Tracy Chapman – Smoke And Ashes (Guitar)

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I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk

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About the trail you'd left of broken hearts

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About the sea of tears too wide to cross

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But a little bad press has never scared me off

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So I burned a path to figure out

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How to get me some of what you got 

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I've got a red hot heart

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If the talk is true yours is the same

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And we should be together

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And let our passions fan love's flame, (oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah) 

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When I looked for you I almost passed you by

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You were so cool and calm

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I thought my friends had lied

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But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside

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It was there and then that I knew 

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I had to get some of what you got 

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I've got a red hot heart

E
If the talk is true yours is the same

Asus2
And we should be together

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And let our passions fan love's flame   (oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah) 

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I thought I'd won your heart when I held you hand //
in mine //
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I thought it was true love the way we complemented //
... each other
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But my right is your wrong

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And when you're right then I'm left // 
...with nothing
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Your light and your heat have all been spent...
Leaving only smoke and ashes
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           Only smoke and ashes baby 

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I've got a red hot heart

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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins

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I say there's fire down below

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You say it's only smoke and ashes baby 

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I'm crying all the time, salty stinging tears

D7
And mourning for the past carbon-dated years

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But knowing now for certain that you were always right

D7
Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life

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It's only smoke and ashes baby

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Only smoke and ashes baby 

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I've got a red hot heart

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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins 

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I say there's fire down below

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You say it's only smoke and ashes baby 

Am7
I was blinded by devotion, my unwavering love for you

D7
So blinded that I thought all your lies were true

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But now I know for certain since you've gone away

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It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze

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Only smoke and ashes baby ....
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I've got a red hot heart

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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins    (your hearts as blue!)

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I say there's fire down below

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You say it's only smoke and ashes baby

E                         Asus2
Only smoke and ashes baby, baby