John Mark McMillan - Ashes and flames
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John Mark McMillan
Ashes and Flames
From "The Song Inside the Sounds of Breaking Down"
Tabbed by thatchadmiller (Twitter)
Drop D on acoustic (See chord shapes below)
Verse 1
DYou and I meet on the Gshores of the broken
DYou swallow the ocean, I swallow my Bm7pride
DOnly to see the Gway that I need You
Is Dmore than I knew I ever Bm7could
Chorus 1
A7sus4In between the ashes and the flEm7ames
Is a A7suscry an awkward silence could never coEm7ntain
And the A7sus4falling of my hammers and the writhing of my pain
Is Gjust not as real as the way that You're calling my Dname G
Verse 2
I can't help thinking that the way that You want me
And the ghost that haunts me are one and the same
Cause you stand at my window at night while I'm sleeping
There's not a promise I'm keeping that could ever repay You
Chorus 2
A7sus4In between the ashes and the flEm7ames
There's a A7sus4song that burns brighter than radio waEm7ves
About thA7sus4e remnants of my idols and the shadow of my shame
About how they sGcatter like the rain and I can't stop crying
Cause You won't stop calling my Dname
Calling my Bm7name, calling my nDame, up from the Em7ashes
Outro (end on D)
D - Bm7 - D4 - Em7
As I said above, he's playing this in drop D. Here's the way I play the
chords (and I'm pretty sure JMM is), but play them however sounds best for
you.
D G Bm7 A7sus Em7 D *Bm7 alternate position*
e|--0-----3-----2-----0-----0-----2-------0----------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------7----------------------------|
G|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-------0----------------------------|
D|--4-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-------0----------------------------|
A|--5-----5-----2-----0-----2-----0-------9----------------------------|
D|--0-----5-----x-----------2-----0-------9----------------------------|
Little slide interlude between C1 and V2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------10-12-12s13s12-------------------------------|
G|--9-11-11s12s11------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------0----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
The other slide parts correspond to the underlying the chords. Just play
and riff on it. If you really want it tabbed out, let me know.
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let me know if you have any songs you need help with. God bless!