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I'm On Fire - John Mayer
off "Battle Studies"
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Tabbed by: Kevin Heiland (Kevy Absolution)
Email: kevin.heiland@gmail.com
Tuning: EADGBE
Originally performed by Bruce Springsteen, "I'm On Fire" is reproduced by John Mayer
for his new album. While similar to the original in chord structure, some of the
riffs have changed in Mayer's interpretation. Throughout the song, chords are
arpeggiated, so I'll introduce the arpeggio charts then show chords with lyrics.
Chords:
A B C#m E
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------0-------|
B|-------2-----2-|-------4-----4-|---------5-------|-----0-----0---0-|
G|-----2-----2---|-----4-----4---|-----6-----6---6-|-------------1---|
D|---2-----2-----|---4-----4-----|---6---6-----6---|---2---2---------|
A|-0-------------|-2-------------|-4---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
Intro: (Slight palm-muting, fingerpicked)
C#m
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------5-------|-----5---5-------|
G|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6---6-|-------6---6-----|
D|---6---6-----6---|---6---6-----6---|---6---6-----6---|---6---------6---|
A|-4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-4-------------6-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_mayer/im_on_fire_tab.html ]
E
e|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
B|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|-----0-----0---0-|
G|-------------1---|-------------1---|-------------1---|-------------1---|
D|---2---2---------|---2---2---------|---2---2---------|---2---2---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------| Phrase x2
E
Hey little girl, is your daddy home?
A
Did he go and leave you all alone now?
C#m
I got a bad desire;
A B E
Oh, oh, oh, I'm on fire.
E
Tell me pretty baby is he good to you?
A
Can he do to you the things that I do now?
C#m
I can take you higher;
A B E
Oh, oh, oh, I'm on fire.
(Intro Riff)
C#m
Sometimes it feels like someone took a knife
baby edgy and dull, and cut a
A
six-inch valley through the middle of my skull.
E
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet,
And a freight train running through the
A
middle of my head.
C#m
It can cool my desire.
A B E
Oh, oh, oh, I'm on fire.
A B E
Oh, oh, oh, I'm on fire.
A B
Oh, oh, oh, I'm on fire.
Mmmmhmmm, yeah.
(Intro Riff)
(Vamp to Fade)
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