Born On Fire Acoustic chords by Ike Reilly

Chords with lyrics

Hey all, this is my first tab. Taken from a live performance of Ike Reilly. Just doing it to help myself learn
it and because there are no other tabs for it. This is a fantastic and underrated song used in the feature film
'I am Chris Farley' about the 🏷Legendary actor and comedian Chris Farley, this song is (I think) dedicated to him
as Reilly and Farley played college rugby together, enjoy!

Standard tuning

~Intro~ - G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G

~Verse~

G+G
You came into the world
           A minorAm
The day that all the Kings died
            C majorC
I felt the heat in your heart
             G+G
I saw the flames in your eyes
G+G
For three days and three nights
             A minorAm
You didn't sleep or even tire
            C majorC
Yeah, you're gonna burn bright
D MajorD           G+G
Cause you were born on fire

G+G

~Chorus~

G+G                  A minorAm
Don't let nobody try to dampen your flame
        C majorC
Try to cool you down
        G+G
Try to make you change
         G+G
Try to steal your heat
       A minorAm
Or mock your desire
            C majorC
Take your flames to the street
D MajorD            G+G
Cause you were born on fire

~Bridge~

A minorAm           G+G
Saw you playing in the ozone
A minorAm        G+G
Juggling all your time bombs
A minorAm          C majorC
Skipping through the land mines
    G+G  D MajorD  C majorC
Made to cut you down
G+G  D MajorD  C majorC
Cut you down
    G+G  D MajorD  C majorC   C majorC (hold. Pause).
Made to cut you down

~Verse~
(Repeat as above, but quietly and build up)

G+G
Well I've seen you bleed
         A minorAm
And I've seen you bruise
         C majorC
And I've seen you rage
         G+G
And I've seen you blue
            G+G
But that don't break my heart
               A minorAm
Like when you look me in the eye
        C majorC
And you ask me questions
              G+G
Like where we going when we die
           G+G
And who you're gonna love
           A minorAm
And how you're gonna live
         C majorC
And will you be a poor one
           G+G
Or could I leave you rich
           G+G
I can't leave you no money
           A minorAm
I can't leave you no land
           C majorC
I can't leave you no faith
          G+G
I lost the little I had (<--- Get louder)


             G+G
But I can leave you this truth
          A minorAm
Hold onto hope and desire
            C majorC
Take your flames to the streets
            G+G
Cause you were born on fire (<--- Loudest, Then Stop)


G+G     A minorAm
Bap badda bap
     C majorC
Bap badda bap
     G+G
Bap badda bap (repeat a couple of times)

Hold C majorC into
~Chorus~

     G+G
Don't let nobody
          A minorAm
try to dampen your flame
        C majorC
Try to cool you down
        G+G
Try to make you change
         G+G
Try to steal your heat
       A minorAm
Or mock your desire
            C majorC
Take your flames to the street
            G+G
Cause you were born on fire
            C majorC
Take your flames to the street
            G+G
Cause you were born on fire
            C majorC
Take your flames to the street
            G+G
Cause you were born on fire.

~Fin~


Hope you enjoyed playing it. Rest in peace Chris.
-Tobias.