[Basic picking pattern]
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B|----------------x---------|
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D|-------x-----x-----x------|
A|-x------------------------|
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[Intro]
F
[Verse]
F C
Today, I climbed the highest mountain I have ever climbed
F C
And I turned to look at ruins I had left behind
F C F
And you, where were you so far, removed from any truth
Am Bb
I lost you, didn't I?
F
But first I think I lost myself
F C
Children, then and forever locked in a memory
F C
Holding that mirror searching for some kind of certainty
F C F
That you were just the same as everyone but you were wrong
Am Bb
And it hurt you, didn't it?
F
All you couldn't be
[Chorus]
F
Ruins
Bb
ohhh
F
Ruins
Bb
Ohhh
[Verse]
F C
I tried to hold onto some kind of dignity
F C
Too long, I waded through a vast and endless sea
F C F
Thinking I could find the secret there within
Am Bb
But I gave up, didn't I?
F
Seemed the only way
F C
Ruins, all the things we built assured that they would last
F C F
Standing amongst ticket stubs and written notes and photographs
C F
Where are you in here somewhere I cannot go
Am Bb
I am sorry, I am
F
But I don't take it back
[Bridge]
Bb F Bb F
And in the night I hear your voice sometimes but it quickly passes
Bb F Bb C
In dreams I saw what I had thought could be some kind of answer
Bb
You try and try and try until you cannot try no more
F
Captured in our own
[Chorus]
F
Ruins
Bb
Ohhh
F
Ruins
Bb
Ohhh
F
Ruins
N.C.
Ohhh
N.C.
Ruins
