FIRE
As recorded by the Poets Of The Fall
(From the 2006 Album CARNIVAL OF RUST)



[Intro]
A  Em  A  Em
A  Em  A



[Verse 1]
Em                                            A
It's a bit like a trip, but you hit it with a slip of a tongue
A
Like a whip, and we're sinking
Em                                                  A
It ain't cool to be cool, though you may think it a laudable tool
           Em                   A
Of self evaluation, of ego cultivation
Em                                              A
And I'm rolling my eyes like the stones for the lies
                           Em      A             Em   A
Is it really all about the size or just a simple vice


[Pre-Chorus]
Em                   A
Oh, and it makes the news
E
Oh, ’cause it sings the blues


[Chorus]
           Em   A
I feel the fire flare alight inside me
C       D        A
Higher, so I can see
     Em          A
And aspire to survive this fight in spite of
C     D        A
Liars and travesty
    E     Em  A
Oh, fire


[Verse 2]
Em                                                     A
Did you think that I'd blink, that I'd go and take the ink to your control
                 Em
That I'd sell my soul
Em
And does it ring any bells that it sells
           A                                E
That we're living out of shells in a shotgun
               A                   E
If we couldn't shoot, we'd have to run
    A
And finally the cerebral fantasy
E                                        A
Better genes and machines, so we can die looking like we're teens
     E                  A
Like snapshot scenes in smithereens


[Pre-Chorus]
E
Oh, and the ones we choose
E
Oh, witch hunting fools


[Chorus]
Em    A
Fire, flare alight inside me
C       D        A
Higher, so I can see
      Em         A
And aspire to survive this fight in spite of
C     D        A
Liars and travesty
    Em
Oh, fire


[Guitar Solo]
A   C D A  E  A  C D A  Em


[Bridge]
Em                           A     
Oh, there it is in the news again
                                       Em                                                  
Look, there it goes singing the blues again (yeah)
Em                           A     
Oh, there it is in the news again
                                       Em                                                  
Look, there it goes singing the blues again (yeah)
                         A             
There it is in the news again
                                       Em    
Look, there it goes singing the blues again
                         A             
There it is in the news again
                                       Em    
Look, there it goes singing the blues again
                         A             
There it is in the news again
                                       Em    
Look, there it goes singing the blues again

         
[Chorus]
Em    A
Fire, flare alight inside me
C       D        A
Higher, so I can see
      Em         A
And aspire to survive this fight in spite of
C     D        A
Liars and travesty
    Em
Oh, fire

      
[Outro]
Em      A                                    
Fire, return my joy, ’cause I'm so
C      D        A    
Tired, tired of me
  Em        A                        
Inspire the weary eyed to see the
C   D      A             
Ire and irony
    E   
Oh, fire