The Fire
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Intro C Am F
C Am F
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em G Am
Em Eb
C G Eb
F G Bb
F G Am Eb
Verso 1
C Am
One day in spring, it was gym class
F
That was the only class Shane passed
Pré-Refrão
Em G Am
He was scaling the rope
Em G Am
Some cool kid cracked a joke
Em G Am
Oh man, he was mad, it was like his ears smoked
[Refrão]
F C
And I saw Shane, and everyone was pushing him
F Em Dm
And you could really feel his pain
And then before you knew it
F
All of a sudden there were these flames
C
A fire started in the school
F C Dm
That took a hundred lives away
Verso 2
C Am
Life is real tough when your parents
F
Don't want you
C Am
Life can be tough when your girlfriend
F
Don't want you
Pré-Refrão
Em G Am
Daisy was his last hope
Em G Am
But she thought Shane a big joke
Em G Am
"Well we'll see who's the big joke when
Em G Am
That school goes up in smoke!"
[Refrão]
F C
And I saw Shane, and everyone was pushing him
F Em Dm
And you could really feel his pain
And it was right then
F
You started to see these, like, flames
C
A fire started in the school
F C Dm
That took a hundred lives away
Ponte
Bm F
And oh whoa when he struck the match
C
To make the big payback he said
G
"Shananananananana"
F
He thought, "We're all so wrong"
C
And he cried alone and he went
G
"Shananananananana"
F
And the girl and the kids
C
And all that his parents did, he said
G
"Shananananananana"
F
Ooh he thought, "We're all so wrong"
C
And with this he'd finally have won and baby now
G
"Shananananananana" Oh no no
F C
But it increased the pain, poor poor Shane
G
"Shananananananana"
F C
Poor poor Shane, poor poor Shane
G
"Shananananananana"
F C
But it increased the pain, poor poor Shane
G
"Shananananananana"
F C G
And he ran and he and he ran
F C
And he ran and he ran
G
And he ran
F C
He increased their pain
G
"Shananananananana"
F C
And the kids and all that his family did
G
Just to increase the pain
F
And then he ran away
( C Am F )
C Am F
Life is can be tough when you're
C Am F
Life, life is so tough when no one wants you
C G Am C
Life is real tough when just about no one at all wants you
How to play The Fire
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. 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.