The easiest way, in my opinion, to play this is to drop your tuning down a half
step so you can bar all of the chords. great cross-picking exercise.
Intro:
use the same picking pattern throughout the whole song (A= root string of chord,
i.e. E (6) or [ch]C#min[/ch] (5).
A B A C D C B C
so for E, you're picking in this order 6 5 6 4 3 4 5 4 (low e string = 6)
listen to the song and you will hear it instantly
INTRO (play through twice)
E E E E
[ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch]
VERSE:
E E E E
Hey little girl, is your daddy home? did he go and leave you all alone?
A A [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch]
mmmm.... I've got a bad desire .............
A B E
whoa- oh -oh I'm on fire
E E E E
Tell me now, baby, is he good to you? Can he do for you the things I want to?
A A [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch]
oh... I can take you higher.....
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/im_on_fire_crd_ver_4.html ]
A B E
whoa- oh -oh I'm on fire
Instrumental (play through twice- opposite of intro)
C#min C#min C#min C#min
E E E E
Bridge:
A A
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull
[ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch]
and cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my skull
E E
at night, I wake up with the sheets soaking wet and
E E
a freight train running through the middle of my head
A A [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch]
and you...... can cool my desire.......
A B E
whoa- oh -oh I'm on fire
A B E
whoa- oh -oh I'm on fire
A B E
whoa- oh -oh I'm on fire
Repeat instrumental pattern through outro
[ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch] [ch]C#min[/ch]
E E E E
