View Guitar Chords for Ashes and flames - chords ver. 1
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 1DYou 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 Bm7couldChorus 1A7sus4In 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 GVerse 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 2A7sus4In 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 Em7ashesOutro (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. 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!