A Fire On A Hill Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays563

A Fire On A Hill by Hands Like Houses is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, Dm, E, C, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			"A Fire On A Hill" – Hands Like Houses  

Intro  
Am     F / Am     F / Dm      E     C /   
Am     F / (pause) Am // C / Am Dm      E     Am   
    
Verse  
Am                                                  Em  
It starts with a spark, a breath and a moment of still,  
                                 Dm  
A flicker, a glow, as the oxygen spills through a delta of spindles and stone,  
E  
Kindled from nothing in a whisper of smoke.  

Am                                                  Em  
And there a gift ignites; a cursive thought takes flight,  
            
And there's a dancer, twisting in between the spines.  
Dm                                                    E  
Give her the breather's kiss, and watch her spirit lift,  
                                                   F  
She'll take over the stage, and she'll own the night.  

PreChorus  
                          Am           G                  F  
Learning how to make a name from the words we can't keep in.  
          C                   Am             G  
Learning how to strike a flame, and draw hellfire from nothing.  


C                       Am            Em  
I don't know where to begin, to make these words take shape,  
C                 Am                  F          C  
How to nurture a flame, and raise it to a blaze  
                        Am         Em        C  
That on the clearest night can be seen forever.  
                        Am       F         C  
I don't know where to begin, begin again.  

Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante