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On Fire

Sebadoh

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From: Palascqua@aol.com
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 14:40:18 -0500
Subject: "on fire (acoustic)" by sebadoh

on fire (acoustic)
performed by sebadoh
written by lou barlow

the acoustic version of on fire can be found on the rebound cd single.
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[chord chart]
       g    d    b    c
eb|----3----2----x----0--------------------------------------------------------|
bb|----0----3----4----1--------------------------------------------------------|
gb|----0----2----4----0--------------------------------------------------------|
db|----0----0----4----2--------------------------------------------------------|
ab|----2----0----2----3--------------------------------------------------------|
eb|----3----x----x----x--------------------------------------------------------|
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[riff 1]
        g            d         b         c
eb|--------3-3-3-3-----2-0-----------------------------------------------------|
bb|--------0-0-0-0---3----3------4-4-4----1-0----------------------------------|
gb|--------0-0-0-0-0-2-----------4-4-4-------0---------------------------------|
db|--------0-0-0-0-0-0---------4-4-4-4-0-2-------------------------------------|
ab|----------------0--------0--2-2-2-2-0-3-------------------------------------|
eb|-----3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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[riff 1] 1x

g                   d
  my opinion could change today
b                   c
  I'm responsible anyway
g                       d
 for second to third-hand information
b                             c
  that complicates the complication

[strum c for another line or so]

g                d
I dont think before I speak
       b                c
and I dont know how far my words reach
g                  d
  so wrong nearly every time
         b                c
that I'm sorry I speak my mind

b                 c
if what I said is unkind

            d                b
and now it feels like I'm on fire
       c                    d
these words are not the truth
                   b
dont hold it against me
         c              d
cause I know youre lying too

d b c d

        g             d
is there any need for apologies
b                           c
  theres no reason to believe
g                      d
judgments born of my jealous mind
b            c
  creeping inside outside
g                       d
connections I've made never follow through
b                         c
and sooner or later disappoint you
g                          d
cross you twice when your back is turned
b                c
  thats how I'll love you

b                       c
and someone has got to be hurt

   d                        b
now it feels like I'm on fire
c                d
it's burning the world through
             b
dont let me fall
        c                  d
without someone to hold onto
c                  d
someone to hold onto
c                  d
someone to hold onto

transcribed by palascqua@aol.com