Melissa Etheridge – Dancing In The Fire (Guitar)

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As recorded by Melissa Etheridge (From the 2019 bootleg release PRACTICE TAPES) [Intro] Em C D [Verse 1]
Em                     C                       D
I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color

   Em                  C           D
To turn inside out and wash in the rain

   Em              C       D
It loses all perfection in cold water

Em             C         D
So the desired look is obtained
[Chorus]
       Em    Bm         C
And it rises higher and higher

          Bm                         C
Like this filthy heat above the city sky

      Em                  Bm          C
And I feel like I'm going mad dancing in the fire

                       D     C                           D    Em
As if I'm only here to prove there are mountains I could move
[Verse 2]
Em         C        D
So love is spent dancing in the fire

Em                C             D
Too high the cost and too quick the pain

    Em              C       D
And all that's left for the outsider

   C          D              Em
Is ashes from dancing in the fire
[Verse 3]
        Em           C        D
I think my eyes were made for deception

  Em                     C                            D
Interpreting lovers will call what they want the truth

     Em              C                    D
With all I have seen burning behind these mirrors

      Em                   C             D
The reflection they see is all that I pursue
[Chorus]
    Bm                  C
And it rises higher and higher

          Bm                    C
Like this filthy heat above the city sky

      Em                  Bm          C
And I feel like I'm going mad dancing in the fire

                       D     C                           D    Em
As if I'm only here to prove there are mountains I could move
[Verse 4]
Em         C             D
So love is spent dancing in the fire

Em                              D
Too high the cost and too quick the pain

Em                  C       D
And all that's left for the outsider

C          D          Em        F
Ashes from dancing in the fire
[Bridge]
F              Em
And voices get louder

F                            Em
And the air's too thick to breathe

                      C                      G
Still I lie awake and I wait for the unknown power

F                 G
Dying for want of sleep
[Sax Solo] Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D [Verse 5]
Em                  C           D
I think my life line was stolen from a movie

    Em                 C                        D
The one where they are trying to solve the crime

         Em       C                    D
But this prisoner is always one step before them

    Em                 C                    D
And everyone's running trying to stop me in time
[Chorus]
       Bm                  C
And it keeps rising higher and higher

          Bm                         C
Like this filthy heat above the city sky

                            Bm        C
And I feel like I'm going mad dancing in the fire

          Em           D
As if I'm only here to prove

C                  D
There are lovers I could move
[Outro]
   Em            C              D
Oh love is spent dancing in the fire

Em           C            D
Too high the cost and too quick the pain

Em                  C          D
And all that's left for the outsider

Em   D                Em
Ashes from dancing in the fire

           D              Em   C  D  Em
Ashes from dancing in the fire