Fire Dies Down Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays418

Fire Dies Down by Seabear is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am, D, G, Bm and C. 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
  			Intro: Em Am D G x2 

Em           Am 
The fire died down 
D               G 
Carried it there into the house 
Em   Am 
Unclose your eyes 
D         G 
Let it all glow 

Bm                 Am 
One day this body will break, 
Bm                  Am    C G 
One day these hands will shake. 

Em Am D G 

Em                Am 
I'm watching the grass glow 
D                       G 
Shining through the dead leaves 
Em               Am 
Arched back and slow 
D        G 
Your plow in the snow 

Bm             Am 
So let it all glow, 
Bm             Am   C G 
While the fire dies down. 

Em Am D G 

Em                      Am     D              G 
Your clothes they have grown since I saw you last. 
Em                  Am      D             G 
Summer makes us all into a soft knife in your hands. 
Em                Am 
Twist it into my skin 
D          G 
Wire to our cells 

Bm               Am 
One day our body will break, 
Bm                Am    C  G 
One day our hands will shake. 

Em Am D G 

Em                         Am 
Summer lightening spit me out 
D              G 
Onto the wet grass 
Em           Am 
Climb onto its back 
D          G 
Your smile, broken glass 
Em           Am 
Cold hands following down 
D       G 
No one's left warm 

Bm        Am 
So let it all glow, 
Bm             Am   C  G 
While the fire dies down. 

Em Am D G 

Em      Am 
Fire dies down 
D                     G  
build a home in the ground 
Em                        Am 
Let light in through the holes in the ceiling 
D                    G 
Something to believe in 
Em       Am 
Let it all glow 
D                G 
Your name on fire and snow 

Bm                 Am 
One day our bodies will break, 
Bm                Am   C  G 
One day our hands will shake. 
    	

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