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
CYou and I meet on the Cshores of the broken
CYou swallow the ocean, I swallow my Am7pride
COnly to see the Cway that I need You
Is Cmore than I knew I ever Am7could
Chorus 1
D7sus4In between the ashes and the flAm7ames
Is a D7suscry an awkward silence could never coAm7ntain
And the D7sus4falling of my hammers and the writhing of my pain
Is Cjust not as real as the way that You're calling my Cname C
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
D7sus4In between the ashes and the flAm7ames
There's a D7sus4song that burns brighter than radio waAm7ves
About thD7sus4e remnants of my idols and the shadow of my shame
About how they sCcatter like the rain and I can't stop crying
Cause You won't stop calling my Cname
Calling my Am7name, calling my nCame, up from the Am7ashes
Outro (end on C)
C - Am7 - G4 - Am7
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.
C C Am7 D7sus Am7 C *Am7 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.
If you have any input or corrections, check out my blog for more info and
let me know if you have any songs you need help with. God bless!