Andrew McMahon - After The Fire
Standard Tuning, No Capo
A D E F#m
e|-0---2---0---2-|
B|-2---3---0---2-|
G|-2---2---0---2-|
D|-2---0---2---4-|
A|-0---x---2---4-|
E|-x---x---0---2-|
Intro:
A A F#m F#m
A
Why dream?
F#m
We're breaking out of this machine
Bm
Lets bathe the walls in gasoline
D A
and watch the fires go
A
We'll burn this house
F#m
We'll raze the fence that keeps us in
Bm
The cabinets and the medicine
D A
Beds like box cars in a row
E F#m
And when the wave comes sweeping
A D E F#m
The cold blood sleeping in your veins, your veins
A D
After the fire
E F#m
The sun comes crashing
A D E F#m
Through a cloud so black and full of rain, of rain
A D
After the fire
E F#m
I swear one day
A D E F#m
You will forget them locking us away, away
A D
After the fire
A
Locked in
F#m
The days will end as they begin
Bm
With yellow moonlight on your skin
D A
This madhouse, it's no home
A
Let's go home, get the matches, cut the phone
E F#m
And when the wave comes sweeping
A D E F#m
The cold blood sleeping in your veins, your veins
A D
After the fire
E F#m
The sun comes crashing
A D E F#m
Through a cloud so black and full of rain, of rain
A D
After the fire
E F#m
I swear one day
A D E F#m
You will forget them locking us away, away
A D A D
After the fire
E F#m A D
We were dancing with the ashes falling
E F#m A D
We were singing by the open flame
E F#m A D
Let it burn
E F#m A D
Tomorrow is another day
E F#m A D
We were dancing with the ashes falling
E F#m A D
We were singing by the open flame
E F#m A D E F#m A D
Let it burn, burn
E
Tomorrow is another day
E F#m
And when the wave comes sweeping
A D E F#m
The cold blood sleeping in your veins, your veins
A D
After the fire
E F#m
The sun comes crashing
A D E F#m
Through a cloud so black and full of rain, of rain
A D
After the fire
E F#m
I swear one day
A D E F#m
You will forget them locking us away, away
A D
After the fire
E F#m
I swear one day
A D E F#m
You will forget them locking us away, away
A D
After the fire
Outro:
E F#m A D
Enjoy!
-Sace