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Life Among The Ruins by Virgin Steele

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Tuning: EADGBE

VIRGIN STEELE – Life Among the Ruins
from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell – Part One” (1994)

Intro:
e|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|----|----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|
D MajorD|----|-----------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|
A augmentedA|-7--|--9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|
E MajorE|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

e|------------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|
A augmentedA|-7-9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|
E MajorE|------------------------------|-------------------------|

Verse 1:
E5E5          C5C5     D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
Gunfire up in heaven, no religion here
E5E5             C5C5           D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
Raping your salvation, the last sound that you’ll hear
  E5E5
The snap of the noose, the crack of the whip
  C5C5        D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
The hangman’s face is torn
  E5E5           C5C5       D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
In shameless crucifixion a savage nation’s born
 A5A5           B5B5
Behold the new messiah, arising from the wound
  C5C5        D5D5
In rags of execution freedom is consumed

Chorus 1:
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5   D5D5 A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
D5D5
Life among the ruins

Intro repeat 1:
e|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|----|----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|
D MajorD|----|-----------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|
A augmentedA|-7--|--9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|
E MajorE|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

e|------------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|
A augmentedA|-7-9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|
E MajorE|------------------------------|-------------------------|

Verse 2:
   E5E5           C5C5        D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
I’ve lived among the ruins, walked among the dead
E5E5             C5C5       D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
Loved among the wreckage beneath a flag of red
 E5E5
Communion of blood, so bitter the cup
 C5C5      D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
A augmentedA union born of fear
  E5E5           C5C5       D5D5  B5B5 D5D5
Creation and perdition – a world within a tear
 A5A5           B5B5
Behold the new messiah, arising from his bed
C5C5         D5D5
Holier in silence, paler than the dead

Chorus 2:
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5   D5D5 A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
D5D5
Life among the ruins

Intro repeat 2:
e|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|----|----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|
D MajorD|----|-----------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|
A augmentedA|-7--|--9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|
E MajorE|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

e|------------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|
A augmentedA|-7-9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|
E MajorE|------------------------------|-------------------------|

Guitar solo 1 rhythm:
E5E5 C5C5 D5D5 B5B5 D5D5 x4
A5A5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5

Chorus 3:
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5   D5D5 A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
 G5G5        D5D5        C5C5   D5D5
I challenge you to love my bride of pain

Instrumental 1:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------8-|-------------------------------8-|
G+G|-9-7---9---9-7---9-7---------7---|-9-7---9---9-7---9-7---------7---|
D MajorD|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------5-|-------------------------------5-|
G+G|-6-4---6---6-4---6-4---------4---|-6-4---6---6-4---6-4---------4---|
D MajorD|-----4---------4-----4---4-5-----|-----4---------4-----4---4-5-----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------8-|-------------------------------8-|
G+G|-9-7---9---9-7---9-7---------7---|-9-7---9---9-7---9-7---------7---|
D MajorD|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------5-|-----------------3---------|
G+G|-6-4---6---6-4---6-4---------4---|-6-4---6---6-4---2---------|
D MajorD|-----4---------4-----4---4-5-----|-----4---------4-0---------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------|

Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb

Bridge:
     DmDm         Bb majorBb
With the dying sun of autumn bathing us in gold
  DmDm              Bb majorBb
We walk the desolation, hand in hand against the cold
   DmDm             Bb majorBb
While rampant runs the reaper all through the barren plains
   DmDm              Bb majorBb
With scythe in hand he reaches to harvest the last remains
  C majorC             G minorGm       E/G#   A minorAm
In agony you stumble, with a curse upon your lips you die

Guitar solo 2:
  A minorAm   G+G         FF
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-13~~----12~~---12-13-15-|-15~~----13-12-13~~------|
G+G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  F minorFm   Eb MajorEb        Bb/DBb/D
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-13~~----12~~---12-13-15-|-15~~----13-12-13~~------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  C#dimC#dim           G#9G#9
e|-------------------------|------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|------------------------------|
G+G|-12~~------12-13-13b(15)-|-13b(15)~~----13-12-13~~------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|------------------------------|

  GdimGdim           F#dimF#dim          F minorFm
e|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------|
BB|--------12--14~~---------|------------------------|---------------|
G+G|-12~~--------------12~~--|-11~~---9--------11~~---|-10~~----------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-----------10~~---------|---------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------|

Instrumental 2:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------7-|-------------------------------7-|
D MajorD|-9-7---9---9-7---9-7---------7---|-9-7---9---9-7---9-7---------7---|
A augmentedA|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|-----------------3------------|
G+G|-------------------------------7-|-----------------2------------|
D MajorD|-9-7---9---9-7---9-7---------7---|-9-7---9---9-7---0------------|
A augmentedA|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|-----7---------7-0------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

Chorus 4:
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5   D5D5 A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5   D5D5 A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
  G5G5           D5D5        C5C5   D5D5 A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign
G5G5    D5D5       A5A5   C5C5 D5D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
G5G5          D5D5         C5C5
Bare your breast and save this child of pain
D5D5
Life among the ruins

Outro:
e|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|----|----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|
D MajorD|----|-----------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|
A augmentedA|-7--|--9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|
E MajorE|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------|

e|------------------------------|-------------------------|------||
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------|------||
G+G|-----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------|-9----||
D MajorD|------------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-|-9----||
A augmentedA|-7-9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---|-7----||

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