Jeffersons Torch chords by Johnny Flynn

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
 E MajorE               A augmentedA
I am born in the reeds, I'm an idea of magnitude
 E MajorE              B7B7
Giving birth to itself ad infinitum
 C# minorC#m              A augmentedA
I am Jefferson's torch in a bright, stellar majesty


Chorus:
  E MajorE          BB        A augmentedA
Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning
  C# minorC#m         BB         A augmentedA        E MajorE
Yes I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning for thee

Verse 2:
   E MajorE             A augmentedA
We were measured in the dark by timetabled tragedy
  E MajorE               BB
There's a real turn of age in disaster
   C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
Now I'm firing a well our politicians gave to ruin


Chorus:
 E MajorE          BB          A augmentedA
'Till I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning
  C# minorC#m         BB          A augmentedA      E MajorE
Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning for thee


Bridge:
  A augmentedA                        E MajorE
River run run run run run run run river through me
  A augmentedA
Through the mud mud mud mud mud
  C# minorC#m     BB        F# minorF#m
Let me feel, let me feel, let me feel you


Interlude:
E MajorE - BB - C# minorC#m - A augmentedA - F# minorF#m - E MajorE - BB

F# minorF#m - F# minorF#m - A augmentedA - A augmentedA - F# minorF#m - F# minorF#m - C# minorC#m - BB - F# minorF#m - F# minorF#m - A augmentedA - A augmentedA

Chorus:
   E MajorE          BB      A augmentedA
Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning
    C# minorC#m         BB       A augmentedA       E MajorE
Yes I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning for thee


Bridge:
  A augmentedA                       E MajorE
River run run run run run run run river through me
   A augmentedA
Through the mud mud mud mud mud
   C# minorC#m     BB         F# minorF#m
Let me feel, let me feel, let me feel you


Interlude 2:
E MajorE - BB - C# minorC#m - A augmentedA - F# minorF#m - E MajorE - BB


Verse 3:
    E MajorE                 A augmentedA
Now come out from your cups, find your love in the doorways
    E MajorE               BB
Have a care to fill the vessel of your heart
    C# minorC#m
Hold me tight through the storms
      A augmentedA
And the winds of revolution


Chorus:
     E MajorE       BB         A augmentedA
And always burning, oh he's burning, oh he's burning
      C# minorC#m      BB        A augmentedA
Oh he's burning, yes he's burning, oh he's burning
      C# minorC#m      BB         A augmentedA       E MajorE
Oh he's burning, yes he's burning, oh he's burning for thee


Interlude 3:
E MajorE - BB - C# minorC#m - A augmentedA - F# minorF#m - E MajorE - BB