Melissa Etheridge – Dancing In The Fire (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:59:29 +0000 (Z) From: "Boulton, Nic" <[email protected]> Subject: TAB:/e/etheridge_melissa/dancing_in_the_fire.tab >From the Practice Tape #1 bootleg. There is also a slightly different version (with saxaphone) on the Being Sensitive & Melissa Madness bootlegs. This is in G, 4/4 time at 120 beats per minute.
[intro]:
    Em         Em7   C                D
e -|----0-----------|---0--------0---|----*0-h2-------|---2--0h2-------|
B -|----------------|--------3----3--|----3------3-3--|----3------3-3--|
G -|----------------|----5-------5-5-|--2---------2---|-----2------2---|
D -|------------0---|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
A -|--2-----2-------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4

    Em               Csus             D
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|---------0h2----|
B -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|------3-----3-3-|
G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|----2--------2--|
D -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|---0------------|
A -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
[picked verse]... the guitar pretty much follows this pattern for every line in the verse, with some variation of the picking and hammer-ons in the last bar of D(sus9).
    Em               Csus             D                 D
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|-----0---2------|
B -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|--0h3-----3---3-|
G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|------------2---|
D -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|----------------|
A -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
Em C D I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color to turn inside out and wash in the rain it loses all perfection in cold water so the desired look is obtained
[chorus]:
    Bm                                C9
e -|--------2*------|-----------2----|--------0*------|--------0*------|
B -|----3-----3---3-|------3-----3-3-|---3-3-----(3)--|---3-------3-3--|
G -|4-----------4---|----4--------4--|----0-------(0)-|----0-------0---|
D -|4---------------|--4-------------|----------------|----------------|
A -|----------------|2---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
E -|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
&it ri-ses           hi----gher and   higher                        like

    Bm
e -|-----------------2-----------2---|-----------------2---------------|
B -|----------------3---3------------|----------------3-----3-------3--|
G -|--------4-----------4-----4------|--------4------------------4-----|
D -|------------------------4--------|----4--------------------4-------|
A -|2--------------------------------|2--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
this fil---thy      heat                        above   the   city

    C9
e -|-------------------------0*------|-----------------0---------------|
B -|-----------------3--------------3|------------0--------3-------0---|
G -|--------0------------------------|--------0----------------0-------|
D -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
   sky - -  y  - - - y                                            and I

    Bm
e -|2---------------2---------------2|2--------------------------------|
B -|----3----------------3------3----|----3--------------------3-------|
G -|--------4----------------4-------|--------4------------4-------4---|
D -|---------------------------------|-----------------4---------------|
A -|2---------------2---------------2|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
  feel like I'm    going    mad                       dancing  in the

    C9
e -|-----0-----------0---------------|-----------------0---------------|
B -|--------1---3--------------------|-----------------------3p1-------|
G -|---------------------------------|--------0------------------------|
D -|-------------------------------2-|----2----------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
   fire                                                     as if I'm

    Em                                D
e -|-------------0-------------------|-------------0*-h2---------------|
B -|--------0--------0-------0-------|--------3------------------------|
G -|----0----------------0-----0-----|----2----------------------------|
D -|2--------------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
    on - -  ly      here    to       prove                    there are

    C                                 D
e -|---------------------------------|----------------0h2--------------|
B -|-----------------3-----1---1-----|---------------------------------|
G -|--------0----------------0-------|---------------------------------|
D -|----2----------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
  moun- - tains      I     could     move

 [strummed verse]
    Em               C                D     Ds9 D      D   4  9  D   ++
e -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-0--2-2m--|2--23m-0--2-2m--|
B -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|1--11m-1--1-1m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|
G -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|
D -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|
A -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|----------------|----------------|
E -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
Em C D so love is spent dancing in the fire too high the cost and too quick the pain and all that's left for the outsider
    Em7              D                Em7
e -|--------0-------|------0-2-------|--------0*------|--------0-------|
B -|----3-----3-0h3p0----3-----------|-------3*-(3)---|----------3-----|
G -|----------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
    aaaaashes  from  dancing in the  fire

    C                D         *
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|
B -|-----------31h3-|----------------|
G -|----0-----------|----------------|
D -|--2-------------|0*--------------|
A -|3---------------|----------------|
E -|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
   ashes
[picked verse] Em C D I think my eyes were made for deception interpreting lovers will call what they want the truth but all I have seen burning behind these mirrors of the reflection they see is all that I pursue [chorus]: Bm C so it rises higher and higher Bm C like this filthy heat above the city sky Bm C and I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire Em D as if I'm only here to prove C D there are mountains I could move [strummed verse] Em C D ++ so love is spent dancing in the fire too high the cost and too quick the pain and all that's left for the outsider
    Em7              D                Em7
e -|-----------0----|------0-2-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
B -|-----------0----|----3-----------|-------3--(3)---|----------2-----|
G -|0---------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
    aaaaashes  from  dancing in the  fire

    C                D         *      Em               Em
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|--000----0------|--000----0------|
B -|-----------31h3-|----------------|0-000----0------|0-000----0------|
G -|----0-----------|----------------|0-000--0-0----x-|0-000--0-0------|
D -|--2-------------|0*--------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
A -|3---------------|----------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
E -|----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
   aaaaaashes  from  dancing   in the fire
[bridge- same strumming pattern as strummed verse]: C Em and the voices get louder C Em and the air's too thick to breathe, still I
    D                                 C
e -|---------------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B -|-----------------3------3-3------|-----------------------1---1-----|
G -|--------2----------------2-------|-----------------0-------0-------|
D -|0--------------------------------|--------2------------------------|
A -|---------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
    lie awake                    and wait    for   the un -  known

    G                                 G
e -|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
B -|-------------------0-------------|---------------------3---0---3---|
G -|---------------------------------|------------0--------------------|
D -|--------0----------------0h2p0---|--------0------------------------|
A -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
E -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
  power

    C                                 C9
e -|-----------------0---------------|0----------------0---------------|
B -|------------------------1-1------|----3------------------3---3-----|
G -|--------0----------------0-------|--------0----------------0-------|
D -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
    d y i n g                                      for want   of

    G                                 D
e -|-----------------3---------------|-------------0---2-[let ring]----|
B -|---------------------3---0---3---|--------3------------------------|
G -|-------------0-------------------|----2----------------------------|
D -|--------0------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
 sleep                               [atempo] [slow it down, this bar]
[picked verse] Em C D I think my lifetime was stolen from a movie the one where they are trying to solve the crime but the prisoner is always one step before them and everyone's running trying to stop him in time [chorus] Bm C so it rises higher and higher Bm C like this filthy heat above this city sky Bm C I think 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 [strummed verse] Em C D so love is spent dancing in the fire oh, too high the cost yeah and too quick the pain and all that's left for the outsider Em D Em Em ashes from dancing in the fire C D Em Em ashes from dancing in the fire ashes from dancing in the fire oo oo oo oo oo hooooooo ******************* [Chords/melody for the vocal] :
crd Em                      C                       D       D
bts 1       2   3       4   1     2   3       4     123  4  1 2 3 4
e---0---0----0--0-----0--0--0------------------------0---------------|
B---------------------------------3---3----3---1----3-3--------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color

crd   Em                      C                 D        D
bts   1      2    3   4       1   2     3   4   1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4
e-0---3----2-0----0--------------------------------------------------|
B------------------3-------3---3--------3---3---0--------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------2------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  to turn inside ou-ut    and wash      in the ra-ain

crd   Em            C                   D          D
bts   1 2  3    4   1   2    3    4     1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e-----0-0--0-----0--0---------------------0--------------------------|
B--3-------------------3------3---1-----3----3-----------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  it loses all  perfection    in cold  wa-te-er

crd Em                   C                        D           D
bts 1        2 3  4      1     2     3   4        1  2    3 4 1 2 3 4
e---3---2-----0-0----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------3------0-------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------2--0-----------------0--2----------------|
D---------------------------------------------2----------------------|
    so the   desired    loo-oo-ook            is obtained

crd    Bm              Bm                   C          C
bts    1   2   3  4    1     2   3   4      1  2  3 4  1 2 3   4
e-----------------------0----------------------0---------------------|
B-0-1--3---0-------------------3-----1------3------------------1-----|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  & it ri-ses           hi----gher  and    higher             like

crd      Bm              Bm                C           C
bts      1  2   3   4    1 2  3       4    1  2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---------------------------0----------0-----------------------------|
B----3---3--3---3-------3---------3--3------0------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------2-0--------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   this filthy heat     ab--ove  the city sky-y-y

crd     Bm                       Bm                   C        C
bts     1        2    3     4    1 2   3      4       1 2 3 4  1 2 3
e--------------------------------------0----------------0------------|
B--0-1--3----3---3----3-0--3--------------3---3---1---3--------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   & I feel like I'm going mad        dancing in the fi-re

crd         Em           D                 C                D
bts 4       1 2  3   4   1 2 3    4        1   2    3  4    1  2 34
e---------------------------------3----3---3---3----3--3-----0-------|
B-0-3---0---3-3--3---3---0-------------------------------------3-----|
G---------------------------2----------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 as if I'm only here to pro-ove there are mountains I could mo-ove

crd Em                 C                         D          D
bts  1   2    3    4   1     2    3       4      1 2   3 4  1 2 3 4
e----0----------------------------0----------------------------------|
B-3------3----3----------------------3---3---0---3-0-----------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 so love is spent                dancing in the fire

crd Em                  C                 D             D
bts 1       2   3  4    1    2   3    4   1  2    3  4  1 2 3 4
e---0---0---0----0---------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------1----3----3---3----0-------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   too high the cost   and  too quick the pa-ain

crd    Em                  C                       D          D
bts    1    2     3    4   1   2  3            4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e------0---------------0---------------------------------------------|
B--3--------3-----3-----3-------------------0---3--3----0------------|
G----------------------------------------------------2---------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  and all that's left fo-or                the outsi-i-der

crd Em             D              Em         Em
bts 1  2   3   4   1 2 3      4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C               D
bts 1  2   3   4    1  2  3  4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------3----------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    aaash-es
[the melody for this verse is pretty much the same as "I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color.....", except where shown]
                        B--3---0-3-----|
                        G-----------2--|
I think my eyes were made for deception
interpreting lovers will call what they want the truth all I have seen burning behind these mirrors of the reflection they see is all that I pursue [last line uses same melody as 2nd line] so it rises higher and higher like this filthy heat above the city sky and I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire as if I'm only here to prove there are mountains I could move so love is spent dancing in the fire too high the cost and too quick the pain and all that's left for the outsider
crd Em             D              Em         Em
bts 1  2   3   4   1 2 3      4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C             D              Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3    4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e---0--------------0------2--2----3-0--------------------------------|
B---------3----3------3----------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    aaash-es from dancing in the fire

crd C                    C              Em          Em
bts 1   2   3       4    1 2 3    4     1  2  3  4  1 2 3 4
e----------------0---3----5--3----0-----3--0-------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                and the  voices  get   louder

crd C                     C                  Em           Em
bts 1   2   3        4    1     2    3   4   1  2   3  4  1 2 3
e----------------0---3----5-----3----3---0----3----------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                and the  air's too thick to breathe

crd         D                 C                    G         G
bts 4       1  2    3 4       1    2      3   4    1 2   3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------0-----0------------0--------------------------------------|
B---1---3------3----------3--------3---1---3--3----3-0---------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  still I lie awake      and wait for the unknown power

crd  C           C                   G            D
bts  1  2  3  4  1 2       3    4    1  2  3  4   1 2 3 4
e----0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3------------------------0--------------------------------|
G----------------------0---2---0-------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    dy -  ing         for want of sleep           [atempo]
I think my lifetime was stolen from a movie ["I think..." the one where they are trying to solve the crime melody again] but the prisoner is always one step before them and everyone's running trying to stop him in time [4th line uses melody from 2nd line] so it rises higher and higher like this filthy heat above this city sky I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire as if I'm only here to prove e -3---3---3--3--3---3----5----- [different melody this time] there are lovers I could moooove so love is spent dancing in the fire oh, too high the cost, yeah and too quick the pain and all that's left for the outsider
crd Em             D              Em         Em
bts 1  2   3   4   1 2 3      4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C             D                Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3      4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e---0--------------0---------------------0---------------------------|
B---------3----3------3-------3---3---3------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    aaash-es from dancing     in the fi-ire

crd C             D                 Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3       4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e----32------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B---------3---3-----3---------------0--------------------------------|
G-----------------------2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C             D              Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3    4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---------------------0----------------------------------|
G------------------2----2----0--------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    oooo   ooo    ooo   ooo  hoo hooooo
* in this tab means accent this note (hit it hard or better still, pick the string by -hooking it away- from the body of the guitar then letting it go) ++ note the strumming of the D(xx0232), the Dsus4(xx0233) and Dsus9(xx0230) "m" in the strummed verses means strum it hard and then mute the strings with your strumming hand *immediately* after you have strummed it, to give a percussive sound -x- is strum, but mute at the neck *as* you strum it h is a hammer on p is a pull off enjoy Nic [email protected]