The Fire Uke tab by The Avett Brothers

8 Chords used in the song: C, G, Bm, Em, G/C, Am, D, D7

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Difficulty: 
4.13
(Intermediate)
Key: G, EmChords
[Verse 1]
C C G G Bm Bm C C
A A young child sits quiet, the forest is dark
C C G G Em Em
Possibilities overflow his unbroken heart
C C G G Bm Bm C C
I ask him well after the brush takes the spark
C C Em Em
What do you see in the fire?
G/C G/C G G
I see light within color and color in light
Bm Bm Em Em C C
Trophies I'll take home and battles I'll fight
C C G G Bm Bm C C
A A bright blue horizon with no pain in sight
C C Em Em G/C G/C G G
I'll be there and so will my parents and you're invited too

[Verse 2]
C C G G
A A life-sentence inmate in orange prisoner clothes
Bm Bm Em Em C C
Who's been told his whole life that's just how it goes
C C G G Bm Bm C C
Who came out swinging from poverty row
C C Bm Bm
Sits a bit close to the dangerous glow
C C Em Em
What do ya see in the fire?
C C G G
I see rich people laughin' with food on their plates
Bm Bm Em Em C C
And neighborhood bullies imprinted with hate
C C G G Bm Bm C C
Moms and dads screaming at each other insane
C C Bm Bm
And hard grey redemption a little too late
Em Em Am Am
And I see myself as I might've been
C C D D C C G G
I’m handsome, and capable, and funny

[Verse 3]
C C G G
A A young woman in college entranced by the flames
Bm Bm Em Em C C
Is pondering silent how perfectly strange
C C G G Bm Bm C C Em Em
A A girl could be called by so many names and not one be the one she was given
C C G G
What do you see in the fire?
C C G G
I see myself in the mirror, not pretty enough
Bm Bm Em Em C C
And digital images reducing love
C C G G Bm Bm C C
My roommate enslaved by expectations above
C C Em Em Em Em
And then I see the face of my mother

[Verse 4]
C C G G
A A first-year preacher stands on his feet
Bm Bm Em Em C C
His love for mankind is true and complete
C C G G Bm Bm C C
While the frigid wind blows through the trees
C C Bm Bm
I ask as he leans away from the heat
C C Em Em
"What do you see in the fire?"
C C G G
I see swirling confusion, question, and loss
Bm Bm Em Em C C
And I know all about Christ and the cross
C C Bm Bm
But I cannot explain the Holocaust
Em Em Am Am
I stuttered when a young man asked me to
C C G G
I just couldn’t find the words

[Verse 5]
C C G G
A A woman of ninety with wisdom in spades
Bm Bm Em Em C C
Her mind still as sharp as her kitchen blades
C C G G Bm Bm C C
I ask as her memory nonetheless fades
C C Em Em
"What do you see in the fire?"
C C G G
I see the touch of my husband who recently passed
Bm Bm Em Em C C
Our hometown before the roads got so fast
C C G G Bm Bm C C
And I see it now in an inpatient blur
G G G G
And I see how in love we were
Em Em Bm Bm
I see the good Lord offering mercy
Em Em Bm Bm
I see the good Lord offering mercy
C C D7 D7
I see the good Lord offering mercy

[Verse 6]
C C G G
Someone I care for, she sits by my side
Bm Bm Em Em C C
I can feel the past and the future collide
C C G G Bm Bm C C
She leans in and whispers, “Don't think, just decide"
C C Em Em
What do you see in the fire?
C C G G
I see the faces of my victims whose hearts I once broke
Bm Bm Em Em C C
Calm and alive in the curling smoke
C C G G Bm Bm C C
All I can do is sit here and hope
C C Em Em Em Em
They may find a way to forgive me

[Outro]
C C G G
There's something unspoken there in your eyes
Bm Bm Em Em C C
A A pain or a love I don't recognize
C C G G Bm Bm C C
I better ask you now before it dies
C C G G
What do you see in the fire?

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