The Fire

Bishop Briggs

RockAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: F   G    Am   B 
 
Verse 
        Fm              G 
Gave me love, sweet love 
        Am              B 
Gave me love, sweet love 
        Fm                 G 
Heaven above, sent me love 
             Am                  B 
But it wasn't enough, no it wasn't enough 
 
Pre-Chorus 
F               C    Am                  Fm     
   'Cause I've been a devil, I've been a saint 
G          C        Am     B 
 Somebody help me, I can't change 
        C               Am 
I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward  
Fm       G 
the fire) 
        C               Am 
I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward  
B 
the fire) 
 
 
C           Am      Fm 
Oh, I let my lover go, didn't wanna be a liar 
C          Am            Fm 
Ashes in the cold, now I'm running toward the fire 
C                  A                      F 
(Runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire) 
        C               A        
I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward  
B 
the fire) 
 
Verse 
F                       Fm          
  Gave me love, gave me sick sick love 
G                                        
But it was me who got swallowed up 
Am 
Not enough, dust to dust, pray for us 
 
Pre-Chorus 
Bm              C    Am          Fm     
   'Cause I've been a devil, I've been a saint 
G          C        Am     B 
 Somebody help me, I can't change 
                        Am 
I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward  
Fm       G 
the fire) 
        C               Am 
I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward  
B 
the fire) 
 
 
        C           Am      Fm 
Oh, I let my lover go, didn't wanna be a liar 
C          Am            Fm 
Ashes in the cold, now I'm running toward the fire 
C                  A                      F 
(Runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire) 
        C               A        
I keep on (runnin' toward, runnin' toward  
B 
the fire) 
 
Bridge 
Cm 
     F              Dm                  C 
Oh oh, gonna get burned, gonna get burned 
       F    D 
Oh, oh, oh 
C  Fm   Em              D        
   Oh oh, gonna get burned, gonna get  
C 
Burned 
Am      Bm 
Oh 
 
 
         C          Am  Fm       
Oh, I let my lover go, didn't wanna be a liar 
C          Am            Fm 
Ashes in the cold, now I'm running toward the fire 
C                  Am                  Fm 
Runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire 
Oh, I'm running 
        C               A              B 
runnin' toward, runnin' toward the fire,  oh 
 
Outro 
F   Fm   G   Am  B

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Chord set

F · G · Am · B · Fm · C · A · Bm · Cm · Dm · D · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.