Ruins chords by
Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Yusuf / Cat Stevens

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Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It's so quiet in the
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ruins walking though the old town
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Stones crumbling under my feet I see
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smoke for miles around
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Oh it's enough to make you weep,
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all that remains of the main street
Up in the park on Sunday,
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dogs chasing and the children played
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Old man with his head down,
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can't see nothing more around, no
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Verse 2
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But he remembers how it used to be,
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back in the old days,
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So nice to see you coming
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back in this town again
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It's nice to see a friendly face come
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peeping through having tea
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In the afternoon, so nice to see you coming back
Interlude 1
in this town again
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Verse 3
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Ah but it's all changed winter
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turned on a man
Came down on day when no-
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one was looking and it
Stole away the land,
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people running scared, losing hands
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Dodging shadows of falling sand,
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buildings standing like empty shells
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And nobody...helping no- one else
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Young child with his hands high,
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ain't able to see no reason why, no
Verse 4
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But he remembers how it used to be,
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back in the old days,
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So nice to see you coming
back in this town again
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It's nice to see a friendly face
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come peeping through
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You'd better know what
you're going through now
You came back here to find your
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home is a black horizon
Verse 5
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That you don't recognize,
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evil destruction has taken everything
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You'd better walk on the side
while you're still walking
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Just keep on walking on down
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the street keep your distance
From the people you meet.
Verse 6
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Oh Lord and you'd better
watch your eyes
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'Cause if smoke gets in them,
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baby you won't rise again.
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Where's it leading to
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freedom at what cost
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People needing more and more
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and it's all getting lost
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I want back, I want back
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Back to the time when the
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earth was green
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And there was no high walls
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and the sea was clean
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Don't stop that sun to shine,
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it's not yours or mine, no.
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