The Fire The Steel The Tread Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays523

The Fire The Steel The Tread by Hot Water Music is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Em                      Em 
Come on, come on, gotta trust in something strong 
D                                  C 
Gotta keep them wheels on turning, die with the rest and wrong 

Em                      Em 
Hang on, hang on, gonna beat that wind for long 
      D                            C 
Yeah, eat that dust and savior the road less traveled on 

C 
Hey, ooooh 

G                      D               Em 
But we got one shot to follow past our day 
     G                       D                      Em 
By the time we're though this machine will know our name 
         G               D     Em              C 
We'll be shouting at the devil till we lay our head 
G               D                    Em 
Leave it to the fire, the steel, the tread 


Em   D   C   D 


Em                           Em 
Come on, come on. Before the hour at hand is gone 
D                                 C 
Gotta shake that pain and handle, broke the faith, the law 
Em              Em 
Hang on, hang on, gonna beat that wind for long 
    D                            C 
Yeah, eat that dust and savor the road less traveled on 

C 
Hey, ooooh 

G                      D                Em 
But we got one shot to follow past our day 
     G                       D                      Em 
By the time we're though this machine will know our name 
         G               D     Em              C 
We'll be shouting at the devil till we lay our head 
G                D                    C 
Leave it to the fire, the steel, the tread 
G                D                    Em 
Leave it to the fire, the steel, the tread 

C 
Oooohhhh 
Em 
Oooohhhh 
D 
Oooohhhh 
C 
Oooohhhh 

G 
Well, there ain't nothing wrong with chasing suns 
Em 
All beings, hanging on 
D                           C 
Find our way, damn it if we don't... 

C 
Hey, ooooh 

G                      D               Em 
But we got one shot to follow past our day 
     G                       D                      Em 
By the time we're though this machine will know our name 
         G               D     Em              C 
We'll be shouting at the devil till we lay our head 
G                D                     C 
Leave it to the fire, the steel, the tread 
G                D                     Em 
Leave it to the fire, the steel, the tread 



Guitar 2 

(1:04) 
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G--7-7-7-7--------------------5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------| 
D----------7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5------------7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(1:16) 
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-----------------12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------| 
G-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(2:10) 
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-12-12/10-10-8/5-5----------12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5------------------| 
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(2:32) 
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-12-12-12-10-10-10-8-8-8-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-------------| 
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(2:45) 
e-------------| 
B-3-3-3-3h5-1-| 
G-------------| 
D-------------| 
A-------------| 
E-------------| 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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