First Aid Kit – Ruins Chord Progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

First Aid Kit – Ruins Chord Progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

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This is the chord progression of Ruins by First Aid Kit on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F

[Verse]
F C
Today, I climbed the highest mountain I have ever climbed
F C
And I turned, to look at ruins I had left behind
F C F
And you, where were you so far removed from any truth?
Am Bb
I lost you, didn’t I?
F
First I think I lost myself

F C
Children, then and forever locked in a memory
F C
Oh then, that mirror searching for some kind of certainty
F C F
That you, were just the same as everyone but you were wrong
Am Bb
And it hurt you, didn’t it?
F
All you couldn’t be

[Chorus]
F
Ruins
Bb
Ohhh
F
Ruins
Bb
Ohhh

[Verse]
F C
I tried, to hold onto some kind of dignity
F C
Too long, I waded through a vast and endless sea
F C F
Thinking, I could find the secret there within
Am Bb
But I gave up, didn’t I?
F
Seemed the only way

F C
Ruins, all the things we built assured that they would last
F C F
Standing, on ticket stubs and written notes and photographs
C F
Where are you, and here somewhere I cannot go
Am Bb
I am sorry, I am
F
But I won’t take it back

[Bridge]
Bb F Bb F
And in the night I hear your voice sometimes but it quickly passes
Bb F Bb C
In dreams I saw what I had thought could be some kind of answer
Bb
You try and try and try until you cannot try no more
F
Captured in our own

[Chorus]
F
Ruins
Bb
Ohhh
F
Ruins
Bb
Ohhh
F
Ruins
No chords
Ohhh
No chords
Ruins

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How to play Ruins: key, chords and progression

Ruins by First Aid Kit is written in F major (one flat: B♭) and moves through 4 chords: F, C, Am and Bb.

Most of the song cycles through F – C – F – Am (I – V – I – iii in F major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – doh – mi. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, A, F#m, G (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F

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Ruins chords: questions

What key is Ruins in?

Ruins by First Aid Kit is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in Ruins?

Ruins uses 4 chords: F, C, Am, Bb.

What is the chord progression of Ruins?

The main progression is F – C – F – Am (I – V – I – iii).

Is Ruins easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, A, F#m, G (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo).

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