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From:   Rick L [rickl1@IX.netcom.com]
Sent:   Tuesday, December 16, 1997 7:36 PM

Artist: Emmylou Harris
Title:  Ashes by Now  (written by Rodney Crowell)
Source: From Emmylou Harris "Evangeline" LP
        Warner Brothers Records 1981
        Jolly Cheeks Music(BMI)

GThis (320003@1)morning is Monday   where are you now
                                       DTeasin' (xx0232@1)my memory  teaching me how  to lay low
             C (x32010@1)       C7When (x32310@1)I don't want to
GWell (320003@1)love is elusive this I know now

It's making me crazy leaving me out
       D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)    GIn (320003@1)the open  when I don't want to
GThe (320003@1)moments of pleasures   Never do last

Are gone like a suitcase  full of your past
D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)    C7Long (x32310@1)gone and in a hurry
Em (022000@1)                          GBaby, (320003@1)I can't go through this again
                Em (022000@1)                            GI (320003@1)don't need to go down more then I've already been
            Em (022000@1)                               GJust (320003@1)like a wild fire  you're running all over town
                Em (022000@1)                                GAs (320003@1)much as you burn me baby  I should be ashes by now
GThe (320003@1)second street beggars  alone in their life

Drunk on a sidewalk to hide from the night
     D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1) C7Like (x32310@1)I am  They're just like I am
Em (022000@1)                          GBaby, (320003@1)I can't go through this again
                Em (022000@1)                            GI (320003@1)don't need to go down more then I've already been
             Em (022000@1)                               GJust (320003@1)like a wild fire  you're running all over town
                Em (022000@1)                                GAs (320003@1)much as you burn me baby  I should be ashes by now
             Em (022000@1)                                GJust (320003@1)like a wild fire  You're running all over town
                Em (022000@1)                               GAs (320003@1)much as you burn me, baby  I should be ashes by now
Em (022000@1)EbmDm   G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)Ebm (xx4342@1)DmG
Ah ah ah ah ah   ah  ah   ah ah    I should be ashes by now

Em  Ebm Dm G