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Ball Of Fire chords
Tommy James and The Shondells 1969 *
C Cmaj7 F
Scarlet hovering my head
C G F C
Pretty and red, pretty and red
Cmaj7 F
Flowers dying in their bed
C G
Oh, yeah
C Cmaj7 F
Why is everyone crying, mmm...hmm...
G
Don't you know you can see
Shining down on you and me, yeah
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
F C G
Keeps watching over you and I, way up high
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky, come on
F C G
Keeps watching over you and I, way up high
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C Cmaj7 F
And now the towers are falling
C G F C
Tumbling down, tumbling down
Cmaj7 F
Oh, can't you hear the angels calling
C G C G F
Oh, yeah, listen
G
Mmm...shining through eternity
As it was, so it shall be, yeah
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
F C G
Keeps watching over you and I, way up high, yeah
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky
F C G
Keeps watching over you and I, you and I, yes, it does
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky, come on
F C G
It keeps watching over you and I, way up high, come on
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
F C G
Keeps watching over you and I, you and I, way up high
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
F C G
It keeps watching over you and I, way up high, ho
C F C
And the ball of fire in the sky, come on
F C G
It keeps watching over you and I, way up high
* Alternate:
Capo III
C = A
Cmaj7 = Amaj7 or C#m
F = D
G = E
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