Two Fires Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays606

Two Fires by Eric Taylor is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, C#, B, F#sus and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F#
Text
16
Speed
  			F# 
There's a fire out on the mesa 
           C#   B   F# 
And I'm an innocent man 
B                 C#   B      F# 
I'm just burning holes in the sand 
 
Burning my back roads 
     C#  B       F# 
In a two wheeled run 
B                       C#   B   F# 
Going to burn em again when I'm done 
        B 
Used to burn like Atlanta 
      F# 
Ah we burned like the loneseome 
     C# 
In a young girl's eye 
            B 
Where's the fire hey  what's the matter 
F#                 C#               F# F#sus F#  C B F# 
Two fires burning  burning one at a time 
F# 
There's a fire down on Scott Street 
       C#  B  F# 
In the pourin rain 
B                           C#    B    F# 
Down on the corner it's an eight ball game 
F# 
He's burning his fingers man 
    C#           B   F# 
And he's burning his clothes 
B                        C#   B     F# 
Somebody burned him and down he's goes 
        B 
Used to burn like Atlanta 
      F# 
Ah we burned like the loneseome 
     C# 
In a young girl's eye 
            B 
Where's the fire hey  what's the matter 
F#                 C#               F# F#sus F#  C B F# 
Two fires burning  burning one at a time 
F#                                C#       B       F# 
There's a fire down at this hotel burning itself out 
B 
The only thing left burning here 
          C#   B    F# 
Is coming out of my mouth 
F# 
One flame's a red babe 
    C#  B        F# 
And one flame's blue 
B 
Somebody get a fireman 
C#           B       F# 
Get a fire into this room 
        B 
Used to burn like Atlanta 
      F# 
Ah we burned like the loneseome 
     C# 
In a young girl's eye 
            B 
Where's the fire hey  what's the matter 
F#                 C#               F# F#sus F#  C B F# 
Two fires burning  burning one at a time 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante