XTC – Great Fire (Guitar)

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MUMMER (1983) Verse and solo are in 3/4 (first two beats Am, third F), the rest is in 4/4. F/A - x03211 [Intro] Am F x8 [Verse 1]
Am       F
Great fire burning

Am       F
You supplied the spark

Am       F       Am          F
Fires burning spreading through the ark

Am           F
Animals are panicking

Am            F
I'm animal and panicking

Bb   F/A      C            G
Your glance a match on the tinderwood

Bb  F/A   C           G
You never spoke but I understood

F
Bring water

Ab
Eyes bring water
[Chorus]
A     E            A      Bm
Great fire burning through

A      E           A          Bm
Great fire burning through my house

A     E            A         Bm       Am
Great fire burning through my house and heart
[Verse 2]
Am         F
Great fire burning

Am          F
All because of you

Am       F         A           F
Fires burning spreading through the zoo

Am          F
Animals are panicking

Am             F
I'm animal and panicking

Bb   F/A    C          G
No round of drinks can extinguish this

Bb    F/A  C          G
Feeling of love and engulfing bliss

F
Bring water

Ab
Eyes bring water
[Chorus]
A     E            A      Bm
Great fire burning through

A      E           A          Bm
Great fire burning through my house

A     E            A          Bm       Am
Great fire burning through my house and heart
[Bridge]
Gm                Gmmaj7
I've been in love before

Gm7            Gm6
But it's never been as hot as this

Gm                      Gmmaj7
Smoke curling round the door

Gm7         C                   Ebmaj7
Memories of old loves crack and blister

                                                  Am
Mister fireman bet you couldn't put me out if you tried
[Solo] Am F x5
P.M.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----------------7--9----------------7-9-9-12-11-7-9------|
D|---10-7----7-9-10------10-7----7-9-10-----------------10-7-|
A|--------7-------------------7------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

P.M.
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|------------9-12-11-7-9----------------|
D|---------7--------------10-7-----------|
A|-7-10-11----------------------7-10-11--|
E|---------------------------------------|

Bb   F/A      C            G
Your glance a match on the tinderwood

Bb  F/A   C           G
You never spoke but I understood

F
Bring water

Ab
Eyes bring water
[Chorus]
A     E
Great fire burning

Bb    F
Great fire burning

B     F#           B       C#m
Great fire burning through

B     F            B         C#m
Great fire burning through my house

B     F#           B          C#m
Great fire burning through my house and heart