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Ashes to Ashes Chords

Music by: Blind Guardian
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[Intro 1]
[A5][Dm][G5][G5][G5]
[F#5][Eb][F#5][G5]
[G5][A][Am][C][Bb]
[Am][C][Bb][Am][Em][Eb][Eb5][Em][Eb][A5][A][A5][E][E5][Eb]
[C][Eb]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Taste the [A]poison[Am]
Feel that this is [A]life[Am]
Hallowed be the [C]game[Dm][F][Am]
Of life and [Bb]innocence[F]
God's waiting [Em]for him
[E]Joi[Am]n us [A5]at[Am]
[A5]the [Bb]road to [F]fate
There are [Em]two paths
[F]Feel [Eb]the pain
Which steps into his life
[F]Agony[Eb]
[A]He'll be cruci[Am]fied
[F]Death [Eb]awaits
Knocking at his door
[F]Agony[Eb][A][Am][C][Dm][Am][Eb]
Leave [Am]him[Eb][Dm][G5]
[F][Eb][Dm][G5][F][Eb]
The [Dm]clock will [F]strike the [C]end
Hell or [Am]heaven
[G5]Refl[Dm]ect and fade[F]
away
[C][Am][C]

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Ashes to [F]ashes, [Am]dust to [C]dust
The [Dm]life clock strikes and [F]you obey
Like [Am]a candle [F]lig[Am]ht
[C]that fad[Dm]es
Ashes to [F]ashes, [Am]dust to [C]dust
When [Dm]the life clock strikes [F]you obey
Time isn't here [Am]to stay
[Dm]Ashes to [F]ashes, [Am]dust to [C]dust
The life [Dm]clock strikes and [F]you obey
A [Am]light shows [C]the right [Dm]way

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][Dm][Am]
[Bb][Gm][G5][Am][G5][Am][Bb][G5][Bb]
[G5]

[Verse 3]
[A]Morn[Am]ing is w[F]hispering
[Dm]in my he[Am]ad
Too [F]late to say [Dm]goodbye
Too [Em]late[E][Em]
[Am]The last breath's [F]done
De[Dm]liverance and [Am]all
[F]He's born to [Dm]find his [Em]end[E]
[Am]I am[A] the[Am] one[Dm][C]
The [Dm]one [Em]who's [F]call[Dm]ing
[Am]Obey my cal[C]l[Em]
[Dm]to the c[G5]emetery
And [Am]don't be [C]afraid
To [Em]step into [G5]the dark
Be [Am]sure that my [C]voice
will take you [Em]home[G5][G]

[Verse 4]
[Dm]Ashes to [F]ashes, dust [Am]to du[C]st
The [Dm]life clock strikes and [F]you obey
Like a candle [C]light that fades
[Dm]Ashes to [F]ashes, [Am]dust to [C]dust
When [Dm]the life clock strikes [F]you obey
[Dm]Time is[Am]n't h[Dm]ere [Am]to
[Dm]stay[G5][Dm][G5][Em]
[E5]Ashes to a[Dm]shes,[G5] dust[Dm] to [G5]dust[Em][E5]

[Interlude 2]
[Em][Bb][Dm][Bb][G5][Am][Dm][Bb][G5][Am][Em][Eb]
[Eb5][Eb][G5][Eb][C]
[G5][Gm][G5][Eb][F][E][Em][E][G][G5][Eb]
[C][E][G][G5][Eb][C][Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am][Dm][Am]

[Verse 5]
No hope he'd [Bb]waited so [F]long
This can't be [Em]God's will
[Am]He surrendered l[Bb]ong ag[F]o
There was no [Em]real [E]chance
[Am]Ashes to [C]ashes, and [Em]dust will be [G5]dust
[Am]Ashes to [C]ashes, you [Em]all will be [G5]dust a[Dm]gain[Am]
[Bb]

[Interlude 3]
[G][G5][Am][Dm][Bb][F][G5][Am]

[Verse 6]
The [Dm]clock has [F]struck the [C]end
Up to [Am]heaven
[G5]Re f[Dm]lexions fa[F]de away
[C][Am][Bb][C]

[Verse 7]
[Dm]Ashes to [F]ashes, [Am]dust [F]to [Am]dust[C]
The [Dm]life clock strikes and [F]you obey
Like a [Am]candle [F]lig[C]ht that fad[Dm]es
Ashes to [F]ashes, [Am]dust to [C]dust
When [Dm]the life clock strikes [F]you obey
[Am]Time isn't here to [Dm]stay
Ashes to [F]ashes, [Am]dust to [C]dust
The [Dm]life clock strikes and [F]you obey
[Am]Light shows [C]the right [Dm]way

[Verse 8]
[Dm]
Taste the poison
Feel that this is life
Hallowed be the game!
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