CHORDS: The Avett Brothers – The Fire Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

This is the chords of The Fire by The Avett Brothers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

 

[Intro]
C, Em, C, G

[Verse 1]
C                  G    
A young child sits quiet, 
      Bm           C
the forest is dark
C             G           
Possibilities overflow his
 Em
 unbroken heart
C             G         
I ask him well after the
 Bm             C
brush takes the spark
C                       Em
What do you see in the fire?
G/C                         
I see light within color and
 G
 color in light
Bm           Em        
Trophies I'll take home 
    C
and battles I'll fight
C             G           
A bright blue horizon with
 Bm         C
 no pain in sight
C                           
I'll be there and so will my 
 Em     G/C         G
parents and you're invited too

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[Verse 2]
C                         G
A life-sentence inmate in orange
 prisoner clothes
Bm                  Em        
Who's been told his whole life
         C
 that's just how it goes
C            G             Bm      C
Who came out swinging from poverty row
C                       Bm
Sits a bit close to the dangerous glow
C                     Em
What do ya see in the fire?
C                               G
I see rich people laughin' with food
 on their plates
Bm               Em          C
And neighborhood bullies imprinted
 with hate
C             G            Bm  
Moms and dads screaming at each 
        C
other insane
C                         
And hard grey redemption a
 Bm
 little too late
Em                    Am
And I see myself as I might've been
C                 D             C     G
I’m handsome, and capable, and funny

[Verse 3]
        C                 G
A young woman in college entranced 
by the flames
   Bm        Em         C
Is pondering silent how perfectly strange
C               G         Bm     
A girl could be called by so many
 C                       
 names and not one be the 
              Em
 one she was given
C                      G
What do you see in the fire?
C                           G
I see myself in the mirror, not
 pretty enough
Bm          Em        C
And digital images reducing love
C               G           Bm       C
My roommate enslaved by expectations above
C                                Em   Em
And then I see the face of my mother

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[Verse 4]
C                     G
A first-year preacher stands
 on his feet
Bm              Em        C
His love for mankind is true 
and complete
C          G          Bm   
While the frigid wind blows 
             C
through the trees
C                 Bm
I ask as he leans away from the heat
C                       Em
"What do you see in the fire?"
C                        
I see swirling confusion, 
 G
question, and loss
Bm              Em   C
And I know all about Christ
 and the cross
C                        Bm
But I cannot explain the Holocaust
Em                            Am
I stuttered when a young man asked me to
C                     G
I just couldn’t find the words

[Verse 5]
C                      G
A woman of ninety with wisdom in spades
Bm                Em         
Her mind still as sharp as her
  C
 kitchen blades
C            G      Bm          C
I ask as her memory nonetheless fades
C                       Em
"What do you see in the fire?"
          C                  
I see the touch of my husband 
     G
who recently passed
    Bm       Em              C
Our hometown before the roads got so fast
C            G         Bm        C
And I see it now in an inpatient blur
G          G
And I see how in love we were
Em                           Bm
I see the good Lord offering mercy
Em                           Bm
I see the good Lord offering mercy
C                            D7
I see the good Lord offering mercy

[Verse 6]
C                       G
Someone I care for, she sits by my side
Bm             Em           C
I can feel the past and the future collide
C                 G       
She leans in and whispers, 
  Bm                C
“Don't think, just decide"
C                      Em
What do you see in the fire?
          C                        
I see the faces of my victims whose 
  G
hearts I once broke
Bm       Em            C
Calm and alive in the curling smoke
C          G    Bm           C
All I can do is sit here and hope
C                       Em        Em
They may find a way to forgive me

[Outro]
C                           G
There's something unspoken there
 in your eyes
Bm           Em           C
A pain or a love I don't recognize
C                G  Bm       C
I better ask you now before it dies
C                   G
What do you see in the fire?