[Verse 1]
Bm E
I lit a match today
Bm E
I watched it burn away
G D
All that I had, all that I've owned
A
All that I've wanted, all that I've known
G D
I can rebuild bigger and higher
A
I can replace what I lost in the fire
Bm E
[Verse 2]
Bm E
I lit a match today
Bm E
I watched it blow away
Bm
Yeah, they're investigating
Sift through the mire
E
To determine the cause of this beautiful fire
Bm
Let 'em speculate to their hearts desire
E
This wasn't arson it's a funeral pyre
[Chorus]
G D
Let it all burn up to the sky
A
There is a freedom you cannot deny
G D
I can rebuild, bigger and higher
A E
I can replace what I lost in the fire
Bm E
[Verse 3]
Bm E
See the parade fall in line
Bm E
Yeah, look at the diamonds in their eyes
Bm
Not from the riches nor from their gold
E
But from all of the spoils that they found in the coal
Bm
Let them feel the warmth of their newfound desire
E
As they dance through the ashes of what they lost (in the fire)
[Chorus]
G D
Let it burn up to the sky
A
There is a freedom you cannot deny
G D
I can rebuild bigger and higher
A E
I can replace what we lost in the fire
[Bridge]
G D
Ash in the candle, fortune in toll
A
Blissful indulgence as the future unfolds
G D
The reed and the shaft will all burn away
A
With insurgence and splendor, listen as we say
[Chorus]
G D
Let it all burn up to the sky
A
There is a freedom you cannot deny
G D
I can rebuild bigger and higher
A G D
I can replace what we lost in the fire, yeah
A G D
Oh, what we lost in the fire, yeah
A G D A
Oh, what we lost in the fire