Fire at Midnight Chords
by Jethro Tull
Fire at Midnight by Jethro Tull is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am, Em, F, D and A(sus2). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G C Am Em Em
I believe in fires at midnight
G G Am
when the dogs have all been fed.
G C Am Em
A golden toddy on the mantle
C G G Am
a broken gun beneath the bed.
F F C Am
Silken mist outside the window.
G G G Am
Frogs and newts slip in the dark
F F C Am
too much hurry ruins the body.
G G G D
I'll sit easy ... fan the spark
G C Am Em Em
kindled by the dying embers
G G Am
of another working day.
G C Am Em Em
Go upstairs ... take off your makeup
G G Am
fold your clothes neatly away.
F F C Am
Me, I'll sit and write this love song
G G G Am
as I all too seldom do
F F C Am
build a little fire this midnight.
G G D A(sus2)
It's good to be back home with you.