Key: E5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe



Intro: E- - B- - A- - C#5 - B- x2


Verse 1:
           E5
If this is all I 
B5       A5
have to give
              E5
These written words 
  B5          A5
exposing within
         E5
And everyone has a 
B5         A5
secret of sin
            F#5
Then why do I feel 
Ab5  A5
all alone in the end


Refrain:
   C#5       B5           E5
My fists are clenched in cold
   C#5     B5         A5
My fists unclench to hold


Chorus 1:
            E5
I carry the fire
           B5
I carry it home
                  A5
I'll lead the way lighted
                      C#5
until the breaking of dawn
  B5             E5
Together our mistakes
                   B5
The sun will shine out
               A5
I'll carry you with me
                C#5 B5      E5
And we'll carry on   carry on


Verse 2:
E5          B5           A5
  It's too late let it show
         E5    B5
From the underwear
           A5
under your clothes
                E5
Don't tell your mother
           B5        A5
that you're running low
         F#5
Don't confess to your
Ab5         A5
father that you don't know


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
            E5
I carry the fire
           B5
I carry it home
                  A5
I'll lead the way lighted
                      C#5
until the breaking of dawn
  B5             E5
Together our mistakes
                   B5
The sun will shine out
               A5
I'll carry you with me
                C#5 B5
And we'll carry on


Bridge:
      F#5 A5
carry on
              E5
Keep carrying on
              F#5 A5
Keep carrying on
              E5
Keep carrying on
           C#5
Because my fists 
    B5       A(hold)
are clenched


Chorus 1:
            E5
I carry the fire
           B5
I carry it home
                  A5
I'll lead the way lighted
                      C#5
until the breaking of dawn
  B5         E5
I carry the fire
I carry it home
                  F#5
I'll lead the way lighted
                      C#5
until the breaking of dawn
  B5             E5
Together our mistakes
                   B5
The sun will shine out
               A5
I'll carry you with me
                C#5
And we'll carry on
     B5        E5 B5 A5 C#5 B5 E(hold)
Keep carrying on.