Smoke And Ashes Chords by Tracy Chapman

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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] I _ _ _ [A] _ heard rumors [E]
I'd hurt all
[A] About the trail you'd [E] left Broken hearts
[A] _ About the sea of [E] tears Too wide to cross
[A] _ No bad press has [E] ever Scared me all
[A] _ I've learned a path to [E] figure out How to give me some of [A] what you got
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_ _ _ [A] _ I've got a red hot [E] heart If the talk is true yours [A] is the same
And we should be [E] together And let our passions find [A] a swing
Oh yeah yeah [E] yeah yeah yeah yeah When _ [A] I look for you I [E] almost
Passed you by [A] You were so cool and [E] calm
I thought my friends had a lot [A] But I got so much reserve
Let's [E] make it more wild inside
[A] So then and then [E] that I knew You had to give me some of [A] what you got
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_ _ _ [A] _ I've got a red hot [E] heart If the talk is true [A] yours is the same
And we should be [E] together And let our passions find [A] a swing
Oh yeah yeah yeah [E] yeah yeah yeah yeah
Thought _ [A] I won your heart when I [E] held your hand
In my [A] eyes I thought it was true love
[E] The way we complimented each other
[A] My right is your wrong when you're [E] right behind us
But nothing, [A] your light and your heat have [E] all been spent
Leaving only smoking [A] ashes
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_ smoking [A] ashes baby
_ [E] I've _ _ _ [A] _ got a red hot [E] heart And your heart is bruised and [A] burning veins
I say there's [E] fire down below
I say it's only smoking [A] ashes baby
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_ _ _ [Am] _ I'm crying all the time Salted stinging tears
And mourning for the past
[G] Cognitive [Am] years And knowing now for certain
You were always right Because if the breeze could blow [D] you
[Am] Out of [E] my life It's only smoking ashes baby
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Hey [E] babe Only _ _ _ smoking ashes [A] baby
[E] I've _ _ _ _ [A] _
got a red [E] hot heart And your heart is bruised [A] and burning veins
I say there's [B] fire down [E] below
I say it's only smoking [A] ashes baby
I [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
was blinded by devotion My unwavering love for [D] you
So blinded that I thought [Am] All your lies were true
But now I know for certain Since you've [Am] gone away
It was just a small [D] dream fire A mystical [E] abyss
Only smoking ashes baby Hey [A] babe
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_ [A] _ got a red hot [E] heart And your heart is blue [A] as the blood in your [E] veins
Your heart is blue [A] I say there's fire [B] down [E] below
I say it's only smoking [A] ashes baby
[E] Only Only [A] smoking ashes baby _ [E] Baby _ _
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