Frank Black – In The Time Of My Ruin (Guitar)

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Chords

[intro chords] F Dm Bb (x4) [verse]
F       Dm         Bb
[tab]F
 At the museum I met a curator

F           Dm                      Bb
 She was so nice, I thought I would date her

F        Dm              Bb
 I was a hawk and I just flew in
[verse 2] - same F-Dm-Bb chord progression
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G----5------------2---------------3---|
D--3------------0---------------3-----|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|
     In the time   of my ruin
     I did not know you would be created
     Now every day I am elated
     Cuz you never know what is brewing
[CHORUS]
F     C       Gm
 Some pain is good

Bb                        F  C
 Sometimes its good to be blind

F     C          Gm
 Some pain feels good

Ab                                         G
 That's the pain that's just the right kind
[BREAK] F Dm Bb (x4)
[VERSE] -  F-Dm-Bb
 You didn't know I was a shoe-in
And you didn't know it was my hour And you didn't know that I had the power
F       Dm         Bb
 In the time of my ruin  (x4)
[CHORUS]
F     C       Gm
 Some pain is good

Bb                        F  C
 Sometimes its good to be blind

F     C          Gm
 Some pain feels good

Ab                                       Cadd9
 That's the pain that's just the right kind
[OUTRO]
Db        Ab            Bb  Bbm
  They're caving in the roof

       Fm           Bb   F
 It is falling all around

Db   Ab              Bb  Bbm
 The floor is going, too

                Fm             Bb  F
 Soon I will be falling on down
(repeat OUTRO several times)