason why?, no!


D/F#D/F# G+G             D/F#D/F#    G+G
     But he remembers how it used to be,
Dsus4Dsus4              G+G         E minorEm
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again,
              C majorC         G+G
It's nice to see a friendly face come peeping through,
         A augmentedA
You better know what you're going through, now!

A augmentedA          B7B7         D MajorD
 You came back to find your home is a black horizon,
   E7E7         A augmentedA            B7B7
That you don't recognise,  evil destruction has taken everything,
D MajorD             E7E7            A augmentedA
 You'd better walk on the side, while you're still walking,
       B7B7     D MajorD
Just keep on walking on down the street,
       E7E7            A augmentedA
Keep your distance from the people you meet,
          B7B7                 D MajorD
Oh, Lord, and you'd better watch your eyes, 'cause, if smoke gets in them,
   E7E7
Baby, you won't rise again!
Dsus4Dsus4              G+G         E minorEm  C majorC  G+G  A augmentedA
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again!


    D/F#D/F# G+G  Gadd9Gadd9 (x4)


D/F#D/F#           G+G  D/F#D/F#         G+G
   Where's it leading to?    Freedom at what cost?
D/F#D/F#        G+G               D/F#D/F#    G+G
   People needing more, and more, and it's all getting lost,
D/F#D/F#     G+G   D/F#D/F#     G+G
   I want back!    I want back!
D/F#D/F#              G+G
   Back to the time when the earth was green,
     D/F#D/F#          G+G
There was no high walls, and the sea was clean!
FF         C majorC      FF     C majorC    A augmentedA    D/F#D/F#  G+G  D MajorD