Capo
3
Difficulty
Beginner 👶
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: F
🎸 Intro:
D G A
🎸 Verse 1:
A
A honeysuckle bloomin’
A
A silver buckle bare my moonin’
G
An army blanket on the banks of the Coosa River Red Clay
D
A whippoorwill whistlin’ in the pines
D
A Clark McKay’s muscadine wine
G
Small town lovers in a sun’s, lord it can’t wait
Bm
On a 17 hot summer
A
Smoking like a cigarette
G
We didn’t need no matches to set
🎸 Chorus:
D Em G
Nights on fire
D Em G
Nights on fire
D
It was free burn
Em
Long days
G
In California dreaming old flames
D Em7 G
And burning small town bridges with desire
D
Nights on fire
🎸 Verse 2:
D
A million dollars short a week late
D
A buckshot bam a license plate
G
And I’d have woke up in hell if he could shoot straight in the dark
D
Just like the southern wind blow
D
She sneaked out her bedroom window
G
And jumped in my Silverado
A
And we go stoked that spark
🎸 Chorus:
G D Em G
Nights on fire
D Em G
Nights on fire
D
It was free burn
Em
Long days
G
In California dreaming old flames
D Em7 G
And burning small town bridges with desire
D G
Nights on fire
🎸 Bridge:
Bm
On a seventeen hot summer
A
Smoking like a cigarette
G
We could’ve used a wet mess to say
D Em G
Nights on fire
D Em G
Nights on fire
D Em G
Nights on fire
D Em G
Nights on fire
Out-🎸 Chorus:
G D Em G
Nights on fire
D Em G
Nights on fire
D
It was free burn
Em
Long days
G
In California dreaming old flames
D Em7 G
And burning small town bridges with desire
D
Nights on fire
G
Nights on fire
Song History
Published: September 8, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025