Feeding The Fire chords by Genesis

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

Bb Am F C Dm C
Dm Bb C Dm Gm C Am C



🎸 Verse 1:

    Dm
You are terrified
    Bb C  Dm Gm C Am C
By the smallest sound
      Dm
Because you live your life
      Bb C  Dm  Gm C Am C
In such a sheltered world
    Bb       Am
As do those who surround you
      Dm
Well I have seen you stung
  Bb  C  Dm Gm C Am C
By poisonous flies
     Dm
And you suffer
        Bb C  Dm  Gm C Dm
Much too much from their bites
 C    Bb      Am
There you sit in your comfort
 F
Watching other people
   C        Bb C Dm
Get caught by the storm

🎸 Bridge:

Am        Gm
Many a thing that used to be a secret
Am            Gm
Has become so talked about not worth a second thought
     Bb             C  Dm
There's different kinds of secrets now
Am      Gm
Times change
it's not enough to say
Am          Gm
 It seemed a good idea a hundred years ago
Bb             C
 You think it's not your problem
  Bb             C  Dm
It really doesn't matter at all

🎸 Verse 2:

    Dm
Every stone that's thrown
   Bb  C   Dm   Gm C Am C
Must fall to the ground
       Dm
But you don't give a thought
       Bb  C  Dm Gm C Dm
To where they might come down
 C    Bb     Am
You are feeding the fire
 F          C    Bb C Dm
Over which you'll be roasted

🎸 Bridge:

Am
 Anywhere
Gm
 That they don't speak the same
Am
 In any place
Gm
  That they don't think the same
Bb             C      Bb  C
 You think it's not your problem no no

🎸 Solo:

F Bb C Bb C Dm       x2
Bb C Bb C
F Bb C Bb C Dm       x2

🎸 Bridge:

Bb             C
 You think it's not your problem
Bb              C  Dm Am Dm
 It really doesn't matter at all

🎸 Verse 3:

      Dm
Maybe it's not your fate
     Bb  C Dm  Gm C Am C
To be a leader of men
       Dm
But you just leave it all
      Bb    C  Dm Gm C Dm C
To someone else and complain
     Bb      Am
You could be so much stronger
F             C   Dm C
But it really doesn't matter any longer
       Bb     Am
Cause you're feeding the fire
F           C   Dm C
Over which you'll be roasted
       Bb     Am
Cause you're feeding the fire
F           C   Dm C Bb
Over which you'll be roasted