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I’M ON FIRE- Bruce Springsteen
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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)
Esus2
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|--------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|
D|------4---4---4-|-----4---4---4-|-----4---4---4-|-----4---4---4-|
A|----2-------4---|---2-------4---|---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:
Esus2
e|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|--------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|-------4-------|
D|------4---4---4-|-----4---4---4-|-----4---4---4-|-----4---4---4-|
A|----2-------4---|---2-------4---|---2-------2---|---2-------2---|
E|-0--------------|0--------------|0--------------|0--------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bruce_springsteen/im_on_fire_tab_ver_2.html ]
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---|-----4---4---4-|-----4---4---4-|
A|-0--------------|2--------------|---2-------4---|---2-------4---|
E|----------------|---------------|0--------------|0--------------|
Play Intro Twice
Verse 1:
Esus2
Hey little girl, is you daddy home
A
Did he go and leave you all alone
C#m A B Esus2
I’ve got a bad desire, Oh I’m on fire
Verse 2:
Esus2
Tell me now baby is he good to you
A
And can he do to you the things that I do
C#m A B Esus2
I can take you higher Oh, I’m on 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
Esus2 (2 bars) C#m (four bars)
And put a six knife valley through the middle of my skull
Verse 4:
Esus2
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
A
And a freight train running through the middle of my head, and you
C#m A B Esus2
You cool my desire, Oh, I’m on fire
A B Esus2 (Last line of verse)
Oh, I’m on fire
A B Esus2
Oh, I’m on fire
A B Esus2
Fade out with intro
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