• Song:

    Ashes To Ashes

  • Artist:

    Wallflowers

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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 95 13:31:32 EDT
From: Winston Campbell 
Subject: ASHES TO ASHES by The Wallflowers


Ashes To Ashes
	(words & music by Jakob Dylan)


Basically the rhythm guitar for this song is played in a power chord fashion.
 I will not transcribe it like that because the organ plays regular chord
shapes.  Just like father like son, I have a bit of the problem understanding
what Dylan is saying but I will try my best:


Intro:  F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)(4x)

             F (133211@1)                   Em (022000@1)              AmWell (x02210@1)you can walk like a stranger, head back in your hair
         F (133211@1)                  Em (022000@1)  AmBringing (x02210@1)gifts, while you act so sincere

F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)        AmBringing (x02210@1)gifts, oh boy, he~s five years
           F (133211@1)       Em (022000@1)      AmA (x02210@1)game for rocks and traini...ing wheels

F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am

               C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)      F (133211@1) G (320003@1)      EmWell (022000@1)I don~t remember you from any of those books
         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1) EAshes (022100@1)to ashes, and six feet under face down in a box
F (133211@1)              Em (022000@1)                  AmWhere~d (x02210@1)you ever learn to treat me like that

F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)             Em (022000@1)               AmYou (x02210@1)don~t see that, baby ahh..., that famous stuff
             F (133211@1)           Em (022000@1)               AmYou (x02210@1)know the Harvard folds law, that penniless rough

F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)              Em (022000@1)               AmYour (x02210@1)bad luck follows you like a heart attack
           F (133211@1)              Em (022000@1)      AmTwist (x02210@1)your fingers, soon as break your back

F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am

               C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)      F (133211@1) G (320003@1)      EmWell (022000@1)I don~t remember you from any of those books
         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1) EAshes (022100@1)to ashes, and six feet under face down in a box
F (133211@1)              Em (022000@1)                  AmWhere~d (x02210@1)you ever learn to treat me like that

F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)                          Em (022000@1)                   AmIt~s (x02210@1)coming from another withered mother who~s just like yours
             F (133211@1)               Em (022000@1)     AmBringing (x02210@1)you aches and all those mental sores
F (133211@1)                    Em (022000@1)              AmTake (x02210@1)a little half, so need some for yourself
        F (133211@1)                        Em (022000@1)             AmLike (x02210@1)an itty in the gritty, they always seem by themselves
         F (133211@1)               Em (022000@1)     AmWell (x02210@1)you must be, had-to-be, one of these
              F (133211@1)         Em (022000@1)  AmHoney, (x02210@1)on the shed on the open tree
F (133211@1)               Em (022000@1)             AmDidn~t (x02210@1)I meet you once in a liquor store
                  F (133211@1)            Em (022000@1)  AmI (x02210@1)think I saw you hanging by the stage door
            F (133211@1)             Em (022000@1)       AmHanding (x02210@1)out programs to the family theater
            F (133211@1)         Em (022000@1)           AmDeprive (x02210@1)the row, so you don~t miss her or treat her

Am (x02210@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Am (x02210@1)  Am (x02210@1)You take it
AmWhy (x02210@1)take it?
GFast (320003@1)and ever
       F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)    DmIf (xx0231@1)you gave yourself a chance...

     C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          EmWell (022000@1)I don~t remember you from any of those books
                   C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1) EAshes (022100@1)to, ashes and six feet under faced down in a box
F (133211@1)              Em (022000@1)                  AmWhere~d (x02210@1)you ever learn to treat me like that?


F (133211@1)  Em (022000@1)  Am...

(the song fades out on these chords)



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