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I'M ON FIRE- Bruce Springsteen
Tabbed by: Adam B.
Email: Atwbthe3rd@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
This is my favorite Springsteen song. The guitar is palm-muted and finger picked with
hand near the bridge of the guitar and quietly with occasional notes ringing. This tab is
Check for yourself.
Intro: x2 (guitar fades in)
E5
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|--------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|
D|------2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|
A|----2-------2---|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|
E|-0--------------|0--------------|0--------------|0--------------|
C#m
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|--------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G|------6---6---6-|-----6---6---6-|-----6---6---6-|-----6---6---6-|
D|----6-------6---|---6-------6---|---6-------6---|---6-------6---|
A|-4--------------|4--------------|4--------------|4--------------|
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Verse:
E5
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|--------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|
D|------2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|
A|----2-------2---|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|
E|-0--------------|0--------------|0--------------|0--------------|
A C#m
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|--------2-------|-------2-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G|------2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|-----6---6---6-|-----6---6---6-|
D|----2-------2---|---2-------2---|---6-------6---|---6-------6---|
A|-0--------------|0--------------|4--------------|4--------------|
E|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A B Esus2
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|--------2-------|-------4-------|-------0-------|---------------|
G|------2---2---2-|-----4---4---4-|------(4)------|-------4-------|
D|----2-------2---|---4-------4---|-----2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-|
A|-0--------------|2--------------|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|
E|----------------|---------------|0--------------|0--------------|
Play Intro Twice
Verse 1:
EHey little girl, is you daddy home
Did he go and leave you all aloAne
I've got a bad deC#msire, OhA I'Bm on Efire
Verse 2:
ETell me now baby is he good to you
And can he do to you the things that I dAo
I can take you higC#mher OAh, IB'm oEn fire
Play Intro Twice
Verse 3: (play same picking pattern for this verse)
A (2 bars)
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby edgy and dull
E (2 bars) C#m (four bars)
And put a six knife valley through the middle of my skull
Verse 4:
EAt night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head, and yAou
You cool my deC#msire, OAh, I'Bm on Esus2fire
A B E (Last line of verse)
Oh, I'm on fire
AOh, IB'm on fEire
A B E
Fade out with intro
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