Fire Woman chords by The Cult

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: DmDm

Major and minor chords can be played as just power chords.

C5/B x255xx
G/BG/B  x254xx
D/F#D/F# 254xxx


Intro Tab:
  Let ring
  G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5           Fsus2Fsus2 C majorC   D5D5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|
BB|-------------3---|(3)--------------|-------------3---|(3)--------------|
G+G|-----0-----0-2---|(2)--------------|-----0-----0-2---|(2)--------------|
D MajorD|---0-----0---0---|(0)--------------|---3-----2---0---|(0)--------------|
A augmentedA|-------3---------|-----------------|-3-----3---------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5           G5G5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|(3)--------------|
BB|-------------3---|(3)--------------|-3---------------|(3)--------------|
G+G|-----0-----0-2---|(2)--------------|-0---------------|(0)--------------|
D MajorD|---0-----0---0---|(0)--------------|-0---------------|(0)--------------|
A augmentedA|-------3---------|-----------------|-x---------------|(x)--------------|
E MajorE|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|(3)--------------|

Riff/Melody Tab:

e|------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
BB|------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
G+G|--5-7-|/10~----7~----5-7-|/10~----7~----5-7-|/10~----7~---/12---|-10-9-5-5~----5-7-|
D MajorD|------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|


e|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
BB|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
G+G|/10~----7~----5-7-|/10~----7~----5-7-|/10~----7~---/12---|-10-9-5-5~--------|
D MajorD|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|


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| /  Slide up into note
| ~  Vibrato
| (n) Hold note over bar line
| x  Mute string

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Intro:

|G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5 |(D5D5)   |Fsus2Fsus2 C majorC  D5D5 |(D5D5)   |
|G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5 |(D5D5)   |G5G5      |(G5G5)   |

|G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5 |(D5D5)   |Fsus2Fsus2 C majorC  D5D5 |(D5D5)   |
|G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5 |(D5D5)   |G5G5      |(G5G5)   |G5G5    |G5G5    |
(bass plays D MajorD pedal on first 6 bars of this part)


Riff/Melody:

DmDm   C majorC    C5/B   C majorC       G+G
             Shake, shake, shake, shake
DmDm   C majorC    C5/B   C majorC  G+G
it, yay!


Verse:

DmDm           C majorC         C5/B
Wound up, can't sleep, can't do anything right, little honey
C majorC          DmDm      C majorC  C5/B        C majorC
 Oh, since I set my eyes on you,  I tell you the truth


Pre-chorus:

  G+G   DmDm            FF         G+G
T-t-t-t-t-twisting like a flame in a slow dance baby,
FF               DmDm       FF  DmDm   G+G   FF
You're driving me crazy, come on little honey,  come on now


Chorus:

  DmDm   C majorC      G+G        C majorC
Fi-ire...-re...-re-re-re, smoke she is a rising
  DmDm    FF        G+G      C majorC
Fi-ire, yeah  smoke on the horizon, well
  DmDm   C majorC      G+G        C majorC
Fi-ire...-re...-re-re-re, smoke she is a rising
  DmDm   FF      G+G       C majorC
Fi-ire   oh, smokestack lightning, smokestack lightning


Solo 1:

DmDm   C majorC    C5/B   C majorC  G+G
DmDm   C majorC    C5/B   C majorC   G+G
             Well now

Verse:

DmDm      C majorC               C5/B
  Shaken up, you're to blame, you've got me sweatin' little honey
C majorC           DmDm       C majorC   C5/B   C majorC G+G
 My heart's a ball of burnin' flame,  oh, yes it is


Pre-chorus:

DmDm           FF        G+G  FF
Twisting like a cat on a hot tin shack,   Lord have mercy,
   DmDm        FF    DmDm   G+G     FF
Come on little sister,  come on and shake it


Chorus:

  DmDm   C majorC      G+G        C majorC
Fi-ire...-re...-re-re-re, smoke she is a rising
  DmDm   FF        G+G    C majorC
Fi-ire   oh, smoke on the horizon, yeah
  DmDm   C majorC      G+G        C majorC
Fi-ire...-re...-re-re-re, smoke she is a rising
  DmDm   FF      G+G        C majorC
Fi-ire   oh, smokestack lightning, baby


Solo 2:

DmDm   C majorC    G/BG/B   C majorC
DmDm   C majorC    G/BG/B   C majorC


Bridge:

G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5
         mm, I was thinking
Fsus2Fsus2 C majorC   D5D5
         what I've been missing
G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5            G5G5
         I'll tell you truthfully, well

G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5           (Fsus2Fsus2)
         She's coming close now,
Fsus2Fsus2 C majorC   D5D5
         Oh, I can feel her,
G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5             G5G5
         She's getting close to me,
     A augmentedA
And I never

Freak-out Section:
(A augmentedA)   G+G    A augmentedA    G+G
 A augmentedA    G+G    D/F#D/F#  G+G


Chorus:

  DmDm   C majorC      G+G        C majorC
Fi-ire...-re...-re-re-re, smoke she is a rising
  DmDm   FF        G+G     C majorC
Fi-ire   oh, smoke on the horizon
  DmDm   C majorC      G+G        C majorC
Fi-ire...-re...-re-re-re, smoke she is a risin', risin', risin'
  DmDm   FF      G+G       C majorC
Fi-ire     smokestack lightning  Ja-ja-ja-ja-ja-jow!

DmDm         C majorC       G+G       C majorC
  Burnin' out and shake it baby,  come on and burn it
DmDm           FF             G+G           C majorC
 Send down fire to me, say send down fire to me, say send down fire to me, yeah
DmDm      C majorC        G+G          C majorC
  Fire woman, you're to blame  Fire woman, you're to blame
DmDm      FF        G+G          C majorC     DmDm
  Fire woman, you're to blame  Fire woman, you're to blame


Outro:

|G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5 |(D5D5)   |G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5 |(D5D5)   |
|G5G5  Csus2Csus2 D5D5 |(D5D5)   |
(fade out)

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