Tongues Of Fire Chords

KeyC Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays406

Tongues Of Fire by John Mark McMillan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, F, Am 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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     C 
The nights we spoke with tongues of fire 
     F 
The days we walked out on the wire 
Am                G                 F 
We were young and we were not afraid 

     C 
The angels whispered in our ears 
     F 
To tell us what the hilltop hears 
Am              G               F 
Beholden to the promises we made 
     Am                G                  
When we were young and we were not afraid 

Interlude: C - F - Am - G 

C 
River waters moved inside 
    F 
Our bodies like the ocean tide 
    Am              G                   F 
The spirit swam the hallows of our veins 

    C 
The years they roared like waves down on 
    F 
The rocky shores we stand upon 
    Am               G                   F 
And beat against our banks with iron rage 
     Am                G                 C 
When we were young and we were not afraid 

F                  Am              G 
We can still push up against those pillars 
F                  Am             G 
We can light those foxes tails ablaze 
F                      Am             G 
Nighttime still pushes up against the sun 
      F                 Am          G 
Where we grow young and we are not afraid 

     C               F                 Am 
And you, you gotta find your way back home 
           G 
Out of the woods 
     C                     F 
And you, you don’t have to hold your own 
           Am                G 
You gotta find your way back home 
           F 
Out of the woods 
              F 
They’re gonna smoke you out 
              F 
They’re gonna find you out 
           C 
Out of the woods 

Outro: C - F - Am - G - C 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante