Melissa Etheridge - Dancing In The Fire Chords & Tabs

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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:59:29 +0000 (Z)
From: "Boulton, Nic" 
Subject: TAB:/e/etheridge_melissa/dancing_in_the_fire.tab

>From the Practice Tape #1 bootleg. There is also a slightly different
version (with saxaphone) on the Being Sensitive & Melissa Madness
bootlegs.


This is in G, 4/4 time at 120 beats per minute.


[intro]:
    Em         Em7   C                D
e -|----0-----------|---0--------0---|----*0-h2-------|---2--0h2-------|
B -|----------------|--------3----3--|----3------3-3--|----3------3-3--|
G -|----------------|----5-------5-5-|--2---------2---|-----2------2---|
D -|------------0---|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
A -|--2-----2-------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4


    Em               Csus             D
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|---------0h2----|
B -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|------3-----3-3-|
G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|----2--------2--|
D -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|---0------------|
A -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4

[picked verse]...

the guitar pretty much follows this pattern for every line in the verse,
with some variation of the picking and hammer-ons in the last bar of
D(sus9).

    Em               Csus             D                 D
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|-----0---2------|
B -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|--0h3-----3---3-|
G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|------------2---|
D -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|----------------|
A -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4

    Em                      C                       D
    I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color
 to turn inside out and    wash             in the rain
it loses    all         perfection         in cold water
   so     the   desired    look               is obtained

[chorus]:
    Bm                                C9
e -|--------2*------|-----------2----|--------0*------|--------0*------|
B -|----3-----3---3-|------3-----3-3-|---3-3-----(3)--|---3-------3-3--|
G -|4-----------4---|----4--------4--|----0-------(0)-|----0-------0---|
D -|4---------------|--4-------------|----------------|----------------|
A -|----------------|2---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
E -|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
&it ri-ses           hi----gher and   higher                        like

    Bm
e -|-----------------2-----------2---|-----------------2---------------|
B -|----------------3---3------------|----------------3-----3-------3--|
G -|--------4-----------4-----4------|--------4------------------4-----|
D -|------------------------4--------|----4--------------------4-------|
A -|2--------------------------------|2--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
this fil---thy      heat                        above   the   city

    C9
e -|-------------------------0*------|-----------------0---------------|
B -|-----------------3--------------3|------------0--------3-------0---|
G -|--------0------------------------|--------0----------------0-------|
D -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
   sky - -  y  - - - y                                            and I

    Bm
e -|2---------------2---------------2|2--------------------------------|
B -|----3----------------3------3----|----3--------------------3-------|
G -|--------4----------------4-------|--------4------------4-------4---|
D -|---------------------------------|-----------------4---------------|
A -|2---------------2---------------2|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
  feel like I'm    going    mad                       dancing  in the

    C9
e -|-----0-----------0---------------|-----------------0---------------|
B -|--------1---3--------------------|-----------------------3p1-------|
G -|---------------------------------|--------0------------------------|
D -|-------------------------------2-|----2----------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
   fire                                                     as if I'm

    Em                                D
e -|-------------0-------------------|-------------0*-h2---------------|
B -|--------0--------0-------0-------|--------3------------------------|
G -|----0----------------0-----0-----|----2----------------------------|
D -|2--------------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
    on - -  ly      here    to       prove                    there are

    C                                 D
e -|---------------------------------|----------------0h2--------------|
B -|-----------------3-----1---1-----|---------------------------------|
G -|--------0----------------0-------|---------------------------------|
D -|----2----------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
  moun- - tains      I     could     move

 [strummed verse]
    Em               C                D     Ds9 D      D   4  9  D   ++
e -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-0--2-2m--|2--23m-0--2-2m--|
B -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|1--11m-1--1-1m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|
G -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|
D -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|
A -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|----------------|----------------|
E -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4

   Em                 C                     D
so love is spent            dancing in the fire
   too high the cost     and too quick the pain
and all that's left for             the outsider

    Em7              D                Em7
e -|--------0-------|------0-2-------|--------0*------|--------0-------|
B -|----3-----3-0h3p0----3-----------|-------3*-(3)---|----------3-----|
G -|----------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
    aaaaashes  from  dancing in the  fire

    C                D         *
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|
B -|-----------31h3-|----------------|
G -|----0-----------|----------------|
D -|--2-------------|0*--------------|
A -|3---------------|----------------|
E -|----------------|----------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
   ashes


[picked verse]
     Em                        C                       D
     I think my eyes    were made              for deception
   interpreting lovers will  call what they want the truth
but all I have seen           burning behind these    mirrors  of the
 reflection they see is       all     that I        pursue


[chorus]:
       Bm               C
so it rises higher and higher
           Bm                        C
like this filthy heat above the city sky
        Bm                                C
and I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
           Em            D
as if I'm only here to prove
           C                 D
there are mountains I could move

[strummed verse]
   Em               C                   D   ++
so love is spent    dancing in the     fire
   too high the cost and too quick the pain
and all that's left for         the outsider

    Em7              D                Em7
e -|-----------0----|------0-2-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
B -|-----------0----|----3-----------|-------3--(3)---|----------2-----|
G -|0---------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
    aaaaashes  from  dancing in the  fire

    C                D         *      Em               Em
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|--000----0------|--000----0------|
B -|-----------31h3-|----------------|0-000----0------|0-000----0------|
G -|----0-----------|----------------|0-000--0-0----x-|0-000--0-0------|
D -|--2-------------|0*--------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
A -|3---------------|----------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
E -|----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4    1   2   3   4
   aaaaaashes  from  dancing   in the fire


[bridge- same strumming pattern as strummed verse]:

C                    Em
and the voices get louder
C                           Em
and the air's too thick to breathe, still I

    D                                 C
e -|---------------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B -|-----------------3------3-3------|-----------------------1---1-----|
G -|--------2----------------2-------|-----------------0-------0-------|
D -|0--------------------------------|--------2------------------------|
A -|---------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
    lie awake                    and wait    for   the un -  known

    G                                 G
e -|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
B -|-------------------0-------------|---------------------3---0---3---|
G -|---------------------------------|------------0--------------------|
D -|--------0----------------0h2p0---|--------0------------------------|
A -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
E -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
  power

    C                                 C9
e -|-----------------0---------------|0----------------0---------------|
B -|------------------------1-1------|----3------------------3---3-----|
G -|--------0----------------0-------|--------0----------------0-------|
D -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
    d y i n g                                      for want   of

    G                                 D
e -|-----------------3---------------|-------------0---2-[let ring]----|
B -|---------------------3---0---3---|--------3------------------------|
G -|-------------0-------------------|----2----------------------------|
D -|--------0------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1       2        3       4        1       2        3       4
 sleep                               [atempo] [slow it down, this bar]

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/melissa_etheridge/dancing_in_the_fire_tab.html ]
[picked verse]
         Em                       C                  D
         I think my lifetime was stolen      from a movie
    the one where they are    trying to solve   the crime
but the prisoner is      always one step           before them
and everyone's running         trying to stop him in time

[chorus]
       Bm               C
so it rises higher and higher
           Bm                      C
like this filthy heat above this city sky
    Bm                                C
I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
           Em            D
as if I'm only here to prove
           C              D
there are lovers I could move

[strummed verse]
     Em                C                     D
so love is spent      dancing   in   the    fire
oh, too high the cost yeah and too quick the pain
and all that's left   for the            outsider

Em          D              Em        Em
ashes from dancing in the fire
C           D              Em        Em
ashes from dancing in the fire
ashes from dancing in the fire
oo oo      oo oo   oo    hooooooo


*******************

[Chords/melody for the vocal] :


crd Em                      C                       D       D
bts 1       2   3       4   1     2   3       4     123  4  1 2 3 4
e---0---0----0--0-----0--0--0------------------------0---------------|
B---------------------------------3---3----3---1----3-3--------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color

crd   Em                      C                 D        D
bts   1      2    3   4       1   2     3   4   1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4
e-0---3----2-0----0--------------------------------------------------|
B------------------3-------3---3--------3---3---0--------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------2------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  to turn inside ou-ut    and wash      in the ra-ain

crd   Em            C                   D          D
bts   1 2  3    4   1   2    3    4     1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e-----0-0--0-----0--0---------------------0--------------------------|
B--3-------------------3------3---1-----3----3-----------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  it loses all  perfection    in cold  wa-te-er

crd Em                   C                        D           D
bts 1        2 3  4      1     2     3   4        1  2    3 4 1 2 3 4
e---3---2-----0-0----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------3------0-------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------2--0-----------------0--2----------------|
D---------------------------------------------2----------------------|
    so the   desired    loo-oo-ook            is obtained

crd    Bm              Bm                   C          C
bts    1   2   3  4    1     2   3   4      1  2  3 4  1 2 3   4
e-----------------------0----------------------0---------------------|
B-0-1--3---0-------------------3-----1------3------------------1-----|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  & it ri-ses           hi----gher  and    higher             like

crd      Bm              Bm                C           C
bts      1  2   3   4    1 2  3       4    1  2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---------------------------0----------0-----------------------------|
B----3---3--3---3-------3---------3--3------0------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------2-0--------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   this filthy heat     ab--ove  the city sky-y-y

crd     Bm                       Bm                   C        C
bts     1        2    3     4    1 2   3      4       1 2 3 4  1 2 3
e--------------------------------------0----------------0------------|
B--0-1--3----3---3----3-0--3--------------3---3---1---3--------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   & I feel like I'm going mad        dancing in the fi-re

crd         Em           D                 C                D
bts 4       1 2  3   4   1 2 3    4        1   2    3  4    1  2 34
e---------------------------------3----3---3---3----3--3-----0-------|
B-0-3---0---3-3--3---3---0-------------------------------------3-----|
G---------------------------2----------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 as if I'm only here to pro-ove there are mountains I could mo-ove

crd Em                 C                         D          D
bts  1   2    3    4   1     2    3       4      1 2   3 4  1 2 3 4
e----0----------------------------0----------------------------------|
B-3------3----3----------------------3---3---0---3-0-----------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 so love is spent                dancing in the fire

crd Em                  C                 D             D
bts 1       2   3  4    1    2   3    4   1  2    3  4  1 2 3 4
e---0---0---0----0---------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------1----3----3---3----0-------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
   too high the cost   and  too quick the pa-ain

crd    Em                  C                       D          D
bts    1    2     3    4   1   2  3            4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e------0---------------0---------------------------------------------|
B--3--------3-----3-----3-------------------0---3--3----0------------|
G----------------------------------------------------2---------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  and all that's left fo-or                the outsi-i-der

crd Em             D              Em         Em
bts 1  2   3   4   1 2 3      4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C               D
bts 1  2   3   4    1  2  3  4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------3----------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    aaash-es


[the melody for this verse is pretty much the same as "I think my heart
was designed to fade and lose color.....", except where shown]

                        B--3---0-3-----|
                        G-----------2--|
I think my eyes were made for deception


interpreting lovers will call what they want the truth
all I have seen burning behind these mirrors

of the reflection they see is all that I pursue
[last line uses same melody as 2nd line]


so it rises higher and higher
like this filthy heat above the city sky
and I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
as if I'm only here to prove
there are mountains I could move

so love is spent dancing in the fire
too high the cost and too quick the pain
and all that's left for the outsider

crd Em             D              Em         Em
bts 1  2   3   4   1 2 3      4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C             D              Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3    4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e---0--------------0------2--2----3-0--------------------------------|
B---------3----3------3----------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    aaash-es from dancing in the fire


crd C                    C              Em          Em
bts 1   2   3       4    1 2 3    4     1  2  3  4  1 2 3 4
e----------------0---3----5--3----0-----3--0-------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                and the  voices  get   louder

crd C                     C                  Em           Em
bts 1   2   3        4    1     2    3   4   1  2   3  4  1 2 3
e----------------0---3----5-----3----3---0----3----------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                and the  air's too thick to breathe

crd         D                 C                    G         G
bts 4       1  2    3 4       1    2      3   4    1 2   3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------0-----0------------0--------------------------------------|
B---1---3------3----------3--------3---1---3--3----3-0---------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  still I lie awake      and wait for the unknown power

crd  C           C                   G            D
bts  1  2  3  4  1 2       3    4    1  2  3  4   1 2 3 4
e----0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3------------------------0--------------------------------|
G----------------------0---2---0-------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    dy -  ing         for want of sleep           [atempo]


I think my lifetime was stolen from a movie         ["I think..."
the one where they are trying to solve the crime     melody again]
but the prisoner is always one step before them
and everyone's running trying to stop him in time
[4th line uses melody from 2nd line]

so it rises higher and higher
like this filthy heat above this city sky
I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
as if I'm only here to prove

e -3---3---3--3--3---3----5----- [different melody this time]
there are lovers I could moooove


so love is spent dancing in the fire
oh, too high the cost, yeah and too quick the pain
and all that's left for the outsider

crd Em             D              Em         Em
bts 1  2   3   4   1 2 3      4   1 2 3   4  1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C             D                Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3      4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e---0--------------0---------------------0---------------------------|
B---------3----3------3-------3---3---3------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
    aaash-es from dancing     in the fi-ire

crd C             D                 Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3       4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e----32------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B---------3---3-----3---------------0--------------------------------|
G-----------------------2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
    aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire

crd C             D              Em             Em
bts 1  2   3   4  1  2  3    4   1  2   3   4   1  2  3  4
e---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---------------------0----------------------------------|
G------------------2----2----0--------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    oooo   ooo    ooo   ooo  hoo hooooo


* in this tab means accent this note (hit it hard or better still, pick
the string by -hooking it away- from the body of the guitar then letting
it go)

++ note the strumming of the D(xx0232), the Dsus4(xx0233) and
Dsus9(xx0230)

"m" in the strummed verses means strum it hard and then mute the strings
with your strumming hand *immediately* after you have strummed it, to
give a percussive sound

 -x- is strum, but mute at the neck *as* you strum it

h is a hammer on
p is a pull off

enjoy

Nic

Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com