Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Walkin From The Fire (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] G F G C F G [Verse 1]
G
They come out here with the dog on a chain

G
And they took my little brother away

F                                 Bb   C   F
Tell my mama he was selling cocaine

G
They took my brother to the juvenile house

G
Where they held for a quarter of an ounce

G                                           Bb  C
My mama told me not to hang around the house
[Chorus]
G
I'm walkin' from the fire

Bb
Don't put me in a corner

C                    F
Yeah, I'm trying to walk away

C                   F
Let this one blow over

C                 F
But I'm fightin' like a tiger

Bb                            Am
Don't put me in the corner
[Verse 2]
G
Last time I seen her was a discotheque

G
Countin' buttons on a lawyer's vest

G                                 Bb  C    F
She walked out but it ain't over yet
[Chorus]
G
I'm walkin' from the fire

Bb
Don't put me in a corner

C                    F
Yeah, I'm trying to walk away

C                   F
Let this one blow over

C                 F
But I'm fightin' like a tiger

Bb
Don't put me in the corner
[Solo] C D Gm G C D Bb G C D Gm G C D Bb G C D Gm G C D Bb G C D Gm G C D Bb G F G [Interlude] Bb Gm Bb Gm G C G Bb [Chorus]
G
I'm walkin' from the fire

Bb
Don't put me in a corner

G
I'm walkin' from the fire

F                         Bb
Don't put me in a corner
[Verse 3]
G
Mama used to rock back in 1953

G
Buys him all the records that they sell on TV

F                                             Gm  C  F
I know Chuck Berry wasn't saying that for me
[Chorus]
G
I'm walkin' from the fire

Bb
Don't put me in a corner

C
Yes, I'm turning that cheek

F
'Til this is all over

C                       F
But I'm fightin' like a tiger

Bb                          Dm
Don't put me in the corner
[Interlude] C D Gm G C Gm F G C D Gm G C Gm F G
C                     D     Bb
I'm walkin' from the fire
G C G Bb G C
C                     D     Bb
I'm walkin' from the fire
G C D Gm Bb [Outro] Bb Dm Bb F Dm Bb F C Gm Bb F Bb