King Of Ashes

INTRO: Am  C  Am  D  Am

Am              C
I'm The King of Ashes
G                Am
Nothing from the flame survives
C           G
Hands can't turn the tides
               D
I have been consumed


        Am                     
And the road runs straight from 
 C       G
Tarsus
         Am
But I am mystified
C                G
I would you were by my side
          D
These are mortal wounds
                 Am      C
These are mortal wounds
     G         Am   C  G    D  Am
Yeah heh, yeah heh


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                C             G
And they cannot hear my plea
              Am
They will not play my tunes
C           G
Melodies in rented rooms
                 D     Am
Price for seeing true


                  C        G
But I can't court fashion
          Am        C
Let me be who I am
         G
Far from savage lands
            D
I will be renewed
       G    Am    G     Am  C  
I will be renew___ed, yeah
G  D  Am



            C      G
The King of Ashes
          Am         C
Whoever's by my side
           G
Across the great divide
    C     G         D    Am
And Mary, I'll love you


            C
The King of Ashes
G               Am        C
Hm, my heart is open wide
              G
I pray you're satisfied
         C        G     D
And it's all that I can do

                    Am  C        
E|t's| all that I can do--oo, 
  G          Am
E|yeah heh, yeah, yeah