Dance Like Fire Chords
by Ben Harper
Dance Like Fire by Ben Harper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G, D, F and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A G A G A G D D
G D A D
It takes four men to carry a coffin... but just one to carry a cross
G D A D
Takes a lifetime to find yourself... a split second to be lost
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
G D A D
The real... revolutionary... he won't hide... in his home
G D A D
And the prophet... the real prophet... he dies poor... poor and alone
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
Solo
G D G D G D F Bm D
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
A G D
If we could dance like a fire...we'd never get burned... never get burned
Note
I play this with the high E string tuned down to D and then left open to ring
A G D F Bm
D|---|---|---|---|---
B|-2-|-3-|-3-|-1-|-3-
G|-2-|---|-2-|-2-|-4-
D|-2-|---|---|-3-|---
A|---|-2-|-x-|-x-|-x-
E|-x-|-3—|-x-|-x-|-x-