Melissa Etheridge – Ruins (Guitar)

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[Intro]
(Riff, Play 4 measures 2 times before lyrics, then play the 2measure riff over verse throughout the song)
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[Verse 1]

             C
Don't try to call

There are some bridges that burn Beyond recognition beyond repair Don't say you've changed There are some forces that turn Beyond recollection beyond my stare

         Bb                  F
When I feel the cold in the dark

                  C
  I know you're there

[Verse 2]

C
Long ago I was a woman in pain

A woman in need I ran to you Long ago I did not understand You were making me bleed I ran to you

           Bb                F
When I feel the cold in the dark

                C
I know what you do

[Chorus]

      F
I will crawl through my past

       Dm
Over stones blood and glass

      Am        Am
In the ruins

            F
Reaching under the fence

        Dm
As I try to make sense

          Am
In the ruins

[Verse 3]

 C
I know your heart has held its own fear

It's perfectly clear What they did to you

  C
In my heart it's the screaming I hear

I won't let them come near Since my love knew you

         Bb                   F
When I feel the cold in the dark

            C
I remember you

[Chorus]

 F
I will crawl through my past

       Dm
Over stones blood and glass

      Am        Am
In the ruins

F
Reaching under the fence

       Dm
As I try to make sense

      Am        Am
In the ruins

[Verse 4]

  C
Night after night

I am carving it out I will carry it down to the waterside

  C
Night after night

I am hearing the sound Of wings that come beating I will not hide

         Bb                  F
When I feel the cold in the dark

                 C
I will know why

[Chorus]

         F
I will crawl through my past

        Dm
Over stones blood and glass

      Am        Am
In the ruins

         F
Reaching under the fence

        Dm
As I try to make sense

      Am        Am
In the ruins

[Outro]

         F
But if I am to heal

        Dm
I must first learn to feel

      Am        Am
In the ruins

           F            Dm
I will crawwl, I will crawwl

      Am        Am
I will crawwl