Chords for Mark Heard - 1 - Rise From The Ruins - Dry Bones Dance (1990)

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_ ain't [D#m] nobody asked to be [F#] born. _
There ain't nobody wishes [C#] to die.
_ [F#] [D#m] And everybody whiles [B] away in time.
[D#m] Sworn to rise [C#] from the ruins [F#] by and by.
_ _ _ _ _ The _ _ _ _ _ engines [F#] are thrown in with progress.
But the pistons are pounding [C#] out time.
[F#] And it's you and me caught [B] in this juggernaut jump.
[D#m] Left to rise [C#] from the ruins [F#] down the line.
_ Yeah.
But we [B] will roll like those [F#] Chevrolet.
The [B] roads are ruined, it's something [F#] to see. _
[B] Hang on to the wheel [F#] for the highway to help.
Need [D#m] chauffeurs with the powers [C#] that be.
Go [F#] and tell all your friends and relations. _
Go and say what ain't easy [C#] to say.
Go [F#] and give them some hope that [B] we might rock this boat
and [D#m] rise [C#] from the ruins [F#] one day. _ _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _
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Was you [B] ever trying to carry water [F#] in a vat?
You [B] ever trying to carry fire in [F#] your hand?
You [B] ever trying to take all the weight [F#] of the everyday freight
till [D#m] you finally can do [C#] what you stand?
_ _ _ _ [F#] Why so alien one on the earth?
Why so downcast and [C#] desperately sad?
We [F#] can walk, we can talk, [B] we ain't got pillars of salt.
[D#m] We will rise [C#] from the ruins [F#] while we can.
We [D#m] will rise [C#] from the ruins [F#] while we can.
Oh, [D#m] we will rise [C#m] from the ruins [F#] while we can.
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