Life Among The Ruins

Virgin Steele

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Key: 

[Intro]
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D|----|-----------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-| 
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E|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------| 

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[Verse 1]

E5                    C5          D5    B5  D5
Gunfire up in heaven, no religion here

E5                         C5                     D5    B5  D5
Raping your salvation, the last sound that you’ll hear

    E5
The snap of the noose, the crack of the whip

    C5                D5    B5  D5
The hangman’s face is torn

   E5                      C5              D5    B5  D5
In shameless crucifixion a savage nation’s born

  A5                     B5
Behold the new messiah, arising from the wound

   C5                D5
In rags of execution freedom is consumed

[Chorus 1]

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
    G5                      D5                C5     D5  A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade

    G5                      D5                C5
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

D5
Life among the ruins


[Intro repeat 1]
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E|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------| 

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G|-----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------| 
D|------------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-| 
A|-7-9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---| 
E|------------------------------|-------------------------| 


[Verse 2]

     E5                     C5               D5    B5  D5
I’ve lived among the ruins, walked among the dead

E5                         C5              D5    B5  D5
Loved among the wreckage beneath a flag of red

  E5
Communion of blood, so bitter the cup

  C5            D5    B5  D5
A union born of fear

   E5                      C5             D5    B5  D5
Creation and perdition – a world within a tear

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  A5                     B5
Behold the new messiah, arising from his bed

C5                 D5
Holier in silence, paler than the dead

[Chorus 2]

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
    G5                      D5                C5     D5  A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade

    G5                      D5                C5
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

D5
Life among the ruins


[Intro repeat 2]
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D|----|-----------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-| 
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E|----|-----------------------------|-------------------------| 

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B|------------------------------|-------------------------| 
G|-----7-6-7---------7-6-7------|-----7-6-7---------------| 
D|------------------------------|-----------7-5-7-5-4---4-| 
A|-7-9---------7---9---------7--|--9------------------5---| 
E|------------------------------|-------------------------| 


[Guitar solo 1 rhythm]
E5 C5 D5 B5 D5 x4

A5 B5 C5 D5

[Chorus 3]

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
    G5                      D5                C5     D5  A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade

  G5               D5               C5     D5
I challenge you to love my bride of pain


[Instrumental 1]
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D|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----|-----7---------7-----7---7-8-----| 
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 

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E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 

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[Bridge]

         Dm                  Bb
With the dying sun of autumn bathing us in gold

   Dm                           Bb
We walk the desolation, hand in hand against the cold

      Dm                          Bb
While rampant runs the reaper all through the barren plains

     Dm                           Bb
With scythe in hand he reaches to harvest the last remains

   C                         Gm              E/G#     Am
In agony you stumble, with a curse upon your lips you die


[Guitar solo 2]
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   C#dim                     G#9
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G|-12~~------12-13-13b(15)-|-13b(15)~~----13-12-13~~------| 
D|-------------------------|------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------|------------------------------| 
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   Gdim                      F#dim                    Fm
E|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------| 
B|--------12--14~~---------|------------------------|---------------| 
G|-12~~--------------12~~--|-11~~---9--------11~~---|-10~~----------| 
D|-------------------------|-----------10~~---------|---------------| 
A|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------| 
E|-------------------------|------------------------|---------------| 


[Instrumental 2]
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[Chorus 4]

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
    G5                      D5                C5     D5  A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
    G5                      D5                C5     D5  A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade
    G5                      D5                C5     D5  A(root note only)
I’m down on my knees in the dark in the fiery reign

G5        D5              A5      C5  D5
You are a rose, you are a blade

G5                   D5                 C5
Bare your breast and save this child of pain

D5
Life among the ruins


[Other]
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Song details

Composition: David Defeis

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