The Fire chords by The Avett Brothers
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Intro 1
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
A (G major) young child sits (D major) quiet,
the (F sharp minor) forest is dark (G major)
Possibilities (D major) overflow his (B minor) un broken heart
(G major) I ask him well (D major) af ter the
(F sharp minor) brush takes the spark (G major)
(D major) What do you see in the fire? (B minor)
I see (G major) light within color and
col (D major) or in light
(F sharp minor) Trophies I'll take (B minor) home,
and battle (G major) s I'll fight
A bright blue horizon (D major)
with (F sharp minor) no pain in sight (G major)
I'll be there and so will my par
(B minor) ents (G major) and you're invited too
(D major)
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Verse 2
A (G major) life-sentence inmate inmate in or
(D major) ange prisoner clothes
Who's (F sharp minor) been told his whole (B minor) life
"That's just (G major) how it goes"
Who came out swinging (D major) from (F sharp minor) poverty row (G major)
Sits a bit close to the (F sharp minor) dangerous glow
(D major) What do ya see in the fire? (B minor)
I see (G major) rich people laughin'
with (D major) food on their plates
And (F sharp minor) neighborhood bul (B minor) lies
imprin (G major) ted with hate
Moms and dads (D major) screaming
at each (F sharp minor) other insane (G major)
And a hard grey redemption
a (F sharp minor) little too late
And I (B minor) see myself as (E minor) I might've been
I'm (G major) handsome and capable (A major) and (D major) funny
(G major) (D major)
Verse 3
A young (G major) woman in college
en (D major) tranced by the flames
Is (F sharp minor) pondering si (B minor) lent how per (G major) fectly strange
A girl could be called (D major) by
so (F sharp minor) many names (G major)
And not one be the one she was given (B minor)
(G major) What do you see in the fire? (D major)
I see (G major) my self in the mirror,
not (D major) pretty enough
And (F sharp minor) digital (B minor) im ages redu (G major) cing love
My roommate enslaved (D major) by
expect (F sharp minor) ations above (G major)
And then I see the face of my mother (B minor)
Verse 4
(B minor)
A (G major) first year preacher stand (D major) s on his feet
His (F sharp minor) love for man (B minor) kind is
true (G major) and complete
While the fri (D major) gid wind blows (F sharp minor)
through the trees (G major)
I ask, as he leans away (F sharp minor) from the heat
(D major) What do you see in the fire? (B minor)
I see (G major) swirling confusion,
ques (D major) tion, and loss
And I (F sharp minor) know all about (B minor) Christ (G major) and the cross
But I cannot explain the holo (F sharp minor) caust
I (B minor) stuttered when a young man asked (E minor) me to
(G major) I just couldn't find (D major) the words
Verse 5
(D major)
A (G major) woman of ninety with
(D major) wisdom in spades
(F sharp minor) Her mind still as (B minor) sharp as her kitchen (G major) blades
I ask as her memory (D major) (F sharp minor) nonetheless fades (G major)
What do (D major) you see in the fire? (B minor)
I see (G major) the touch of my husband
who (D major) recently passed
Our (F sharp minor) hometown be (B minor) fore
the road (G major) s got so fast
And I see it now (D major) in (F sharp minor) an impatient blur (G major)
And I see (D major) how in love (G major) we were
I see the (B minor) good Lord offering mer (F sharp minor) cy
I see (B minor) the good Lord offering mercy
(F sharp minor) I see the (G major) good Lord
offering mer (A major) cy
Verse 6
(G major) Someone I care for, she (D major) sits by my side
I can (F sharp minor) feel the past (B minor) and the fu (G major) ture collide
She leans in and whis (D major) pers
"Don't (F sharp minor) think just decide (G major)
What (D major) do you see in the fire?" (B minor)
I see the (G major) faces of my victims
whose (D major) hearts I once broke
(F sharp minor) Calm and alive (B minor) in the curl (G major) ing smoke
All I can do (D major) is (F sharp minor) sit here and hope (G major) they
may find a way to forgive (B minor) me
Verse 7
(B minor)
There's (G major) something unspoken
there (D major) in your eyes
A (F sharp minor) pain or a love (B minor) I don't re (G major) cognize
I better ask you now (D major) (F sharp minor) before it dies (G major)
(D major) What do you see in the fire?
The Fire
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