Misc Musicals – Natasha Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 - Dust And Ashes (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# [Verse 1]
              Gmadd4
Is this how I die?

D7#5/F#
Ridiculed and laughed at

        Gmadd4        D7#5/F#
Wearing clown shoes

              Gmadd4
Is this how I die?

D7#5/F#
Furious and reckless

          Gmadd4   D7#5/F#
Sick with booze

          Eb6/G  Eb6
How did I live?

        F7/Eb
I taste every wasted minute

      Bb/D   Bb7     Ebadd2   Cmadd4
Every time I turned away

                                Ebm6
From the things that might have healed me

                     Bbmaj7/D   Ebadd2
How long have I been sleeping?
[Verse 2]
              Gmadd4
Is this how I die?

D7#5/F#
Frightened like a child

         Gmadd4   D7#5/F#
Lazy and numb

              Cm11
Is this how I die?

   Ebm(maj7)      Ebm6
Pretending and preposterous

    Gmadd4
And dumb

          Ebadd2
How did I live?

      F7/Eb
Was I kind enough and good enough?

      Bb/D Bb7 Ebadd2   Cmadd4
Did I love    enough?

                               Ebm6
Did I ever look up and see the moon

Ebm6
And the stars

        Bb/F
And the sky?

   Ebm6/Gb         Bbadd2    Bb7
Oh why have I been sleeping?
[Chorus]
     Eb          D7
They say we are asleep

D7/F#    Gm9  Gm9/D Ddim/F
Until we fall in    love

Bbmaj13 Gm11/Eb    Ebdim7/D Gm
We are children of dust and ashes

    Cm9                          F7
But when we fall in love we wake up

    D11/F#   Gm
And we are a God

    Eb     Bb   Bb/F   Dm7#5/Eb
And angels weep

                      Bb/F
But if I die here tonight

  F7        Bb      D7/F#
I die in my sleep
[Bridge]
Gm        Gm6          Am6           C9/A
All of my life I spent searching the words

   D9/Bb     Bb+        C            Dadd4/C
Of poets and saints and prophets and kings

    Gm         Gm6       Am6            C9/A
And now at the end all I know that I’ve learned

        D9/Bb      Bb+       C            Dadd4/C
Is that all that I know is I don’t know a thing

   Eb            Bb
So easy to close off

          D7       Gm
Place the blame outside

Eb           Bb
Hiding in my room at night

   D7   Gm
So terrified

Gm               D7/F#
All the things I could have been

      Ab/Eb         Eb
But I never had the nerve

D7       Gm
Life and love

  Bb/F  F7 Bb  G7/B
I don’t deserve

       Cm         G7
So all right, all right

     Ab     Eb
I’ve had my time

D7       Gm
Close my eyes

Cm/Eb   Bb/F  F7    Bb    G7/B
Let the death bells chime

Cm         Gmaj7
Bury me in burgundy

  Ab         Eb
I just don’t care

D7        Gm
Nothing’s left

Cm/Eb    Bb/F F7 Bb
I looked everywhere
[Verse 3]
   D7/F#      Gm  Gm/D
Is this how I die?

          D7#5/F#        D7#5              Gm  Gm/D D7#5/F# D7#5
Was there ever any other way my life could be?

              Cm7 Cm7/G
Is this how I die?

       Ebm(maj7) Ebm(maj7)/Gb  Gm          Gm/D  Gm
Such a storm     of feelings inside of me?

                  Ebadd2
But then why am I screaming?

         F7/Eb
Why am I shaking?

   Bb/D           Bb7              Ebadd2   Cm7
Oh God, was there something that I missed?

                    Ebm(maj7)
Did I squander my divinity?

    Bb/F         D7/F#            Gm
Was happiness within me the whole time?
[Chorus] N.C. They say we are asleep N.C. Until we fall in love N.C. We are children of dust and ashes N.C. But when we fall in love we wake up N.C. And we are a God N.C. And angels weep N.C. But if I die here tonight
            Bb     Bb7
I die in my sleep

     Eb          D7
They say we are asleep

         Gm      Bb7add4
Until we fall in love

           Eb
And I’m so ready

        Ebm(maj7)
To wake up now
[Outro]
               Bb7/D  Ebm6  Bb/F
I want to wake up

             Ebm6/Gb   Abadd2   Bb7/D  Ebm6  Bb/F  Ebm6/Gb
Don’t let me die while I’m like this

  Abadd2       Bb7/D  Ebm6
I want to wake up

 Bb/F            Ebm6/Gb   Abadd2   Bb7/D  Ebm6  Bb/F  Ebm6/Gb
God don’t let me die while I’m like this

       Abadd2      Bb7/D   Ebm6
Please let me wake up now

 Bb/F            Ebm6/Gb            Abadd2  Adim7  Ebm6/Bb  Ebm6/C
God don’t let me die while I’m like this

    Bb7/D  Ebm6  Bb7/F  Ebm6/Gb
I’m ready

    Ab13  Ebm6/Bb  Ebm6/C  Bb9/D  B7/Eb
I’m ready

        Bb  Ebm6  Bb  Ebm6 Cdim7 Bb
To wake up