Misc Originals – Austin Olmstead - From Ashes We Learn (Guitar)

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[Intro] |Bb |Bb |Gm |Gm | [Verse 1]
Gm                              Bb
I was raised on pride and bourbon,

                            Gm
Calloused hands and quiet men.

                                     Eb
They taught me not to show the hurting,

                                 Bb
Just take the blow and stand again.

                             Gm
But I carried all that silence

                           Eb
Like a matchbook in my chest,

                                Bb
Struck it quick on nights I hated

                                F
And burned down everything I kept.
[Pre-Chorus]
                              Eb
I swear I never meant the damage,

                           F
But intent don’t put out flames.
[Chorus]
                      Bb
Every burn mark on my story
Is a lesson that I earned.
                   Bb/F    Gm7
You only touch the fire twice
Before you learn the way it burns.
                        Eb
And everything I ruined taught me
What I shouldn’t re-return.
Bb      Eb               F
I’m not proud of who I was…
But from ashes, we learn. [Instrumental] Bb [Verse 2]
                                 Bb
There were nights I heard you crying

             F/A                Gm
Through the walls I built too high.

                        Eb
I was drowning in my failures,

                           Bb
You were begging me to try.

              F/A         Gm
But a man can mold his shadows

                         Eb
Into something he calls truth,

                           Bb
And I swore the lies were honest

                          F
Till they finally cost me you.
[Pre-Chorus]
                                   Eb
Now I’m sifting through the wreckage,

                                F
Trying to name the things I blame.
[Chorus]
                      Bb
Every burn mark on my story
Is a lesson that I earned.
                   Bb/F    Gm
You only touch the fire twice
Before you learn the way it burns.
                        Eb
And everything I ruined taught me
What I shouldn’t re-return.
Bb      Eb               F
I’m not proud of who I was…
But from ashes, we learn. [Instrumental] |Bb | [Bridge]
                            Gm
I ain’t asking for forgiveness,

                         Eb
I ain’t asking you to stay.

                        Bb
But I’m learning how to be the man

                        F
I should’ve been those days.

                              EbM7
And if the smoke ever clears enough

                   F
For you to see me change…

                                   Eb
You’ll know I walked through hell alone

                       Bb
Just to stand up in my name.
[Chorus]
                       Bb
Every burn mark on my story
Is a lesson carved in turns.
                   Bb/F    Gm
You only touch the fire twice
Before you learn how bad it burns.
                      Eb
And if I ever make it better,
It’s a truth I had to earn.
Bb        Eb              F
I’m still walking out the fire…
But from ashes, we learn. [Outro] |Bb |Gm |Eb |F | |Bb |Gm |Eb |F | |Bb |