Ashes Chords
by Ben Harper
Ashes by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, C#m, D2, B and C#sus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
guitar tuned 1/2 step Higher (or capo on the first fret)
Couplet:
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A D A
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
E D A
that's what has become of our love and trust.
A D A
Love has no direction cause love has no aim
E D A
love can leave you as fast as she came
E A
Meeting is such sweet sorrow
C#m D
cause someday we may have to part
D2 B C#m C#sus2 C#m
hush don't you make a sound
B D A
you're gonna let me down
Couplet:
Good things come to those who wait
but good things are gone from those who are late.
All that I am is all I can give
but with or without you my life I must live
chorus
(instrumental verse)
Living ain't easy
since you've been gone
no one else can please me
or make me feel home
Forgetting ain't easy
you stay on my mind
thoughts of us haunt me
can't leave them behind
chorus