Smoke and Ashes Chords & Lyrics by Tracy Chapman
Smoke and Ashes
guitar chords lyrics
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I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk
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About the trail you'd left of broken hearts
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About the sea of tears too wide to cross
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But a little bad press has never scared me off
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So I burned a path to figure out
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How to get me some of what you got
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I've got a red hot heart
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If the talk is true yours is the same
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And we should be together
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And let our passions fan love's flame
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When I looked for you I almost passed you by
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You were so cool and calm
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I thought my friends had lied
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But I thought so much reserve must make you wild inside
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It was there and then that I knew
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I had to get some of what you got
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I've got a red hot heart
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If the talk is true yours is the same
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And we should be together
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And let our passions fan love's flame
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I thought I'd won your heart when I held you hand //
in mine //
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I thought it was true love the way we complemented //
... each other
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But my right is your wrong
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And when you're right then I'm left //
...with nothing
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Your light and your heat have all been spent...
Leaving only smoke and ashes
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Only smoke and ashes baby
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I've got a red hot heart
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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
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I say there's fire down below
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You say it's only smoke and ashes baby
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I'm crying all the time
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Salty stinging tears
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And mourning for the past carbon-dated years
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But knowing now for certain that you were always right
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Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
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It's only smoke and ashes baby
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Only smoke and ashes baby
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I've got a red hot heart
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And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
