Light My Fire Chords by Al Green
Tempo:
78.95 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
Am
A
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [F#m]
[Am] Yeah.
[F#m] [A]
[C#m] [Am] [F#m] You know, [E] I would [Am] be untrue.
[F#m] And you know, [E] it seems to me that I would be a [Am] liar [F#m] if I were to come up [Am] to you and
say, [F#m] girl, [A] we couldn't get much higher.
[G] [A] [Bm] Light my fire, [G] [A] [Bm] light my fire, [G] [F#m] gonna keep the night [E] on fire.
[Am]
The [F#m] time's messed [B] around, children, [A] it's through now.
[Am]
And I [F#m] ain't got time, [E] while I am in [Am] my house.
[F#m] But darling, we could [A] only [Am] lose, yeah.
[F#m] I don't want to become a funeral pie, but [A] all I want you to [G] do is, [A] please, baby, [D] light [Bm] my fire.
[G] Yeah.
[F#m] Stick em up, [D] stick em up to [Bm] my fire.
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[F#m] Gonna keep the [E] night on fire.
[Am] [E] [A]
[Am] [D] [G] [Am] [F#m]
[Am] [Em] [F#m] Say that, say that.
[Am] [F#m] What?
[G] Yeah.
[A] [D] [Bm]
[G] [F#m] Please, please, please, [D] please, light my [Bm] fire, light my [G] fire.
[F#m] Gotta keep the night [E] on fire.
[Am] Sing a play of guitar.
[F#m] [Am]
[Dm] [F#m] [Am]
[F#m] [Am]
[F#m] [G] [A]
[D] [Bm] [G] But [A] all you gotta do [D] is stick em up [Bm] to my fire.
Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
[F#m] Gotta keep [E] the night on fire.
[Am] Baby's here.
[F#m]
[Am] Ah, [F#m] good, good, good, [Am] good.
Baby.
Oh, we're [F#m] working, y'all.
We're working, y'all.
[Am] [A] [F#m] I can see us.
[Am] This is why I'm doing something mighty [F#m] good in the dark.
Ah.
Ha ha [Am] ha ha.
[F#m]
[Am] Yeah.
[F#m] [A]
[C#m] [Am] [F#m] You know, [E] I would [Am] be untrue.
[F#m] And you know, [E] it seems to me that I would be a [Am] liar [F#m] if I were to come up [Am] to you and
say, [F#m] girl, [A] we couldn't get much higher.
[G] [A] [Bm] Light my fire, [G] [A] [Bm] light my fire, [G] [F#m] gonna keep the night [E] on fire.
[Am]
The [F#m] time's messed [B] around, children, [A] it's through now.
[Am]
And I [F#m] ain't got time, [E] while I am in [Am] my house.
[F#m] But darling, we could [A] only [Am] lose, yeah.
[F#m] I don't want to become a funeral pie, but [A] all I want you to [G] do is, [A] please, baby, [D] light [Bm] my fire.
[G] Yeah.
[F#m] Stick em up, [D] stick em up to [Bm] my fire.
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[F#m] Gonna keep the [E] night on fire.
[Am] [E] [A]
[Am] [D] [G] [Am] [F#m]
[Am] [Em] [F#m] Say that, say that.
[Am] [F#m] What?
[G] Yeah.
[A] [D] [Bm]
[G] [F#m] Please, please, please, [D] please, light my [Bm] fire, light my [G] fire.
[F#m] Gotta keep the night [E] on fire.
[Am] Sing a play of guitar.
[F#m] [Am]
[Dm] [F#m] [Am]
[F#m] [Am]
[F#m] [G] [A]
[D] [Bm] [G] But [A] all you gotta do [D] is stick em up [Bm] to my fire.
Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
[F#m] Gotta keep [E] the night on fire.
[Am] Baby's here.
[F#m]
[Am] Ah, [F#m] good, good, good, [Am] good.
Baby.
Oh, we're [F#m] working, y'all.
We're working, y'all.
[Am] [A] [F#m] I can see us.
[Am] This is why I'm doing something mighty [F#m] good in the dark.
Ah.
Ha ha [Am] ha ha.
[F#m]
Key:
F#m
Am
A
G
E
F#m
Am
A
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Yeah.
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ _
_ [C#m] _ [Am] _ _ [F#m] You know, [E] I would [Am] be untrue.
_ _ [F#m] And you know, [E] it seems to me that I would be a [Am] liar _ _ [F#m] _ if I were to come up [Am] to you and
say, _ [F#m] girl, [A] we couldn't get much higher.
[G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] Light my fire, _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] light my fire, _ [G] _ [F#m] gonna keep the night [E] on fire.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
The [F#m] time's messed [B] around, children, [A] it's through now.
[Am] _ _
And I [F#m] ain't got time, [E] while I am in [Am] my house. _
_ [F#m] But darling, we could [A] only [Am] lose, yeah. _
_ [F#m] _ I don't want to become a funeral pie, but [A] all I want you to [G] do is, [A] please, baby, [D] light [Bm] my fire.
[G] Yeah.
[F#m] Stick em up, [D] stick em up to [Bm] my fire.
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[F#m] Gonna keep the [E] night on fire. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] Say that, say that. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F#m] What? _
[G] Yeah.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ [F#m] Please, please, please, [D] please, light my [Bm] fire, light my [G] fire.
[F#m] Gotta keep the night [E] on fire. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] Sing a play of guitar.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] But [A] all you gotta do [D] is stick em up [Bm] to my fire.
Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
[F#m] Gotta keep [E] the night on fire. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Baby's here.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ Ah, [F#m] good, good, good, [Am] good.
Baby.
Oh, we're [F#m] working, y'all.
We're working, y'all. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ I can see us.
[Am] This is why I'm doing something mighty [F#m] good in the dark.
Ah.
Ha ha [Am] ha ha.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Yeah.
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ _
_ [C#m] _ [Am] _ _ [F#m] You know, [E] I would [Am] be untrue.
_ _ [F#m] And you know, [E] it seems to me that I would be a [Am] liar _ _ [F#m] _ if I were to come up [Am] to you and
say, _ [F#m] girl, [A] we couldn't get much higher.
[G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] Light my fire, _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] light my fire, _ [G] _ [F#m] gonna keep the night [E] on fire.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
The [F#m] time's messed [B] around, children, [A] it's through now.
[Am] _ _
And I [F#m] ain't got time, [E] while I am in [Am] my house. _
_ [F#m] But darling, we could [A] only [Am] lose, yeah. _
_ [F#m] _ I don't want to become a funeral pie, but [A] all I want you to [G] do is, [A] please, baby, [D] light [Bm] my fire.
[G] Yeah.
[F#m] Stick em up, [D] stick em up to [Bm] my fire.
Yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
[F#m] Gonna keep the [E] night on fire. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ [D] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] Say that, say that. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F#m] What? _
[G] Yeah.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ [F#m] Please, please, please, [D] please, light my [Bm] fire, light my [G] fire.
[F#m] Gotta keep the night [E] on fire. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] Sing a play of guitar.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] But [A] all you gotta do [D] is stick em up [Bm] to my fire.
Yeah, yeah, [G] yeah.
[F#m] Gotta keep [E] the night on fire. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Baby's here.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ Ah, [F#m] good, good, good, [Am] good.
Baby.
Oh, we're [F#m] working, y'all.
We're working, y'all. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ I can see us.
[Am] This is why I'm doing something mighty [F#m] good in the dark.
Ah.
Ha ha [Am] ha ha.
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _