Light My Fire Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author americanpig11 [a] 1,213.

3 contributors total, last edit on Mar 26, 2024

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Chords

Am7

F#m7

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[Intro]
 
G  D  F  Bb  Eb  Ab  A
 
 
[Verse]
 
    Am7       F#m7
 
e|----5---5-----2---2---|
B|----5---5-----2---2---|
G|----5---5-----2---2---|
D|----5-x-5-----2-x-2---|  (x4)
A|--7-7-x-7---4-4-x-4---|
E|--5-5-x-5---2-2-x-2---|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    G        A    D             G        A    D    B       G        D    E
 
e|--3-3-3-3--0-0--2--2-3-2-2--|-3-3-3-3--0-0--2-2--2-2--|--3-3-3-3--2-2--0-0-0-0-0--|
B|--3-3-3-3--2-2--3--3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3--2-2--3-3--4-4--|--3-3-3-3--3-3--0-0-0-0-0--|
G|--0-0-0-0--2-2--2--2-2-2-2--|-0-0-0-0--2-2--2-2--4-4--|--0-0-0-0--2-2--1-1-1-1-1--|
D|--0-0-0-0--2-2--0--0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0--2-2--0-0--4-4--|--0-0-0-0--0-0--2-2-2-2-2--|
A|--2-3-3-3--0-0--------------|-2-2-2-2--0-0-------2-2--|--3-3-3-3-------2-2-2-2-2--|
E|--3-3-3-3-------------------|-3-3-3-3-----------------|--3-3-3-3-------0-0-0-0-0--|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
    Am7                   F#m7
You know that it would be untrue
    Am7                   F#m7
You know that I would be a liar
Am7                F#m7
If I was to say to you
Am7                         F#m7
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G             A        D
Come on baby, light my fire
G             A        D        B
Come on baby, light my fire
G              D        E
Try to set the night on fire
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
    Am7                   F#m7
The time to hesitate is through
    Am7                   F#m7
No time to wallow in the mire
Am7                   F#m7
Try now we can only lose
Am7                            F#m7
And our love become a funeral pyre
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G             A        D
Come on baby, light my fire
G             A        D        B
Come on baby, light my fire
G              D        E
Try to set the night on fire
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
    Am7                   F#m7
The time to hesitate is through
    Am7                   F#m7
No time to wallow in the mire
Am7                   F#m7
Try now we can only lose
Am7                            F#m7
And our love become a funeral pyre
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G             A        D
Come on baby, light my fire
G             A        D        B
Come on baby, light my fire
G              D        E
Try to set the night on fire
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
    Am7                   F#m7
You know that it would be untrue
    Am7                   F#m7
You know that I would be a liar
Am7                F#m7
If I was to say to you
Am7                         F#m7
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G             A        D
Come on baby, light my fire
G             A        D
Come on baby, light my fire
F              C        D
Try to set the night on fire
 
 
[Outro]
 
F              C        D
Try to set the night on fire
F              C        D
Try to set the night on fire
F              C        D
Try to set the night on fire
 
G  D  F  Bb  Eb  Ab  A
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9 comments

Well done, but firmin is right. The other problem albeit a minor one is the nomenclature of the chords. The intro chords are properly written as flat chords, not #chords. The intro should read: G D F Bb Eb Ab A

The C# in the intro, is a D#

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