Tracy Chapman - Smoke and Ashes: chords

A                   E
I'd heard rumors and I'd heard talk
A                             E
About the trail you'd left of broken hearts
A                           E
About the sea of tears too wide to cross
A                                E
But a little bad press has never scared me off
A                            E
So I burned a path to figure out
                                A  E
How to get me some of what you got

Chorus:
A
I've got a red hot heart
        E
If the talk is true yours is the same
A
And we should be together
E                                 A
And let our passions fan love's flame,
                         E
(oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

When I looked for you I almost passed you by
You were so cool and calm
I thought my friends had lied
But I thought so much reserve must
make you wild inside
It was there and then that I knew
I had to get some of what you got

Chorus

I thought I'd won your heart when
I held you hand in mine
I thought it was true love
the way we complemented each other
My right is your when you're right then
I'm left with nothing
Your light and your heat have all been spent
Leaving only smoke and ashes
Only smoke and ashes, baby

Chorus:
I've got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
I say: "There's fire down below"
You say: "It's only smoke and ashes, baby"

Am7
I'm crying all the time, salty stinging tears
D7
And mourning for the past carbon-dated years
Am7
But knowing now for certain that
you were always right
D7
Because if a breeze could blow you out of my life
     E                       A E
It's only smoke and ashes baby
                        A E
Only smoke and ashes baby

I've got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
I say: "There's fire down below"
You say: "It's only smoke and ashes, baby"

I was blinded by devotion
My unwavering love for you
So blinded that I thought all your lies were true
But now I know for certain since you've gone away
It was just a smoldering fire I mistook for a blaze
Only smoke and ashes, baby

Chorus:
I've got a red hot heart
And your heart's as blue as the blood in your veins
(Your heart's as blue)
I say: "There's fire down below"
You say: "It's only smoke and ashes, baby"
(Only)
Only smoke and ashes, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby...