Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
B minorBm E MajorE
I lit a match today
B minorBm E MajorE
I watched it burn away
G+G D MajorD
All that I had, all that I've owned
A augmentedA
All that I've wanted, all that I've known
G+G D MajorD
I can rebuild bigger and higher
A augmentedA
I can replace what I lost in the fire
B minorBm E MajorE
Verse 2:
B minorBm E MajorE
I lit a match today
B minorBm E MajorE
I watched it blow away
B minorBm
Yeah, they're investigating
Sift through the mire
E MajorE
To determine the cause of this beautiful fire
B minorBm
Let 'em speculate to their hearts desire
E MajorE
This wasn't arson it's a funeral pyre
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Let it all burn up to the sky
A augmentedA
There is a freedom you cannot deny
G+G D MajorD
I can rebuild, bigger and higher
A augmentedA E MajorE
I can replace what I lost in the fire
B minorBm E MajorE
Verse 3:
B minorBm E MajorE
See the parade fall in line
B minorBm E MajorE
Yeah, look at the diamonds in their eyes
B minorBm
Not from the riches nor from their gold
E MajorE
But from all of the spoils that they found in the coal
B minorBm
Let them feel the warmth of their newfound desire
E MajorE
As they dance through the ashes of what they lost (in the fire)
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Let it burn up to the sky
A augmentedA
There is a freedom you cannot deny
G+G D MajorD
I can rebuild bigger and higher
A augmentedA E MajorE
I can replace what we lost in the fire
Bridge:
G+G D MajorD
Ash in the candle, fortune in toll
A augmentedA
Blissful indulgence as the future unfolds
G+G D MajorD
The reed and the shaft will all burn away
A augmentedA
With insurgence and splendor, listen as we say
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Let it all burn up to the sky
A augmentedA
There is a freedom you cannot deny
G+G D MajorD
I can rebuild bigger and higher
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
I can replace what we lost in the fire, yeah
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Oh, what we lost in the fire, yeah
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh, what we lost in the fire