Chords for My City of Ruins (Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006)

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This is a song I originally [Eb] wrote for my adopted [Bb] hometown, _ [Gm] Asbury Park, which [Eb] _ [Ebm] is [Bb] going through its own _ _
[Eb] _ very difficult [Bbm] time in [Gm] large parts, a lot like parts of New Orleans.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ _ And, but it's working hard.
_ _ _ _ It's working hard. _
So I want to sing this and dedicate it to _ [Eb] _ _ people in the city of New Orleans.
[Bb] Here's the song.
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[Bb] There's a blood [Gm] red circle _ on the [Eb] cold dark [Bb] ground, _ and the rain [G] is falling _ down.
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The church door's thrown [Gm] open, _ I can hear the [Eb] organ [Bb] song, _ but the _ _ _ [Gm] congregation's gone. _
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ My city [Bb] of ruin, _ _ _ _
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my city of ruin. _ _ _
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_ _ Now the sweet bells of [Gm]
mercy drift through [Eb] the evening _ _
[Bb] trees, young men on the corner like [G]
scattered _ _ _ [Eb] leaves. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] The boarded up [Gm] windows, _ _ the [Eb]
empty [Bb] streets, _ _ while my brother's down on his [C] _ _ [Eb] _
knees.
_ _ My city [Bb] of ruin, [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ my city of ruin. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ Come on [Eb] rise _ _ up, come [F] on _ [Bb] rise _ _ _
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[Gm] up.
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[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Now there's tears on [Gm] the pillow _ where [Eb] we slept
_ _ _ And you took my [Dm] heart [Gm] when you [Bb] left _ [Eb] _
Without _ _ _ your [Bb]
sweet kiss my [Gm] soul _ is [Eb] lost,
my friend _ Tell me how do [Dm] I [Gm] begin again? _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ My city's [Bb] in ruin, _ [Gm] _ my _
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city's in ruin _ [Gm] _ _ Now _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
with _ [Gm] these hands, _
_ [Eb] with [Bb] these _ hands,
_ With these _ hands, _ [Eb] with these [Bb] hands I pray Lord
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ I pray for the strength _ _ [Gm] Lord _ _
_ _ [Eb] And _ [Bb] I pray for faith Lord
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_ _ [Eb] _ And I [Gm] pray [Bb] to give me hope _ [Gm] Lord _ _
_ _ [Eb] And [Bb] I pray for the strength Lord
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_ _ [Eb] And _ [Bb] I _ pray for love _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] Lord _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ And I _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] pray, _ [Bb] and _ _ _ I _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] pray, _ _ and I [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] pray,
And I _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] pray _ [Bb] _ for _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] faith Lord
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ Rise Up! _
Come [F] on!
_ [Bb] Rise Up! _
Come on, [Eb] Rise _ Up! _
_ _ [F] Rise _ [Bb] Up!
Come on, Rise Up! _
[C] Come on, [F] _ Rise [Bb] Up! _
Come on, _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[F] Rise _ [Eb] Up! _ _ _ _
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