Fire In The Engine Room chords by
Richard Thompson

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Key: B major•

Intro 1

G

G

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Eb

Eb

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G

G

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C

C

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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C

C

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F#

F#

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D

D

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Eb

Eb

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G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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Eb

Eb

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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Eb

Eb

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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Eb

Eb

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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F#

F#

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D

D

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Eb

Eb

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G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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G

G

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C

C

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F#

F#

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G

G

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F#

F#

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C

C

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Well Luke told Danny, Danny

Verse 1

told Betsy

F

F

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Betsy told me and I'm telling you

C

C

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You'd better stop doing

the things you do

There's a fire in the engine room

F

F

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G

G

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Fire in the engine room

Verse 2

Eb

Eb

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C

C

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Damp it down or we're all going under

F

F

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Run them hoses, it's smouldering again

C

C

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Csus4

Csus4

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C

C

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Better line up in a human chain

There's a fire in the engine room

F

F

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G

G

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Fire in the engine room

Interlude 1

D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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Dm

Dm

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 3

C

C

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Fire, fire, my heart is busting

You drive me crazy with

F

F

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the things you say

C

C

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Jealousy's got me and it

won't go away

There's a fire in the engine room

F

F

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Fire in the engine room

G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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Verse 4

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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And I don't know how

you come to reason

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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That somehow treason isn't treason

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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It must be the head- hunting

season

Em

Em

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And there's room in the

C

C

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D

D

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old trophy room

Verse 5

D

D

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C

C

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She's making eyes at the

fool with the shovel

Csus4

Csus4

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That son of a grease-

C

C

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F

F

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gun must be insane

C

C

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I hose it down and he fans the flames

There's a fire in the engine room

F

F

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G

G

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Fire in the engine room

Interlude 2

G

G

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C#

C#

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G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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Eb

Eb

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Csus4

Csus4

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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And you know

Verse 6

G

G

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how un

D

D

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certainty can linger

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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With a rattlesnake wrapped

around your finger

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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One day it might wake up

and sting you

Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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Here's a toast to the bride and the groom

Verse 7

D

D

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C

C

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Oh, fire, fire, my heart is busting

You drive me crazy with

F

F

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the things you say

C

C

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Jealousy's got me and

it won't go away

There's a fire in the engine room

F

F

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Fire in the engine room

Eb

Eb

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Fire in the engine room

Bb

Bb

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G

G

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Fire in the engine room

Outro 1

D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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G

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C

C

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G

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C

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C

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D

D

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G

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C

C

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G

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C

C

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G

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C

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C

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C

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F#

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C

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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B ₃

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C ₃

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Chords

G
Eb
C
Gm
F#
D
Cm
F
Csus4
Dm
Em
C#
Bb

Capo: 4

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0

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The original key of Fire In The Engine Room by Richard Thompson is B major.

The primary chords used in Fire In The Engine Room are B, G, E, Bm, A#, F#.

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