Dancing In The Fire tab by Melissa Etheridge

Tabs

From the Practice Tape #1 bootleg. There is also a slightly different
version (with saxaphone) on the Being Sensitive & Melissa Madness
bootlegs.


This is in G, 4/4 time at 120 beats per minute.


[intro]:
  E minorEm     E minor 7Em7  C majorC        D MajorD
e -|----0-----------|---0--------0---|----*0-h2-------|---2--0h2-------|
BB -|----------------|--------3----3--|----3------3-3--|----3------3-3--|
G+G -|----------------|----5-------5-5-|--2---------2---|-----2------2---|
D MajorD -|------------0---|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
A augmentedA -|--2-----2-------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4

  E minorEm        CsusCsus       D MajorD
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|---------0h2----|
BB -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|------3-----3-3-|
G+G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|----2--------2--|
D MajorD -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|---0------------|
A augmentedA -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4


[picked verse]...

the guitar pretty much follows this pattern for every line in the verse,
with some variation of the picking and hammer-ons in the last bar of
D(sus9).

  E minorEm        CsusCsus       D MajorD         D MajorD
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|-----0---2------|
BB -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|--0h3-----3---3-|
G+G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|------------2---|
D MajorD -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|----------------|
A augmentedA -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4

  E minorEm           C majorC            D MajorD
  I think my heart was designed ...

[chorus]:
  B minorBm                C9C9
e -|--------2*------|-----------2----|--------0*------|--------0*------|
BB -|----3-----3---3-|------3-----3-3-|---3-3-----(3)--|---3-------3-3--|
G+G -|4-----------4---|----4--------4--|----0-------(0)-|----0-------0---|
D MajorD -|4---------------|--4-------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA -|----------------|2---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
E MajorE -|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
&it ri-ses      hi----gher and  ...

  B minorBm
e -|-----------------2-----------2---|-----------------2---------------|
BB -|----------------3---3------------|----------------3-----3-------3--|
G+G -|--------4-----------4-----4------|--------4------------------4-----|
D MajorD -|------------------------4--------|----4--------------------4-------|
A augmentedA -|2--------------------------------|2--------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
this fil---thy   heat            ...

  C9C9
e -|-------------------------0*------|-----------------0---------------|
BB -|-----------------3--------------3|------------0--------3-------0---|
G+G -|--------0------------------------|--------0----------------0-------|
D MajorD -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
A augmentedA -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
  sky - - y - - - ...

  B minorBm
e -|2---------------2---------------2|2--------------------------------|
BB -|----3----------------3------3----|----3--------------------3-------|
G+G -|--------4----------------4-------|--------4------------4-------4---|
D MajorD -|---------------------------------|-----------------4---------------|
A augmentedA -|2---------------2---------------2|---------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
 feel like I'm  going  ...

  C9C9
e -|-----0-----------0---------------|-----------------0---------------|
BB -|--------1---3--------------------|-----------------------3p1-------|
G+G -|---------------------------------|--------0------------------------|
D MajorD -|-------------------------------2-|----2----------------------------|
A augmentedA -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
  fire                           ...

  E minorEm                D MajorD
e -|-------------0-------------------|-------------0*-h2---------------|
BB -|--------0--------0-------0-------|--------3------------------------|
G+G -|----0----------------0-----0-----|----2----------------------------|
D MajorD -|2--------------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A augmentedA -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
  on - - ly   here  to    ...

  C majorC                 D MajorD
e -|---------------------------------|----------------0h2--------------|
BB -|-----------------3-----1---1-----|---------------------------------|
G+G -|--------0----------------0-------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD -|----2----------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A augmentedA -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
 moun- - tains   I   ...

 [strummed verse]
  E minorEm        C majorC        D MajorD   Ds9 D MajorD   D MajorD  4 9 D MajorD  ++
e -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-0--2-2m--|2--23m-0--2-2m--|
BB -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|1--11m-1--1-1m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|
G+G -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|
D MajorD -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|
A augmentedA -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4

  E minorEm         C majorC           D MajorD
so love is spent      dancing ...

  E minor 7Em7       D MajorD        E minor 7Em7
e -|--------0-------|------0-2-------|--------0*------|--------0-------|
BB -|----3-----3-0h3p0----3-----------|-------3*-(3)---|----------3-----|
G+G -|----------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D MajorD -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A augmentedA -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E MajorE -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
  aaaaashes from dancing ...

  C majorC        D MajorD     *
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|
BB -|-----------31h3-|----------------|
G+G -|----0-----------|----------------|
D MajorD -|--2-------------|0*--------------|
A augmentedA -|3---------------|----------------|
E MajorE -|----------------|----------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
  ashes

[picked verse]
   E minorEm            C majorC            D MajorD
   I think my eyes  were made       ...


[chorus]:
    B minorBm        C majorC
so it rises higher ...
      B minorBm            C majorC
like this filthy heat ...
    B minorBm                C majorC
and I think I'm going mad ...
      E minorEm      D MajorD
as if I'm only ...
      C majorC         D MajorD
there are mountains ...

[strummed verse]
  E minorEm        C majorC          D MajorD  ++
so love is spent  ...

  E minor 7Em7       D MajorD        E minor 7Em7
e -|-----------0----|------0-2-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
BB -|-----------0----|----3-----------|-------3--(3)---|----------2-----|
G+G -|0---------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D MajorD -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A augmentedA -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E MajorE -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
  aaaaashes from dancing ...

  C majorC        D MajorD     *   E minorEm        E minorEm
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|--000----0------|--000----0------|
BB -|-----------31h3-|----------------|0-000----0------|0-000----0------|
G+G -|----0-----------|----------------|0-000--0-0----x-|0-000--0-0------|
D MajorD -|--2-------------|0*--------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
A augmentedA -|3---------------|----------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
E MajorE -|----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
  aaaaaashes from ...


[bridge- same strumming pattern as strummed verse]:

C majorC          E minorEm
and the voices ...
C majorC              E minorEm
and the air's too thick ...

  D MajorD                 C majorC
e -|---------------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
BB -|-----------------3------3-3------|-----------------------1---1-----|
G+G -|--------2----------------2-------|-----------------0-------0-------|
D MajorD -|0--------------------------------|--------2------------------------|
A augmentedA -|---------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
  lie awake          and wait  ...

  G+G                 G+G
e -|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
BB -|-------------------0-------------|---------------------3---0---3---|
G+G -|---------------------------------|------------0--------------------|
D MajorD -|--------0----------------0h2p0---|--------0------------------------|
A augmentedA -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
E MajorE -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
 power

  C majorC                 C9C9
e -|-----------------0---------------|0----------------0---------------|
BB -|------------------------1-1------|----3------------------3---3-----|
G+G -|--------0----------------0-------|--------0----------------0-------|
D MajorD -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E MajorE -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
  d y i n g                   ...

  G+G                 D MajorD
e -|-----------------3---------------|-------------0---2-[let ring]----|
BB -|---------------------3---0---3---|--------3------------------------|
G+G -|-------------0-------------------|----2----------------------------|
D MajorD -|--------0------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A augmentedA -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1    2    3    4    1    2    3    4
 sleep                [atempo] [slow it down, this bar]


[picked verse]
     E minorEm            C majorC         D MajorD
     I think my lifetime was stolen   from a ....

[chorus]
    B minorBm        C majorC
so it rises higher ...
      B minorBm           C majorC
like this filthy heat above ...
  B minorBm                C majorC
I think I'm going mad ...
      E minorEm      D MajorD
as if I'm only ...
      C majorC       D MajorD
there are lovers ...

[strummed verse]
   E minorEm        C majorC           D MajorD
so love is spent   dancing  in  ...

E minorEm     D MajorD       E minorEm    E minorEm
ashes from dancing ...
C majorC      D MajorD       E minorEm    E minorEm
ashes from dancing in the ....


*******************

[Chords/melody for the vocal] :


crd E minorEm           C majorC            D MajorD    D MajorD
bts 1    2  3    4  1   2  3    4   123 4 1 2 3 4
e---0---0----0--0-----0--0--0------------------------0---------------
B---------------------------------3---3----3---1----3-3--------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  I think my heart was ...

crd  E minorEm           C majorC         D MajorD    D MajorD
bts  1   2  3  4    1  2   3  4  1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-0---3----2-0----0--------------------------------------------------
B------------------3-------3---3--------3---3---0--------------------
G-------------------------------------------------2------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
 to turn inside ou-ut  and ...

crd  E minorEm      C majorC          D MajorD     D MajorD
bts  1 2 3  4  1  2  3  4   1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4
e-----0-0--0-----0--0---------------------0--------------------------
B--3-------------------3------3---1-----3----3-----------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
 it loses all ...

crd E minorEm          C majorC            D MajorD      D MajorD
bts 1    2 3 4   1   2   3  4    1 2  3 4 1 2 3 4
e---3---2-----0-0----------------------------------------------------
B-----------------3------0-------------------------------------------
G---------------------------2--0-----------------0--2----------------
D---------------------------------------------2----------------------
  so the  desired  loo-oo-...

crd  B minorBm       B minorBm          C majorC     C majorC
bts  1  2  3 4  1   2  3  4   1 2 3 4 1 2 3  4
e-----------------------0----------------------0---------------------
B-0-1--3---0-------------------3-----1------3------------------1-----
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
 & it ri-ses      hi----gher ...

crd   B minorBm       B minorBm        C majorC      C majorC
bts   1 2  3  4  1 2 3    4  1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4
e---------------------------0----------0-----------------------------
B----3---3--3---3-------3---------3--3------0------------------------
G---------------------------------------------2-0--------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  this filthy heat   ab--ove ...

crd   B minorBm            B minorBm          C majorC    C majorC
bts   1    2  3   4  1 2  3   4    1 2 3 4 1 2 3
e--------------------------------------0----------------0------------
B--0-1--3----3---3----3-0--3--------------3---3---1---3--------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  & I feel like I'm going ...

crd     E minorEm      D MajorD         C majorC        D MajorD
bts 4    1 2 3  4  1 2 3  4    1  2  3 4  1 2 34
e---------------------------------3----3---3---3----3--3-----0-------
B-0-3---0---3-3--3---3---0-------------------------------------3-----
G---------------------------2----------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
 as if I'm only here to pro-ove ...


crd E minorEm         C majorC             D MajorD     D MajorD
bts 1  2  3  4  1   2  3    4   1 2  3 4 1 2 3 4
e----0----------------------------0----------------------------------
B-3------3----3----------------------3---3---0---3-0-----------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
 so love is spent        ...

crd E minorEm         C majorC         D MajorD       D MajorD
bts 1    2  3 4  1  2  3  4  1 2  3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0---0---0----0---------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------1----3----3---3----0-------------------------
G--------------------------------------------2-----------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  too high the cost  and too ...

crd  E minorEm         C majorC            D MajorD     D MajorD
bts  1  2   3  4  1  2 3      4  1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4
e------0---------------0---------------------------------------------
B--3--------3-----3-----3-------------------0---3--3----0------------
G----------------------------------------------------2---------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
 and all that's left fo-...

crd E minorEm       D MajorD       E minorEm     E minorEm
bts 1 2  3  4  1 2 3   4  1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------
  aaash-es from da-...

crd C majorC        D MajorD
bts 1 2  3  4  1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------3----------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  aaash-es


[the melody for this verse is pretty much the same as "I think my heart
was designed to fade and lose color.....", except where shown]

            B--3---0-3-----
            G-----------2--
I think my eyes were ...


interpreting lovers will call what they ....

of the reflection they see is ....
[last line uses same melody as 2nd line]


so it rises higher and ....

so love is spent dancing in the ....

crd E minorEm       D MajorD       E minorEm     E minorEm
bts 1 2  3  4  1 2 3   4  1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------
  aaash-es from da-....

crd C majorC       D MajorD       E minorEm       E minorEm
bts 1 2  3  4 1 2 3  4  1 2  3  4  1 2 3 4
e---0--------------0------2--2----3-0--------------------------------
B---------3----3------3----------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  aaash-es from ...


crd C majorC          C majorC       E minorEm     E minorEm
bts 1  2  3    4  1 2 3  4   1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------------0---3----5--3----0-----3--0-------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
        and the voices ....

crd C majorC           C majorC         E minorEm      E minorEm
bts 1  2  3    4  1   2  3  4  1 2  3 4 1 2 3
e----------------0---3----5-----3----3---0----3----------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
        and the air's too ...

crd     D MajorD         C majorC          G+G     G+G
bts 4    1 2  3 4    1  2   3  4  1 2  3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------0-----0------------0--------------------------------------
B---1---3------3----------3--------3---1---3--3----3-0---------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
 still I lie awake   and wait for ...

crd C majorC      C majorC          G+G      D MajorD
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2    3  4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4
e----0---------------------------------------------------------------
B----------3------------------------0--------------------------------
G----------------------0---2---0-------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  dy - ing     for ...[atempo]


I think my lifetime was ....["I think..."
the one where they are trying ....melody again]
but the prisoner is always one ...
and everyone's running trying ....
[4th line uses melody from 2nd line]

so it rises higher and ....

e -3---3---3--3--3---3----5----- [different melody this time]
there are ....


so love is spent dancing in ....

crd E minorEm       D MajorD       E minorEm     E minorEm
bts 1 2  3  4  1 2 3   4  1 2 3  4 1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------
  aaash-es from da-...

crd C majorC       D MajorD        E minorEm       E minorEm
bts 1 2  3  4 1 2 3   4  1 2  3  4  1 2 3 4
e---0--------------0---------------------0---------------------------
B---------3----3------3-------3---3---3------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
  aaash-es from ...

crd C majorC       D MajorD         E minorEm       E minorEm
bts 1 2  3  4 1 2 3    4  1 2  3  4  1 2 3 4
e----32------------0-------------------------------------------------
B---------3---3-----3---------------0--------------------------------
G-----------------------2----2--0-------0----------------------------
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------
  aaash-es from da-ancing ...
crd C majorC       D MajorD       E minorEm       E minorEm
bts 1 2  3  4 1 2 3  4  1 2  3  4  1 2 3 4
e---0---------------------------------------------------------------
B----------3---------------------0----------------------------------
G------------------2----2----0--------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
  oooo  ooo  ooo  ...


* in this tab means accent this note (hit it hard or better still, pick
the string by -hooking it away- from the body of the guitar then letting
it go)

++ note the strumming of the D(xx0232), the Dsus4(xx0233) and
Dsus9(xx0230)

"m" in the strummed verses means strum it hard and then mute the strings
with your strumming hand *immediately* after you have strummed it, to
give a percussive sound

 -x- is strum, but mute at the neck *as* you strum it

h is a hammer on
p is a pull off


enjoy

Nic

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