Ashes By Now Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays431

Ashes By Now by Rodney Crowell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Dm, C, C7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			G 
This morning is Monday   Where are you now? 
                                         Dm                      C 
Teasin' my memory  Teaching me how    to lay low   when I don't want to 
G 
Your love is elusive this I know now It's making me crazy Leaving me out 
        Dm                 C 
In the open  When I don't want to 
G                                                               C   G 
I don't know why  you do that to me   (really low, soft volumn)  go to lead 
G 
The moments of pleasures   Never do last 
Dm                   C    C7 
Are gone like a suitcase  full of your past    Long gone, and in a hurry 
 
CHORUS: 
Em                            G 
Baby, I can't go through this again    
                Em                              G 
I don't need to go down More then I've already been 
             Em                                 G 
Just like a wild fire  You're running all over town 
                Em                                  G 
As much as you burn me, baby  I should be ashes by now 
 
G 
The second street beggars  alone in they life 
 
Drunk on a sidewalk to hide from the night 
Dm                           C 
Like I am  They're just like I am 
 
chorus 
  
             Em                                  G 
Just like a wild fire  You're running all over town 
                Em                                 G 
As much as you burn me, baby  I should be ashes by now 
 
 
 
Ending :  Aaaaaahh       Aaaaaahh    Should be ashes by now    
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante