Girls On Fire
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5 Hollywood Actors Who Are Into Metal
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
Key: A
To commemorate the amazing work of Greg Gilbert and Delays, on the anniversary of his passing away, this is
dedicated to his remaining family and the guys from Delays.
RIP Greg - your music, your voice and your lyrics live on with us.
PLEASE RATE THIS TAB, IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE, THANKS :-)
Intro / main riff ("bassline") 00:19
E F# A
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|--7---7---7---7--|--7---7---7---7--|--9---9---9---9--|-5---5---5---5---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Lead guitar slides in on 00:26
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------7/4>0~~~~~|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
plays it in double time:
E F# A
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
All through the build-up until 00:58.
[Chorus]
Guitar (from what I can see on the videos)
E F# A
e|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|--0----------|
B|-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-|--0--0--0--0-|
G|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|
D|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-| X2
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
Good to play along and sing along to chords:
E F# A
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-9-9-9~~~~~~9|-9-9--9-9-9-9|11-11--11-11-|-7-7--7-7-7-7| X2
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-7-7-7~~~~~~7|-7-7--7-7-7-7|9--9---9--9--|-5-5--5-5-5-5|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
[Verse]
"bassline"
A B G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-5--5---5--5-|--5--5--5--5-|-7--7--7--7--|-3--3--3--3--|
Chords:
A7 Bm G
e|-0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0-|-2--2--2--2--|-3--3--3--3--|
B|-0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
G|-2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2-|-4--4--4--4--|-0--0--0--0--|
D|-2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2-|-4--4--4--4--|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Well alright, alright, alright I'm
coming round today
Well alright, alright, alright I'm
coming round toda---ay
[Chorus]
Guitar
E F# A
e|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|--0----------|
B|-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-|--0--0--0--0-|
G|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|
D|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-| X2
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
Good to play along and sing along to chords:
E F# A
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-9-9-9~~~~~~9|-9-9--9-9-9-9|11-11--11-11-|-7-7--7-7-7-7| X2
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-7-7-7~~~~~~7|-7-7--7-7-7-7|9--9---9--9--|-5-5--5-5-5-5|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
[Verse]
"bassline"
A B G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-5--5---5--5-|--5--5--5--5-|-7--7--7--7--|-3--3--3--3--|
Chords:
A7 Bm G
e|-0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0-|-2--2--2--2--|-3--3--3--3--|
B|-0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|
G|-2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2-|-4--4--4--4--|-0--0--0--0--|
D|-2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2-|-4--4--4--4--|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Well alright, alright, alright There's
so much more to say
Well alright, alright, alright There's
so much more to sa-------ay
[Chorus]
Guitar
E F# A
e|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|--0----------|
B|-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-|--0--0--0--0-|
G|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|
D|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-| X2
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
Good to play along and sing along to chords:
E F# A
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-9-9-9~~~~~~9|-9-9--9-9-9-9|11-11--11-11-|-7-7--7-7-7-7| X2
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-7-7-7~~~~~~7|-7-7--7-7-7-7|9--9---9--9--|-5-5--5-5-5-5|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
[Bridge]
Coz
B A7 F# G G
e|----------|-0-0-0-0-|---------|---------|----------|---------|----------|---------|
B|----------|-0-0-0-0-|---------|---------|----------|---------|----------|---------|
G|-4--4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-|---------|---------|----------|---------|----------|---------|
D|-4--4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
A|-2--2-2-2-|---------|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|----------|---------|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|
we stayed out too long, playing in the sun, Fire in your eyes, Fire in your eyes
B A7 F#
Yeah we stayed out too long, playing in the sun
G G A D
e|----------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
B|----------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
G|----------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
D|-5~~~~~~~~|(5)~~~~~~|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-7~~~~~~~~|(7)~~~~~~|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5~~~~~~~~|(3)~~~~~~|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-7~~~~~~~~|(7)~~~~~~|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|-3~~~~~~~~|(3)~~~~~~|-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-|-5~~~~~~~~|(5)~~~~~~|---------|---------|
P.M.. . . . . . . Strum P.M.. . . . . . .
Fire in your eyes, fire, fire, fire, fi-yeare Ooooh fire, fire, fire, fi-
A D
e|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|----------|---------|---------|---------|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|
G|----------|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|
D|-7~~~~~~~~|(7)~~~~~~|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7~~~~~~~~|(7)~~~~~~|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|-5~~~~~~~~|(5)~~~~~~|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
strum P.M.. . . . . . . . . S . . . S . . . . S . . . S .
-yeare ooooh fire, fire, fire, fi-ye-------eeeeeeare oooooooooooooh,
D
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|
G|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|-----7---|
D|-5-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
P.M. . S . . . S . . . S . . . S .
yeeeeah the girl is on fi---------ire
[Solo]
A B G
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
G|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
(this part double time like the guitar intro)
A B G A
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|----------|
B|-14^15^14~~~~14~~~|14^15^14~~14^17^14|-14^15-17-17~~~~14|14^15^14~~~~~~~~/0|----------|----------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|----------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|----------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|-0~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------|----------|
B G A D
e|------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
B|------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
G|------------------|----------|----------|----------|-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7|
D|-------2-2p3p2p3~~|----------|-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7|
A|-0-2-4----~~~~~~~~|0~~~~~~~~~|-7-7-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7|-5-5-5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5|
E|------------------|----------|-5-5-5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5|----------|----------|
Woh a---ye Woooooah Wo---------------ow
[Chorus]
Guitar
E F# A
e|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|--0----------|
B|-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-|--0--0--0--0-|
G|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-|
D|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-| X2
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
Good to play along and sing along to chords:
E F# A
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-9-9-9~~~~~~9|-9-9--9-9-9-9|11-11--11-11-|-7-7--7-7-7-7| X2
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-7-7-7~~~~~~7|-7-7--7-7-7-7|9--9---9--9--|-5-5--5-5-5-5|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Ne---------ever thought I'd see her smile
Ye---------aah the girl is on fire
[Bridge]
Bass:
A Bm G A Bm G
Guitar:
A D A D
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|---------|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|---------|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
D|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-| REPEAT
A|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---------|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---------|---------|
Oooooh oooooh, fire, fire, fire, fi-yeare oooooooh fire, fire, fire,
[Outro]
A D A D A
e|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|
G|---------|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|---------|---------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|----------|
D|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|7~~~~~~~~~|
A|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|7~~~~~~~~~|
E|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---------|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-|---------|---------|5~~~~~~~~~|
Oooooh, it's in your eyes, savour Oooooh It's in your eyes, savour
Oooooh, it's in your eyes, savour Oooooh It's in your eye-ey-eyes,
It's in your eyes, It's in your eye-ey-eyes, it's in your eyes, It's in your eye-ey-eyes
It's in your eyes, your eyes, your eyes, eyes, eyes, eye----------------es
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[Legend]
| > Staccato
| g Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| ^ Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ let note ring
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How to play Girls On Fire
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.