Key: B minor
Verse 1
Am
The fire burns on and on
That drives me on till all is gone
Except the simple plans
Em
Of mice and men
Interlude 1
C
Am
Em
C
Am
Em
Verse 2
C
Back when I was just seventeen
Am
I thought that I knew everything
Em
I could make it in this scene
C
To be a rising star that only gleamed
Am
But all the answers disagreed
Em
With the questions held for me
C
I was legal now at twenty-one
Verse 3
Am
I I knew the way the world should run
Em
My God just look what I had done
C
Simply drunk and having fun
Am
Looked for friends, but I found none
Em
All alone at twenty-one
Verse 4
Em
Am
Bm
The The fire burns on and on
Am
That drives me on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
Am
G
Of mice and men
Bm
Am
The fire burns
Verse 5
Bm
on and on
Am
That drives me on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
Am
G
Am
Em
Of mice and men
Verse 6
C
At twenty-five I I was surprised
Am
That I was still even half alive
Em
Somehow I managed to survive
C
I felt my body's doing time
Am
And In my back a hundred knives
Em
From friends at twenty-five
Verse 7
Em
And And now as Gabriel sounds
C
my warning bell
Am
I'd buy your life, if you would sell
Em
A year or two, if less compelled
C
So live your life and live it well
Am
There's not much left of me to tell
Em
I just got back up each time I fell
Am
Bm
The fire burns on and on
Am
That drives me
Verse 8
on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
A
G
Of mice and men
Bm
Am
Bm
The fire burns on and on
Am
That drives me
Verse 9
on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
A
G
Em
Of mice and men
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G
Am
C
Bm
C
Am
Bm
The fire burns on and on
Am
That drives me
Verse 10
on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
A
G
Of mice and men
Am
Bm
The fire burns on and on
Am
That drives me
Verse 11
on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
A
G
Of mice and men
Am
Bm
The fire burns on and on
Verse 12
Am
That drives me on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
G
Of mice and men
Am
A
Bm
The fire burns on and on
G
That drives me
Verse 13
Am
on till all is gone
A
Bm
Except the simple plans
A
G
Em
D
Em
Of mice and men
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