Key: A minor
Verse 1
Em
D
C
One day you'll learn
G
Am
when you get burned
D
Em
By then it will be too late you ya
D
Be too late for ya
C
G
Am
When the fire spreads and burns,
D
don't you know?
Interlude 1
Em
C
Em
Am
D
Am
Em
C
Am
D
Em
Verse 2
C
He's just a kid off the estate
Am
They call him little Jake
Today he tried to buy weed
Em
with his little mate
D
Em
Up in the bits, but he's just a kid
C
So he was open to manipulation
Am
He had to un dergo initiation
D
And when some older boys
saw the situation
Am
Em
They took the piss; now look at this
C
Am
Little youth beating up his only friend
The only one that weren't pretend
And even gave him the
D
money for the pen
E
From mice to men and then to rats
Am
But only a snake behaves like that
Em
But the gang don't care for fool
shooting caps
They're just happy that you
fall for the trap
Verse 3
Em
Playing with fire
It doesn't burn
C
Am
The first time your hand
Em
Walked through the flame
Playing with fire
Bitter and sweet, Oh-no
C
Am
Scorching Scorching skin now
Hell on its way
Em
Playing with fire
D
C
G
Am
D
Fire, fire, fire, fire
Em
You're playing with fire
D
One day you'll
Verse 4
C
G
Am
learn when you get burned
D
Em
By then it will be too late for ya
D
Be too late for ya
C
G
Am
When the fire spreads and burns,
D
don't you know
Am
Playing with fire
Em
He's just a kid,
Verse 5
C
Am
but he feels like a man today
He joined a gang today
Em
Been at a house party around the way
Am
D
Doing illegal shit,
Em
Am
but he's just a kid
Em
C
Still he's in luck today,
Am
he got a fuck today
Yeah he bust his very first nut today
D
In some stupid bitch,
today's moving quick
Am
So quick, if you wear the wrong
Em
shoes you'll slip
C
Am
Better keep up with the tempo,
with a clique
Cause what they on is messed up bruv
E
Am
An d now that he's rolling with these
D
vexed up thugs
Am
So what's next up bruv?
Em
Cause he's gonna make
C
it his only mission
Am
To better his position
D
In this little gang it's a competition
To the little man with a disposition
Am
Holier than thou,
Em
D
he was born a Christian
C
Am
All he worships now is an idealism
Wise men will tell you with
age comes wisdom
D
And you can't be saved by
Am
religion unless you have faith
Em
So it makes no difference to the youths
E
that are raised in the system
Em
You don't have age on the side
Or any positive role models in their
E
Em
lives that provide insight
So they ain't going to listen
As for Jake,
he's already made his decision
E
Em
And now he's just another poster boy
for David Cameron's Broken Britain
Verse 6
Em
Playing with fire
C
It doesn't burn
Am
The first time your hand
Em
Walked through the flame
D
C
G
Am
Playing with fire
D
Bitter and sweet, Oh-no
Em
Scorching Scorch
D
C
G
Am
ing skin now
D
Hell on its way
Em
Playing with fire
D
One day you'll
Verse 7
C
G
Am
learn when you get burned
D
Em
By then it will be too late for ya
D
Be too late for ya
C
G
Am
When the fire spreads and burns,
D
don't you know
Playing with fire
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