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STRANGE FIRE (Amy Ray)
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E A(9) E A(9)
[intro]
E A(9) E A(9)
I come to you with strange fire, I make an offering of love
E A(9) E A(9)
The incense of my soul is burned by the fire in my blood
E A(9) E A(9)
I come with a softer answer to the questions that lie in your path
E A(9) E A(9)
I want to harbor you from the anger, find a refuge from the wrath
D(9) E/A D(9) E/A
This is a message, a message of love
D(9) E/A D(9) E/A
Love that moves from the inside out, love that never grows tired
B(4) A E A(9) E A(9)
I come to you (I come to you) with strange fire, fire
Mercenaries of the shrine, now who are you to speak for god?
With haughty eyes and lying tongues and hands that shed innocent blood
Now who delivered you the power to interpret calvary?
You gamble away our freedom to gain your own authority
D(9) E/A D(9) E/A
Find another state of mind, you know it's time we all learned to grab hold
D(9) E/A [tacet] E A(9) E A(9)
Strange fire burns with the motion of love, love
E A(9) E A(9) E A(9) E A(9)
[guitar solo]
D(9) E/A D(9) E/A D(9) E/A B(4) A
[guitar solo]
E A(9) E A(9)
Ah ah ahhh, ah ah ah ahhhhh; Ah ah ahhh, ah ah ah ahhhhh
When you learn to love yourself, you will dissolve all the stones that are cast
You will learn to burn the icing sky and to melt the waxen mask
I said to have the gift of true release, this is a peace gonna take you higher
Oh I come to you with my offering, I bring you strange fire
This is a message, a message of love
Love that moves from the inside out, love that never grows tired
B(4) A E A(9) E A(9) E A(9)
I come to you (I come to you) with strange fire, fire, ahh...ahhh
B(4) A E A(9) E A(9) E.
I come to you (I come to you) with strange fire__________________
CHORDS: E=022100 A(9)=x07600 (slide up from E)
D(9)=x00230 E/A=x02100 (same as Amaj9)
B(4)=x24440 (I think Emily plays x99800) A=x02220
The chords for the verse follow this strumming pattern, alternating
between E & A(9), which is a really easy transition. The rhythm is
sorta tricky, but you should be able to get it right with a little
practice. (The funny symbols are semi-quavers and such.)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
| | |\ | | |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
O|. O| O| O|. O| O| O| O| O| O|
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -
The strumming pattern for the D(9) and E/A chords in the chorus goes
like this:
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
| |\ | |\ |\ | |\ |\ | |\ |\ |\
O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O|
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 -
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
Strange Fire
written by Amy Ray
originally performed by Indigo Girls
track #1 on "strange fire"
transcribed by Drew Boles (BolesGJD@aol.com)
For this song, Amy plays all of the rhythm guitar parts,
and Emily plays all of the lead guitar parts. The lyrics,
along with Amy's chord parts, are written below, and
Emily's leads are tabbed below that (with lyric markers).
Tuning: regular (low to high) E A D G B E
Chords:
E=022100 A(9)=x07600 Dsus2=xx0320 B=x99800
Lyrics and chords:
E A(9) E A(9)
E A(9) E A(9)
I come to you with strange fire, I make an offering of love
E A(9) E A(9)
The incense of my soul is burned by the fire in my blood.
E A(9) E
I come with a softer answer to the questions that lie in
A(9)
your path,
E A(9) E
I want to harbor you from the anger, find a refuge from the
A(9)
wrath.
Dsus2 A(9) Dsus2 A(9)
This is a message, a message of love.
Dsus2 A(9) Dsus2
Love that moves from the inside out, love that never grows
A(9)
tired.
B A(9) E
I come to you with strange fire.
E A(9) E A(9)
Mercenaries of the shrine, now who are you to speak for God
E A(9) E
With haughty eyes and lying tongues, hands that shed
A(9)
innocent blood.
E A(9) E A(9)
Now who delivered you the power to interpret calvary,
E A(9) E A(9)
You gambled away our freedom to gain your own authority.
Dsus2 A(9) Dsus2 A(9)
Find another state of mind, reach out and grab hold.
Dsus2 A(9) E A(9)
Strange fire burns with the motion of love.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/indigo_girls/strange_fire_crd.html ]
E A(9) E
When you learn to love yourself, you will dissolve all the A(9)
stones that are cast.
E A(9) E
Now you will learn to burn the icing sky, to melt the waxen
A(9)
mask.
E A(9) E
I said to have the gift of true release, here's a peace
A(9)
that will take you higher.
E A(9) E A(9)
I come to you with my offering, I bring you strange fire.
Dsus2 A(9) Dsus2 A(9)
This is a message, a message of love.
Dsus2 A(9) Dsus2
Love that moves from the inside out, love that never grows
A(9)
tired.
B A(9) E A(9)
I come to you with strange fire.
B A(9) E A(9)
I come to you (I come to you) with strange fire.
TAB notation:
h: hammer on
P: pull off
/: slide up
\: slide down
b: bend up
r: release bend
~: vibrato
Emily's lead guitar:
(verse 1 riff) (verse fill)
E A(9) A(9)
E-------------------------------------|------------------0-B-------------------------------------|----------------0---G-------------------------------------|--------------------D-2h4-2-2h4-2-2h4-2-6h7-6-6h7-6-6h7-6-|-6h7-6----2-4/7-----A-------------------------------------|-------2h4----------E-------------------------------------|--------------------
I come with a softer... ...fire
(repeat verse 1 riff three times; on the third repeat,
replace the lead where the A(9) chord starts with the verse
fill)
(verse 1 riff 2)
Dsus2 A(9)
-------5------5------5--------------7------7------7---------------5------5------5--0---0---5---5--5---5--5---5-0---0-----7------7------7----------------6------6------6---------------7------7------7------7---7-----------------------7-----5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is message...
We all need to learn to reach out...
(repeat verse 1 riff 2 three times)
(verse 1 riff 3)
B A(9)
---0----0----0----0----0-------0----0----0----0----0------------0----0----0----0----0-------0----0----0----0----0------------8----8----8----8----8-------6----6----6----6----6---------------------------------------------------------------9----------------------------7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I come to you...
(here, Emily plays chords with Amy until verse 2)
(verse 2 riff)
E A(9)
-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mercenaries of the shrine...
When you learn to love...
E A(9)
--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(repeat verse 2 riff one time)
(Emily then plays chords with Amy for 4 measures)
(repeat verse 2 riff one time)
(repeat verse 1 riff 2 three times; end on a single A(9)
chord)
(Amy and Emily plays chords until Emily's solo)
(solo)
E A(9)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-10-10/12-12-12------------------------------------8-9-11------------------8-8-8-9------------6-7-7/9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------------7-9----------------------------------------------------7/9------------------------------------------------------
E A(9)
------------0----0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0------------------4----4----4----4----4------2----2----2----2----9-11-9\--4----4----4----4----4----4-2----2----2----2--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E A(9)
--0-------2/4-4-4--5--5--7--9--7\-4--7---9--7\-4-7-7---9-------2-----------------------------0--0---0--0--0-0-0---0----2----2---2/4-4-4--6--6--8--9--8\-4--8/9-9--8\-4-8-8/9-9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E A(9)
-7----9--12-12-12--9-11-12-12-12-12-------12----12-12-------0----0---------------------9--9--9--9h10----12-----9h10----8/9--9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dsus2
--12-12-----12----12---12---------12----12-------------------10-10-------------------------------------------------------------11----11----9----9h11-11----11----------------------------------------------------------------11-12-0-9-11-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A(9) Dsus2
---------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------6--6-------------9---------------------7-9-0-6-7-0-4-6-0-0-7--7------7-9/11----11-12-0-9-11-0-7-----------------------0--0--7/9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A(9) Dsus2
-------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------6--6-------------9-----------------------9-0-6-7-0-4-6-0-0-7--7------7-9/11----11-12-0-9-11-0-7-9---------------------0--0--7/9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A(9) B
-----------------0--0------------------------9-----7------------------------0--0------------------0-------0-----0----------------------6--6-------------9------8-------8-----8----0-6-7-0-4-6-0-0-7--7------7-9/11----9-----9--------------------------------0--0--7/9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A(9)
-0-----0--------------7-----5-----0-----0------
---0-----0------0-------0-----0-----0-----0----
-----8-----8------6-------6-----6-----6-----6--
--------------7-----7--------------------------
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(repeat verse 2 riff two times)
(Emily plays chordswith Amy for 4 measures)
(repeat verse 2 riff one time)
(repeat verse 1 riff 2 four times)
(repeat verse 1 riff 3 one time)
(Amy and Emily play chords until the end of the song; end
on a single chord)
Well, that's the song everybody. Have fun.
transcribed by: Drew Boles (BolesGJD@aol.com)
