Artist: Tom Russell
[INTRO]
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[VERSE 1]
There [D]once was a man who thought [G]love was warm
Hell, [D]stop me if you've heard this [A]story before
He had a [D]purple heart, but who's [G]keeping score
There's a [D]lot of purple hearts in the [A]purple heart store
He was a [G]commandant, now he's a [A]penitent
On Ash [D]Wednesday [G] [D] [A]
[VERSE 2]
There [D]once was a woman, a [G]pretty young thing
She [D]sold her soul for a [A]diamond ring
She [D]heard about love in a [G]magazine
Saw it [D]every Friday night on a [A]movie screen
She was a [G]debutante, now she's a [A]penitent
On Ash [D]Wednesday [G] [D] [A]
[VERSE 3]
They're both [D]love sick, they're [A]love tired
They [D]strayed a little close to the [G]edge of the fire
Their [D]hands got burned and their [A]eyebrows singed
They're [D]walking down the streets of o[G]blivion
They got [D]holes in their pockets, [A]holes in their minds
They're [D]holy people in an [G]unholy time
[Bm]Heading for the church at the [A]end of the line
Ash [G]Wednesday [A] [Bm]
[CHORUS]
See them hanging out in [F#m]every lonely place [Em]
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
But they've got [G]ashes on their[A] face
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [G] [A] [Bm]
[CHORUS]
See them hanging out in [F#m]every lonely place [Em]
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
But they've got [G]ashes on their[A] face
[VERSE 4]
We're all [D]love sick, we're love [A]tired
We [D]strayed a little close to the [G]edge of the fire
Our [D]hands got burned and our [A]eyebrows singed
We're [D]walking down the streets of o[G]blivion
We got [D]holes in our pockets, [A]holes in our minds
We're [D]holy people in an [G]unholy time
[Bm]Heading for the church at the [A]end of the line
[OUTRO]
Ash [G]Wednesday
Yeah, Ash [D]Wednesday
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [G]
[VERSE 1]
There [D]once was a man who thought [G]love was warm
Hell, [D]stop me if you've heard this [A]story before
He had a [D]purple heart, but who's [G]keeping score
There's a [D]lot of purple hearts in the [A]purple heart store
He was a [G]commandant, now he's a [A]penitent
On Ash [D]Wednesday [G] [D] [A]
[VERSE 2]
There [D]once was a woman, a [G]pretty young thing
She [D]sold her soul for a [A]diamond ring
She [D]heard about love in a [G]magazine
Saw it [D]every Friday night on a [A]movie screen
She was a [G]debutante, now she's a [A]penitent
On Ash [D]Wednesday [G] [D] [A]
[VERSE 3]
They're both [D]love sick, they're [A]love tired
They [D]strayed a little close to the [G]edge of the fire
Their [D]hands got burned and their [A]eyebrows singed
They're [D]walking down the streets of o[G]blivion
They got [D]holes in their pockets, [A]holes in their minds
They're [D]holy people in an [G]unholy time
[Bm]Heading for the church at the [A]end of the line
Ash [G]Wednesday [A] [Bm]
[CHORUS]
See them hanging out in [F#m]every lonely place [Em]
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
But they've got [G]ashes on their[A] face
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [A] [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [G] [A] [Bm]
[CHORUS]
See them hanging out in [F#m]every lonely place [Em]
They'll tell you love can't hurt them now
But they've got [G]ashes on their[A] face
[VERSE 4]
We're all [D]love sick, we're love [A]tired
We [D]strayed a little close to the [G]edge of the fire
Our [D]hands got burned and our [A]eyebrows singed
We're [D]walking down the streets of o[G]blivion
We got [D]holes in our pockets, [A]holes in our minds
We're [D]holy people in an [G]unholy time
[Bm]Heading for the church at the [A]end of the line
[OUTRO]
Ash [G]Wednesday
Yeah, Ash [D]Wednesday
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