Frank Black
Song: In the Time of My Ruin
Album: Fast Man Raider Man
Tabbed by: ProverbialCereal

[intro chords]

F  Dm  Bb  (x4)

[verse]

F       Dm         Bb
 In the time of my ruin
F 
 At the museum I met a curator
F           Dm                      Bb
 She was so nice, I thought I would date her
F        Dm              Bb
 I was a hawk and I just flew in


[verse 2] - same F-Dm-Bb chord progression

e-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G----5------------2---------------3---
D--3------------0---------------3-----
A-------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------
     In the time   of my ruin
     I did not know you would be created
     Now every day I am elated
     Cuz you never know what is brewing

[CHORUS]
F     C       Gm
 Some pain is good
Bb                        F  C
 Sometimes its good to be blind
F     C          Gm
 Some pain feels good
Ab                                         G
 That’s the pain that’s just the right kind

[BREAK]

 F  Dm  Bb (x4)

[VERSE] -  F-Dm-Bb
 You didn’t know I was a shoe-in
 And you didn’t know it was my hour
 And you didn’t know that I had the power

F       Dm         Bb 
 In the time of my ruin  (x4)

[CHORUS]
F     C       Gm
 Some pain is good
Bb                        F  C
 Sometimes its good to be blind
F     C          Gm
 Some pain feels good
Ab                                       Cadd9
 That’s the pain that’s just the right kind


[OUTRO]
Db        Ab            Bb  Bbm
  They’re caving in the roof
       Fm           Bb   F
 It is falling all around
Db   Ab              Bb  Bbm
 The floor is going, too
                Fm             Bb  F
 Soon I will be falling on down


 (repeat OUTRO several times)

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recommended chord formations:

e--4-------1----0---0---1-------1---1---3---3---
B--4---3---2----1---3---3---6---1---1---3---3---
G--5---3---3----0---0---2---6---2---1---4---3---
D--6---3---3----2---2---0---6---3---3---5---5---
A--6---1---1----3---3-------4---3---3---5---5---
E--4----------------------------1---1---3---3---
   Ab  Bb  Bbm  C   C+9 Dm  Db  F   Fm  G   Gm