Smoke And Ashes Chords by Tracy Chapman

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I _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ heard rumors, _ [E]
and I heard talk, _ _ [A] _
_ about the trail you [E] left, a _ broken house, _ [A] _ _
_ about the
sea of tears [E] to _ watch you cross, _ [A] _
but a little bad press hasn't [E] ever _ scared me off, _ _ [A] _
so I
burned up at the figure, [E]
I _ had to give me some of what [A] you got, _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ well I got a red hot
[E] heart, _ _ if the talk is true yours is [A] the same, _ and we should be [E] together, _ _ then our passions
stand to [A]
explain, _ _ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Getting before you, I [E] almost _ passed you by, _ _ [A] _
_ it was so cool and calm, [E] I thought my friends
had lied, but [A] I, got some good reserve, must have made you [E] _ wild and shy, _ _ [A] _
it was then _ _ _ [E] and
_ I had to give me some of what [A] you got.
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[A] Well, I got a red heart.
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_ _ If the talk is for yours is the [A] same.
_ _ And we should be [E] together.
_ _ Better pass each _ [A] other's fame.
_ Oh, yeah, yeah, [E] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, _ _ yeah.
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I thought I won your heart [E] when I held your _ hand in mine.
_ [A] I thought it was true love.
We _ [E] _
complimented each _ other.
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My right is your wrong.
When you're nothing, [E] I'm left with nothing.
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Your light and your heat [E] have all been [A] spent leaving only smoking ashes.
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_ _ _ Only smoking ashes, [A] _
baby.
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_ I've got a red heart.
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_ _ And your heart is blue.
So when you're [A] right, I say, let's fire down below.
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_ See, it's only smoking ashes, [A]
baby.
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I'm _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ crying all the _ time.
_ _ Salt is stinging [D] tears _ and mourning for the _ past.
_ _ Carbon [Am] dated years. _
But knowing now for certain _ that you were always [D] right. _ _
Because if a breeze could blow you _ _
[A] _ out of my [E] life,
it's only smoking ashes, baby.
Hey, [A] baby. _
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Only smoking ashes, [A] baby. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ I've got a red heart.
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And your heart is blue.
So when you're [A] right, I say, let's fire down below.
[E] _ _ See, it's only smoking [A] ashes, baby. _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ was blinded by devotion.
_ My unwavering love for [D] you.
_ So [A]
blinded [D] that I thought _ _ all [Am] your lies were true.
_ _ But now I know for certain, _ [C] _ _ since you've gone [Em] away,
[D] _ _ it was just a smoldering fire.
_ _ I miss it for a [E] blaze.
Only smoking ashes, baby.
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[E] _ _ _ _ your heart is blue [A] as the blood in [E] your veins.
_ _ Your heart is blue.
[A] _ I say, let's fire down [E] below.
_ See, it's only smoking _
[A] _ _ ashes, baby. _ _
[E] Only _ _ _ smoking [A] ashes, _ baby.
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_ _ _ Baby.
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_ _ _ Baby.
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_ _ _ Baby.
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_ _ _ Baby.
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_ _ Baby.
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_ _ Baby.
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_ Baby. Baby.
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Oh, baby. _ _ _ _ _
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