Glorious Ruins (Acoustic) - chords and lyrics

Here's another one of those songs recently searched out on my Songbook blog enough times for me to go finding out what it's all about. I quite enjoyed the acoustic version the best.
If you have the song downloaded and want to play along - then slap your capo on the 4th fret.
No capo? then the chords will still work just as well for you sing to.

Glorious Ruins (Acoustic) - chords and lyrics

Capo 4

D
When the mountains fall
            A                                Bm         G
And the tempest roars - You are with me
            D
When creation folds
           A                             Bm         G
Still my soul will soar on Your mercy
     Bm
I'll walk through the fire
            G
With my head lifted up (high)
           D                            A
And my spirit revived in Your story
             Bm
And I'll look to the cross
          G
As my failure is lost
         D                            A
In the light of Your glorious grace
                              D
Let the ruins come to life
                              G
In the beauty of Your name
                          D
Rising up from the ashes
                       A
God forever You reign
                              Bm
And my soul will find refuge
                               G
In the shadow of Your wings
                        D
I will love You forever
                      A
And forever I'll sing
              D
When the world caves in
           A                             Bm         G
Still my hope will cling to Your promise
               D
When my courage ends
           A                                   Bm         G
Let my heart find strength in Your presence
     Bm
And I'll walk through the fire
            G
With my head lifted up (high)
           D                            A
And my spirit revived in Your story
             Bm
I'll look to the cross
          G
As my failure is lost
         D                            A
In the light of Your glorious grace
                              D
Let the ruins come to life
                              G
In the beauty of Your name
                          D
Rising up from the ashes
                       A
God forever You reign
                              Bm
And my soul will find refuge
                               G
In the shadow of Your wings
                        D
I will love You forever
                      A
And forever I'll sing

Wo oh oh Oh... (repeated playing chords below)
D - G - D - A - Bm - G - D - A 

                              D
Let the ruins come to life
                              G
In the beauty of Your name
                          D
Rising up from the ashes
                       A
God forever You reign
                              Bm
And my soul will find refuge
                               G
In the shadow of Your wings
                        D
I will love You forever
                      A
And forever I'll sing

Counting Stars by OneRepublic - chords and lyrics

A work colleague of mine told me about this song by OneRepublic the other day - and ever since I've been trying it out with my gheetaah. Maybe I'll add a YouTube clip when I finally master the high notes of Counting Stars. In the meantime, here are the chords and lyrics (lyrics as they sound to me) for you to play along with.

Counting Stars

First thing: Capo on 4

Am                  C
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                                            F
Drea_ming about the things that we could be
Am                        C
But baby - I've been, I've been praying (playing) hard
G
Sitting no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars, yeah we'll be counting stars
Am - C - G - F (twice)
              Am
I see this life - like a swinging vine
C
Swing my heart across the line
G
In my face is flashing signs
F
Seek it out and ye shall find
Am 
Oh (old) but I'm not that old
C
Young but I'm not that bold
G
I don't think the world is sold
F
I'm just doing what we're told
Am C                      G
I_I feel something so right
                      F
(but) Doing the wrong thing
Am C                      G
I_I feel something so wrong
             F
Doing the right thing
F
I could_ lie, could_ lie, could_ lie
F
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
Am                  C
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                                            F
Drea_ming about the things that we could be
Am                        C
But baby - I've been, I've been praying hard
G
Sitting no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am                  C
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                                            F
Drea_ming about the things that we could be
Am                        C
But baby - I've been, I've been praying hard
G
Sitting no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
Am - C - G - F 
             Am
I feel the love and I feel it burn
C
Down this river - every turn
G
Hope is a four letter word
F
Make that money - watch it burn
Am 
Oh (old) but I'm not that old
C
Young but I'm not that bold
G
And I don't think the world is sold
F
I'm just doing what we're told

        Am C                      G
(and) I_I feel something so wrong
                     F
(for) Doing the right thing
F
I could_ lie, could_ lie, could_ lie
F
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly
Am                  C
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                                            F
Drea_ming about the things that we could be
Am                        C
But baby - I've been, I've been praying hard
G
Sitting no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am                  C
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                                            F
Drea_ming about the things that we could be
Am                        C
But baby - I've been, I've been praying hard
G
Sitting no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars

...clapping...
...Oh Oh Ohh...

Am                                                                        )
Take that money - watch it burn                                > repeat 4x
Sing (sink) in the river - the lessons I've (are) learned  )

F                    Dm
Everything that kills me - makes me feel alive
Am                  C
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                                            F
Drea_ming about the things that we could be
Am                        C
But baby - I've been, I've been praying hard
G
Sitting no more counting dollars
F
We'll be counting stars
Am                  C
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
G                                            F
Drea_ming about the things that we could be
Am                        C
But baby - I've been, I've been praying hard
G
Sitting no more counting dollars
F
We'll be, we'll be counting stars
Am
Take that money watch it burn
C
Sing in the river - the lessons I've learned
G
Take that money watch it burn
F
Sing in the river - the lessons I've learned
Am
Take that money watch it burn
C
Sing in the river - the lessons I've learned
G
Take that money watch it burn
F
   Sing in the river - the lessons I've learned


There you go - hope you have fun playing this - enjoy

Summer Of My Dreams Ft chords lyrics

In this hemisphere it's winter, so whilst I was thinking of summer days and memories, this song came to mind...

The Summer of My Dreams

In the D shade of this old G tree 
In A7 the summer of my D dreams 
By the Bm tall grass, by the A wild rose 
Where G the trees dance, and the A7 wind blows 
As D the days go oh-so-A7- G slowly 
As A7 the sun shines oh-so-D holy 
On the D good and gracious G green 
In the D summer A7 of my D dreams 

By the D banks of this old G stream 
In the A7 summer of my D dreams 
By the Bm deep pool, where the A fish wait 
For the G old fool with the A7 wrong bait 
There's a D field of purple A7- G clover 
There's a A7 small cloud passing D over 
And then the rain comes washing G clean 
In the D summer A7 of my D dreams 

See the F# raindrops on the Bm grass now 
Just like F# diamonds lying Bm there 
By the E old road where I A pass now 
There's a E twilight in the A A7air... 
And as D the sun sets down A7 before me 
I see my A7 true love waiting for D me 
Standing by D the back porch G screen 
In the D summer A7 of my D dreams 

In the D shade of this old G tree 
In A7 the summer of my D dreams 
By the Bm tall grass, by the A wild rose 
Where the G trees dance, and the A7 beans grow 
As D the days go oh-so- A7 slowly 
As the A7 sun shines oh-so- D holy 
On the D good and gracious green 
In the summer A7 of my dreams 
In the D summer A7 of my D dreams