Ashes

title : ashes & fire artist : ryan adams album : ashes & fire transcribed by : johan sigurdson ( johan . sigurdson@gmail . com ) # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # standard tuning , capo on 3rd , all chords relative to this . fig 1 ( repeated ) : E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B - - - 0 - 0 - 0h2p0 - - - | G - - - 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 - | D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E - - 3 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - | Intro : G ( fig 1 ) 1st Verse : C G ( fig 1 ) as he stood past the fire , C G ( fig 1 ) his hunger to leave well it gnawed his poor heart alive , Em C G D her skin smelled like black cherry , blossom perfume , the sail boats they all sailed C G ( fig 1 ) and a river she cried . 2nd Verse : and the wind was suddenly sweeter  than roosevelt pine , the windows broke out and the cigarette smoke was drifting by , the bums on the bowery were swallowed in the lights as cars rumbled by in the night screaming run for your life . Chorus : Em C G ( fig 1 ) with cool and silvery eyes Em C G ( fig 1 ) and a heart that was fit for desire Em C G C G C D drowned in a river of tears oh a river  she cried left her with a heart C G ( fig 1 ) made of ashes and fire . Em , C , G x2 Em , C , G , C , G , C , D C , G ( fig 1 ) 3rd Verse : one day there was a silence and it washed through the town , and there was no reason to speak so no one made a sound , her eyes were indigo and the cats were all calico and the sail boats they all sailed by . . . and a river she cried . Chorus : with cool and silvery eyes and a heart that was fit for desire drowned in a river of tears oh a river  she cried left her with a heart made of ashes and fire . C G ashes and fire C G ashes and fire C G ashes and fire ( end on A G )