Switchfoot – Take My Fire (Ukulele Solo)

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Chords

\\ I advise to listen to the song to follow strum and \\ string picking pattern. I can't exactly write out a \\ pattern based on how the song plays. Advanced Chord Shapes:

  D6   Gmaj7 Bm6  E7   Dmaj7 F#
A|-2--|--2--|-2--|-2--|--4--|-1------------|
E|-2--|--2--|-4--|-0--|--2--|-2------------|
C|-2--|--2--|-2--|-2--|--2--|-1------------|
G|-2--|--0--|-4--|-1--|--2--|-3------------|

[Intro] B G E C B G E C

A|-5p3-5--3---3-------------------3--------|
E|----------5---3-2-1---1h2-1-3/5----------|
C|--------------------2--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|

A|-5p3-5--3---3----------------------------|
E|----------5---3-2-1-----2-0--2-0---------|
C|--------------------2---2-1--2-1---------|
G|------------------------2-2--2-2---------|

A|-5p3-5--3---3-------------------3--------|
E|----------5---3-2-1---1h2-1-3/5----------|
C|--------------------2--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|

A|-5p3-5--3---3--------------5-5-8-5-------|
E|----------5---3-2-1----------------------|
C|--------------------0-1-2----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

Bm             G
Everyday enemy try to get the best of me

    Em             C
The enemy under my skin

Bm                G
Everyday enemy my fatal flaw anatomy

Em                        C
Feeling like I just can't win

G
  Sometimes I wish I didn't feel that much

D                           A
  Sometimes I wish I didn't need that touch

Bm                   G
Everyday my enemy pretend to be a friend to me

   Em
No matter what state I'm in

[Chorus]

           Bm                     D   G
But you're never going to take my fire

                 E
I cannot be tamed

       Bm                     D   G
No you never going to take my fire

                     E
It's burning in my veins

B                        D
Hey you say the world is changing

    E                 G
But I still burn the same

       Bm                  D             G
No you never gonna take my fire, take my fire

Bm
   Let me burn now

[Instrumental]
(keep bend on 4)
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-2----2-2-2-2------3/5-5/7-7\0---------------|
C|-4b6--6-6-6-6br4-2---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|

A|-------5g7/9---------------------------------|
E|-----7-------7-9/10-9-7-5-------7p5-5p4------|
C|-4-4----------------------6-6-6---------4h6--|
G|---------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]

    B
The safety that you're selling me

G
One day be the death of me

  E                      C
A face like I just saw a ghost

B
Images on the box again

G
Taking up all the oxygen

E                        C
Tell me how we sunk this low

G
  Ain't it coming, ain't the end in sight

D                         A
  To steal it back like a thief in the night

           B
There's my own sworn enemy

G
Faking and pretend to be

  E                   N.C.
A wolf in a sheepskin coat

[Chorus 2]

           Bm                     D   G
But you're never going to take my fire

                         E
In spite of all your rain

       Bm                     D   G
No you never going to take my fire

                     E
It's burning in my veins

    B                        D
Hey! You say the world is changing

    E                 G
But I still burn the same

       Bm                  D             G
No you never gonna take my fire, take my fire

[Bridge]

Bm                 D        F#     D6
  I'm a fighter, a soul all nighter

                    E7
I'mma recognise the truth

                  G7
I'mma recognise a liar

       Gmaj7                   Bm
You're never gonna take my fire

                 D           F#     D6
True beginner, a loser and a winner

                  Bm6
Part saint / part sinner

                Gmaj7
And all of me desire

       Bm6                     Bm
You're never gonna take my fire

               D         F#     D6
I'm a giver, A one-arrow quiver

                        Bm6                    Gmaj7
I've been sending my regrets down the river of fire

       Bm6                Bm
You're never gonna take my

           Dmaj7         D
My fire, a loose live wire

               E7
I'm a one-shot rocket aiming higher

    Bm         N.C.
and higher and higher

[Instrumental]

A|-5\2-2-5-2-2-4-2-------------2-0-0--0----|
E|-------------------------------0-0--0----|
C|-----------------6-4\2-2-2/4---1-1--1----|
G|-------------------------------2-2--2----|

[Outro]

             B                   D   G  E
Cause you're never gonna take my fire    hey

             B                   D     G           E
Cause you're never gonna take my fire, oOoh, oh-oOoh

        B
Ancient flame lit the spark

       D
Back before I was young

         E
When I'm speaking with the fire,

        G
it's my native tongue

       B                      D             G
No you never going to take my fire, take my fire

Let me burn now
                                    Bm
A|-5p3-5--3---3---------------------2/-----|
E|----------5---3-2-1-----2-0--2-0--2/-----|
C|--------------------2---2-1--2-1--2/-----|
G|------------------------2-2--2-2--4/-----|