You Will Set The World On Fire Chords
by David Bowie
You Will Set The World On Fire by David Bowie is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5, A5, Em, D, C, Bb, B5, C5 and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9-7----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-9-7-7-7-9-10-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-7-5-7-7-9-10-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0-----5-5-7-8--------------------------------------------------------------|
E5
Midnight in the Village
A5
Seeger lights the candles
E5
From Bitter End to Gaslight
A5
Baez leaves the stage
E5
Ochs takes notes
A5
When the black girl and guitar
E5
Burn together hot in rage
A5
You've got what it takes
INTRO RIFF
You say too much
Em
Oh you will set the world babe
D C
You will set the world on fire
Em
I can work the scene and
D C
I can see the magazines
Em
I can hear the nation
D C
I can hear the nation cry
Em
You will set the world babe
D Bb
You will set the world on fire
C
You will set it on fire
INTRO RIFF
E5 A5
Kennedy would kill for the lines that you?ve written
E5 A5
Van Ronk says to Bobby "she?s the next real thing"
E5 A5
Crouched in the half light, screaming like a banshee
E5 A5
You re in the boat babe, we're in the water
INTRO RIFF
You say too much
Em
Oh you will set the world babe
D C
You will set the world on fire
Em
I can work the scene and
D C
I can see the magazines
Em
I can hear the nation
D C
I can hear the nation cry
Em
You will set the world babe
D Bb
You will set the world on fire
C
You will set it on fire
A5 - B5 - C5 - D5
Em
Oh you will set the world babe
D C
You will set the world on fire
Em
I can work the scene and
D C
I can see the magazines
Em
I can hear the nation
D C
I can hear the nation cry
Em
You will set the world babe
D Bb
You will set the world on fire
C
You will set it on fire
Em
Oh you will set the world babe
D C
You will set the world on fire
Em
I can work the scene and
D C
I can see the magazines
Em
I can hear the nation
D C
I can hear the nation cry
Em
You will set the world babe
D Bb
You will set the world on fire
C
You will set it on fire
E5