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Date: 8/8/2000 From: DJ
To: Majicat
Ruins by Cat Stevens 1972
Intro
D/F# G ( Gadd9)
E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-------3------3------3------3----|-------3------3------3------3----|
G |-------2------2------2------2----|-------0------0------0------2----|
D |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|(x8)
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |----2------2------2------2-------|----3------3------3------3-------|
Verse 1
D/F# G D/F# G
It's so quiet in the ruins, walking through the old town,
D/F# G D/F# G
Stones crumbling under my feet, I see smoke for miles around,
D/F# G D/F# G
Oh it's enough to make you weep, all that remains of the main street,
D/F# G D/F# G
Up in the park on Sunday, dogs chasing, and the children played,
F C F C A
Old man with his head down, can't see nothing more a-round…, no!
Chorus 1
D/F# G D/F# G
But he remembers how it used to be, back in the old days,
Dsus4 G Em
So nice to see you coming back in this town a-gain,
C G
It's nice to see a friendly face come peeping through,
A
Having tea in the afternoon,
Dsus4 G Em C G A
So nice to see you coming back in this town a-gain
Intro (x3)
Verse 2
D/F# G D/F# G
Ah, but it's all changed, Winter turned on Man,
D/F# G D/F# G
Came down one day when no one was looking, & it stole away the land,
D/F# G D/F# G
People running scared, losing hands, dodging shadows of falling sand,
D/F# G D/F# G
Buildings standing like empty shells, & no-body helping no one else,
F C F C A
Young child with his hands high, ain't able to see no reason why…, no!
Verse 3
D/F# G D/F# G
But he remembers how it used to be,
Dsus4 G Em
So nice to see you coming back in this town a-gain,
C G
It's nice to see a friendly face come peeping through,
A
You better know what you're going through, now!
Verse 4
A B7 D
You came back to find your home is a black horizon,
E7 A B7
That you don't recognise, evil destruction has taken everything,
D E7 A
You'd better walk on the side, while you're still walking,
B7 D
Just keep on walking on down the street,
E7 A
Keep your distance from the people you meet,
B7 D
Oh, Lord, and you'd better watch your eyes, 'cause, if smoke gets in them,
E7
Baby, you won't rise again!
Dsus4 G Em C G A
So nice to see you coming back in this town a-gain!
Intro (x4)
Verse 5
D/F# G D/F# G
Where's it leading to? Freedom at what cost?
D/F# G D/F# G
People needing more , and more, and it's all getting lost,
D/F# G D/F# G
I want back ! I want back !
D/F# G
Back to the times when the Earth was green,
D/F# G
There was no high walls , and the sea was clean !
F C F C A D/F# G D
Don't stop that sun to shine, it's not yours or mine…, no!
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Chords:
D/F# G F C A Dsus4 Em
2x0232 320033 133211 032010 x02220 xx0233 022000
B7 D E7
x212020 xx0232 022130
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