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