The Fire tab by The Lemon Twigs

Tabs

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

**Note: at the end of the intro, use bar chords for FF (1st fret),G,Am,D# and etc...
 Especially when you play the final F,D#,Bb, play your FF starting on the 8th fret. It'll just make
 things easier.**


Intro:

  C majorC        A minorAm           FF        C majorC           A minorAm       FF

e|-----------------------------------------------------------9^-8--------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------9^-7---------------------------------------|
G+G|-7^-9-7-5------5-7--7^-5---5----------5-7-7^-9-7-5-7-7/9-5-----------9-7-5-7/9-7-5---7^-5--------5-7^-9-7-5|
D MajorD|-----------5h7-----------7---5p7-7--7----------------------------------------------7------7--5h7-----------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E minorEm    G+G       A minorAm     E minorEm    G+G      A minorAm

e|---------------------------|   e|---------------------------------|
BB|-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-15/17|   BB|-12-12-12-15-15-15-15-17^-17^-17^|
G+G|---------------------------|   G+G|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------|   D MajorD|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------| x3 A augmentedA|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|   E MajorE|---------------------------------|

E minorEm C majorC C#C# D#D#        E minorEm C majorC C#C# D#D#       E minorEm C majorC C#C# D#D#      E minorEm C majorC C#C# D#D#

     e|----------|      e|----------|      e|--------|      e|---------|
     BB|-13/15-13-|      BB|-13/15-13-|      BB|-13^-16-|      BB|-13/15-13|
     G+G|----------|      G+G|----------|      G+G|--------|      G+G|---------|
     D MajorD|----------|      D MajorD|----------|      D MajorD|--------|      D MajorD|---------|
     A augmentedA|----------|      A augmentedA|----------|      A augmentedA|--------|      A augmentedA|---------|
     E MajorE|----------|      E MajorE|----------|      E MajorE|--------|      E MajorE|---------|


  FF    G+G   A minorAm  D#D#    FF    G+G   A minorAm  Bb majorBb

E MajorE|-----------------------|  e|-----------------------|
BB|-12-13-12-15-15-13-8-6-|  BB|-12-13-12-15-15-13-8-6-|
G+G|-----------------------|  G+G|-----------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------|  D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------|  A augmentedA|-----------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------|  E MajorE|-----------------------|

  FF    G+G   A minorAm  FF D#D# Bb majorBb

e|----------------------------|
BB|-12-13-12-15-15-13-8-6--4--3|
G+G|----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|

Verse 1:
C majorC             A minorAm
One day in spring, it was gym class
       FF
That was the only class Shane passed


Pre-Chorus 1:

  E minorEm     G+G         A minorAm
  He was   scaling the    rope
e|----------------------------------|
BB|-12--12--12--15--15--15--15--15/17|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|

  E minorEm     G+G         A minorAm
  Some cool  kid cracked a   joke
e|----------------------------------|
BB|-12--12--12--15--15--15--15--15/17|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|

  E minorEm     G+G         A minorAm
  Oh man,   he was mad, its... smoked
e|----------------------------------|
BB|-12--12--12--15--15--15--15--15/17|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|


Chorus:
     FF            C majorC
And I saw Shane, and everyone was pushing him
       FF   E minorEm    DmDm
And you could really feel his pain

And then before you knew it
                 FF
All of a sudden there were these flames
        C majorC
A augmentedA fire started in the school
      FF    C majorC   DmDm
That took a hundred lives away


Verse 2:
C majorC              A minorAm
Life is real tough when your parents
   FF
Don't want you
C majorC              A minorAm
Life can be tough when your girlfriend
   FF
Don't want you


Pre-Chorus 2:

  E minorEm     G+G         A minorAm
  Daisy    was his last    hope

e|----------------------------------|
BB|-12--12--12--15--15--15--15--15/17|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|

  E minorEm     G+G         A minorAm
  But she... Shane a big    joke

e|----------------------------------|
BB|-12--12--12--15--15--15--15--15/17|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|

 E minorEm      G+G         A minorAm
 "Well we... who's the big   joke when

e|----------------------------------|
BB|-12--12--12--15--15--15--15--15/17|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|

  E minorEm     G+G         A minorAm
  That school goes up in     smoke!"

e|----------------------------------|
BB|-12--12--12--15--15--15--15--15/17|
G+G|----------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------|


Chorus:
     FF            C majorC
And I saw Shane, and everyone was pushing him
       FF   E minorEm    DmDm
And you could really feel his pain

And it was right then
                FF
You started to see these, like, flames
        C majorC
A augmentedA fire started in the school
      FF    C majorC   DmDm
That took a hundred lives away


Bridge:
B minorBm           FF
  And oh whoa when he struck the match
        C majorC
To make the big payback he said
G+G
"Shananananananana"
       FF
He thought, "We're all so wrong"
    C majorC
And he cried alone and he went
G+G
"Shananananananana"
    FF
And the girl and the kids
       C majorC
And all that his parents did, he said
G+G
"Shananananananana"
         FF
Ooh he thought, "We're all so wrong"
          C majorC
And with this he'd finally have won and baby now
G+G
"Shananananananana" Oh no no
    FF          C majorC
But it increased the pain, poor poor Shane
G+G
"Shananananananana"
FF        C majorC
Poor poor Shane, poor poor Shane
G+G
"Shananananananana"
    FF          C majorC
But it increased the pain, poor poor Shane
G+G
"Shananananananana"
    FF         C majorC   G+G
And he ran and he and he ran
    FF     C majorC
And he ran and he ran
    G+G
And he ran
  FF           C majorC
He increased their pain
G+G
"Shananananananana"
FF                C majorC
 And the kids and all that his family did
    G+G
Just to increase the pain
        FF
And then he ran away

Instrumental Break:

  C majorC         A minorAm   FF

e|-15-12-13-15-12-15-17^-17-15-13-|
BB|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|

Outro:

  C majorC             A minorAm      FF
  Life is can be tough when you're

e|-15------12--13-15----12---15-----17^-17-15-13-|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

  C majorC              A minorAm    FF
  Life, life is so tough when no one  wants you

e|-15-----12--13----15-12-15-17^-(fadeout)|
BB|----------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|

C majorC
Life is real tough when just about
A minorAm      C majorC
no one at all wants you


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| x  Dead note
| /  Slide-up
| \  Slide-down
| ^  Bend up
| v  Bend Down

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