Ruins chords by Cat Stevens

Ruins by Cat Stevens

INTRO: D/F# G  Gadd9 (x8)


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

D/F# G             D/F#    G
    But he remembers how it used to be,  back in the old days,
Dsus4              G         Em
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again,
              C         G
It's nice to see a friendly face come peeping through,
      A
Having tea in the afternoon,
Dsus4              G         Em   C  G  A
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again



     D/F# G  Gadd9 (x3)


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



D/F# G             D/F#    G
     But he remembers how it used to be,
Dsus4              G         Em
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again,
              C         G
It's nice to see a friendly face come peeping through,
         A
You better know what you're going through, now!


A          B7         D
 You came back to find your home is a black horizon,
   E7         A            B7
That you don't recognise,  evil destruction has taken everything,
D             E7            A
 You'd better walk on the side, while you're still walking,
       B7     D
Just keep on walking on down the street,
       E7            A
Keep your distance from the people you meet,
          B7                 D
Oh, Lord, and you'd better watch your eyes, 'cause, if smoke gets in them,
   E7
Baby, you won't rise again!
Dsus4              G         Em  C  G  A
   So nice to see you coming back in this town again!


    D/F# G  Gadd9 (x4)


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