Calm The Fire Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays575

Calm The Fire by Alter Bridge is a guitar song played in the key of Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
Text
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  			Calm the fire 
 
Eb|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------| 
Bb|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------| 
Gb|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------| 
Db|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------| 
Ab|----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------| 
Eb|-7----------7---|-5---------5------|-3----------3----|-2---/6--7| 
 

All the places 
 
Eb|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|---------| 
Bb|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|---------| 
Gb|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|---------| 
Db|-9-14-12-10-9--13|-7-12-10-9-7--11|-17-10-9-7-5--11/12\11|-4---/8-9| 
Ab|-----------------|----------------|----------------------|---------| 
Eb|-7-12-10-8--7--11|-5-10-8--7-5--9-|-15-8--7-5-3---9/10\9-|-2---/6-7| 
 

Riff 1 
 
Eb|-------------------------------------| 
Bb|-------------------------------------| 
Gb|-------------------------------------| 
Db|-7(16x)----8(16x)----5(16x)----4(16x)| 
Ab|-5(16x)----5(16x)----5(16x)----5(16x)| 
Eb|-------------------------------------| 
 

Riff 2 
 
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|0-12-0-8-7-0-0-12-0-8-7-0-12-0-8-0-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10| 
 

 
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------| 
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------| 
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------| 
Db|--------------------------------------------------------| 
Ab|--------------------------------------------------------| 
Eb|0-12-0-8-7-0-0-12-0-8-7-0-12-0-8-0-17(6x)-16(6X)-14(4x)-| 
 

In the verse you can play both riffs, but riff 2 is better palm muted 

Pre-Chorus (Change the notes as you see it's time) 
 
Eb|----------------------------------| 
Bb|----------------------------------| 
 
 
 Gb|2-4--5-7--9-11--12-14--7-9--11-12-| 
Db|x-x--x-x--x-xx--xx-xx--x-x--x--xx-| 
Ab|0-2--3-5--7-9---10-12--5-7--9--10-| 
Eb|----------------------------------| 
 

Little thing before Chorus 
 
Eb|---------------------------------| 
Bb|---------------------------------| 
Gb|---------------------------------| 
Db|---------------------------------| 
Ab|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-0-2-0-3-2-| 
Eb|---------------------------------| 
 


Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante