Flickers In The Flames Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays490

Flickers In The Flames by Dave Thomas Junior is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, C and D. 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
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  			verse 1 

Em        G 
Breathing in 
C             G  D  C 
And I swear I have seen your face before 
Em      G 
Just beginning 
C    G    D     C 
Only place that we have ever gone 
C           G     C 
Can’t know the unknown 


Chorus 

             Em                G 
Name these places, tell your tales 
          D                  C 
But you know we’re only flickers in the-- 
          Em             G 
Moment's gone, moment's pale 
            D                 C 
'Cause you know we’re only flickers in the flames 
C 
We’re flickers in the flames 


Interlude 2X 
Em  D  C 


verse 2 

Em       G 
Drop a stone 
C        G   D        C 
Throw it in the well and wait for its return 
Em       G 
All the cars 
C           G     D 
drive themselves now 
    D 
So we don’t need to pay attention 
Em   G      C 
Anywhere we go 


Chorus 

             Em                G 
Name these places, tell your tales 
          D                  C 
But you know we’re only flickers in the-- 
          Em             G 
Moment's gone, moment's pale 
            D                 C 
'Cause you know we’re only flickers in the flames 
C 
We’re flickers in the flames 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante