John Mark McMillan

Ashes And Flames

John Mark McMillan


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You and I meet
G
On the shores of the broken
D9
You swallow the ocean
F#m5+
I Swallow my pride
D9
Only to see
G
The way that I need you
D9
Is more than I knew
F#m5+
I ever could

A+                            G
In between the ashes and the flames
A+
Is a cry an awkward silence
G
Could never contain
A+
And the falling of my hammers

And the writhing of my pain
   G
Is just not as real as the way

That your calling my name

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D9
I cant help thinking
G
That the way that you want me
D9
And the ghost that haunts me
F#m5+
Are one and the same
D9
Cause you stand at my window
G
At night wile I'm sleeping
D9
There's not a promise I'm keeping
F#m5+
That could ever repay you

A+                            G
In between the ashes and the flames
A+
There's a song that burns brighter
G
Than Radio waves
A+
Bout the remnants of my Idols

And the shadow of my shame
               G
About how they scatter like the rain and I can't stop crying
                                   D5
Cause you wont stop calling my name
G5
Calling my name
B5                               E5
Calling my name up from the ashes


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