Ruins chords by
First Aid Kit

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Key: F major

Verse 1
D D 
 
Today, I climb the highest
A A 
 
mountain I have ever climbed
D D 
 
A A 
 
And I turn, to look at ruins I had left behind
D D 
 
And you, where were you so
A A 
 
D D 
 
far removed from any truth

Verse 2

F#m

I lost you, didn't I?

First I think I lost myself

Verse 3
Children, then and forever
A A 
 
locked in a memory
D D 
 
Holdin' that mirror searching
A A 
 
for some kind of certainty
D D 
 
That you were just the same
A A 
 
D D 
 
as everyone but you were wrong

Verse 4

F#m

And it hurt you, didn't it?

All you couldn't be

Verse 5
D D 
 
Ruins
G G 
 
Oh oh oh oh oh
D D 
 
Ruins
Oh oh oh oh oh
G G 
 

Verse 6
D D 
 
A A 
 
I tried to hold on to some kind of dignity
D D 
 
Too long I waded through a
A A 
 
vast and endless sea
D D 
 
Thinking, I could find the
A A 
 
D D 
 
secret there within
F#m F#m 
 
But I gave  up,

Verse 7

didn't I?

It seemed the only way

Verse 8
D D 
 
Ruins, all the things we built
A A 
 
assured that they would last
D D 
 
A A 
 
Ending months ticket stubs and written
D D 
 
notes and photographs
A A 
 
Where are you and here
D D 
 
somewhere I cannot go

Verse 9

F#m

I'm sorry, I am

But I don't take it back

Verse 10
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
And in the night I hear your voice
G G 
 
D D 
 
Sometimes but it quickly passes
G G 
 
D D 
 
In dreams I saw what I  had thought
G G 
 
A A 
 
Could be some kind of answer
G G 
 
You try and try and try until you
cannot try no more
D D 
 
Captured in our own

Verse 11
D D 
 
Ruins
G G 
 
Oh oh oh oh oh
D D 
 
Ruins
G G 
 
Oh oh oh oh oh
D D 
 
Ruins
Bm Bm 
 
Oh oh oh oh oh
Ruins

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD A F#m G Bm

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