Dancing In The Fire Tab by Melissa Etheridge
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:59:29 +0000 (Z)
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: TAB:/e/etheridge_melissa/dancing_in_the_fire.tab
>From the Practice Tape #1 bootleg. There is also a slightly different
version (with saxaphone) on the Being Sensitive & Melissa Madness
bootlegs.
This is in G, 4/4 time at 120 beats per minute.
[intro]:
Em Em7 C D
e -|----0-----------|---0--------0---|----*0-h2-------|---2--0h2-------|
B -|----------------|--------3----3--|----3------3-3--|----3------3-3--|
G -|----------------|----5-------5-5-|--2---------2---|-----2------2---|
D -|------------0---|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
A -|--2-----2-------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em Csus D
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|---------0h2----|
B -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|------3-----3-3-|
G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|----2--------2--|
D -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|---0------------|
A -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[picked verse]...
the guitar pretty much follows this pattern for every line in the verse,
with some variation of the picking and hammer-ons in the last bar of
D(sus9).
Em Csus D D
e -|--------0-------|-----------0----|----*0-h2-------|-----0---2------|
B -|----------0---0-|--------3---3---|----3------3-3--|--0h3-----3---3-|
G -|------0-----0---|----5--------5--|--2---------2---|------------2---|
D -|----2-----------|--5-------------|0---------------|----------------|
A -|--2-------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em C D
I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color
to turn inside out and wash in the rain
it loses all perfection in cold water
so the desired look is obtained
[chorus]:
Bm C9
e -|--------2*------|-----------2----|--------0*------|--------0*------|
B -|----3-----3---3-|------3-----3-3-|---3-3-----(3)--|---3-------3-3--|
G -|4-----------4---|----4--------4--|----0-------(0)-|----0-------0---|
D -|4---------------|--4-------------|----------------|----------------|
A -|----------------|2---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
E -|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
&it ri-ses hi----gher and higher like
Bm
e -|-----------------2-----------2---|-----------------2---------------|
B -|----------------3---3------------|----------------3-----3-------3--|
G -|--------4-----------4-----4------|--------4------------------4-----|
D -|------------------------4--------|----4--------------------4-------|
A -|2--------------------------------|2--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
this fil---thy heat above the city
C9
e -|-------------------------0*------|-----------------0---------------|
B -|-----------------3--------------3|------------0--------3-------0---|
G -|--------0------------------------|--------0----------------0-------|
D -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
sky - - y - - - y and I
Bm
e -|2---------------2---------------2|2--------------------------------|
B -|----3----------------3------3----|----3--------------------3-------|
G -|--------4----------------4-------|--------4------------4-------4---|
D -|---------------------------------|-----------------4---------------|
A -|2---------------2---------------2|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
feel like I'm going mad dancing in the
C9
e -|-----0-----------0---------------|-----------------0---------------|
B -|--------1---3--------------------|-----------------------3p1-------|
G -|---------------------------------|--------0------------------------|
D -|-------------------------------2-|----2----------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
fire as if I'm
Em D
e -|-------------0-------------------|-------------0*-h2---------------|
B -|--------0--------0-------0-------|--------3------------------------|
G -|----0----------------0-----0-----|----2----------------------------|
D -|2--------------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
on - - ly here to prove there are
C D
e -|---------------------------------|----------------0h2--------------|
B -|-----------------3-----1---1-----|---------------------------------|
G -|--------0----------------0-------|---------------------------------|
D -|----2----------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
moun- - tains I could move
[strummed verse]
Em C D Ds9 D D 4 9 D ++
e -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-0--2-2m--|2--23m-0--2-2m--|
B -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|1--11m-1--1-1m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|
G -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|
D -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|2--22m-2--2-2m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|0--00m-0--0-0m--|
A -|2--22m-2--2-2m--|3--33m-3--3-3m--|----------------|----------------|
E -|0--00m-0--0-0m--|----------------|----------------|----------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em C D
so love is spent dancing in the fire
too high the cost and too quick the pain
and all that's left for the outsider
Em7 D Em7
e -|--------0-------|------0-2-------|--------0*------|--------0-------|
B -|----3-----3-0h3p0----3-----------|-------3*-(3)---|----------3-----|
G -|----------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
aaaaashes from dancing in the fire
C D *
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|
B -|-----------31h3-|----------------|
G -|----0-----------|----------------|
D -|--2-------------|0*--------------|
A -|3---------------|----------------|
E -|----------------|----------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
ashes
[picked verse]
Em C D
I think my eyes were made for deception
interpreting lovers will call what they want the truth
but all I have seen burning behind these mirrors of the
reflection they see is all that I pursue
[chorus]:
Bm C
so it rises higher and higher
Bm C
like this filthy heat above the city sky
Bm C
and I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
Em D
as if I'm only here to prove
C D
there are mountains I could move
[strummed verse]
Em C D ++
so love is spent dancing in the fire
too high the cost and too quick the pain
and all that's left for the outsider
Em7 D Em7
e -|-----------0----|------0-2-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
B -|-----------0----|----3-----------|-------3--(3)---|----------2-----|
G -|0---------------|--2-------------|-----------(0)--|------------0---|
D -|2---------------|0---------------|----2-----------|----2-----------|
A -|2---------------|----------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
E -|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
aaaaashes from dancing in the fire
C D * Em Em
e -|--------0-------|----------0h2---|--000----0------|--000----0------|
B -|-----------31h3-|----------------|0-000----0------|0-000----0------|
G -|----0-----------|----------------|0-000--0-0----x-|0-000--0-0------|
D -|--2-------------|0*--------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
A -|3---------------|----------------|2------2------x-|2------2--------|
E -|----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
aaaaaashes from dancing in the fire
[bridge- same strumming pattern as strummed verse]:
C Em
and the voices get louder
C Em
and the air's too thick to breathe, still I
D C
e -|---------------------0-----------|---------------------------------|
B -|-----------------3------3-3------|-----------------------1---1-----|
G -|--------2----------------2-------|-----------------0-------0-------|
D -|0--------------------------------|--------2------------------------|
A -|---------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
lie awake and wait for the un - known
G G
e -|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|
B -|-------------------0-------------|---------------------3---0---3---|
G -|---------------------------------|------------0--------------------|
D -|--------0----------------0h2p0---|--------0------------------------|
A -|----2----------------------------|----2----------------------------|
E -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
power
C C9
e -|-----------------0---------------|0----------------0---------------|
B -|------------------------1-1------|----3------------------3---3-----|
G -|--------0----------------0-------|--------0----------------0-------|
D -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A -|3--------------------------------|3--------------------------------|
E -|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
d y i n g for want of
G D
e -|-----------------3---------------|-------------0---2-[let ring]----|
B -|---------------------3---0---3---|--------3------------------------|
G -|-------------0-------------------|----2----------------------------|
D -|--------0------------------------|0--------------------------------|
A -|----2----------------------------|---------------------------------|
E -|3--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
sleep [atempo] [slow it down, this bar]
[picked verse]
Em C D
I think my lifetime was stolen from a movie
the one where they are trying to solve the crime
but the prisoner is always one step before them
and everyone's running trying to stop him in time
[chorus]
Bm C
so it rises higher and higher
Bm C
like this filthy heat above this city sky
Bm C
I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
Em D
as if I'm only here to prove
C D
there are lovers I could move
[strummed verse]
Em C D
so love is spent dancing in the fire
oh, too high the cost yeah and too quick the pain
and all that's left for the outsider
Em D Em Em
ashes from dancing in the fire
C D Em Em
ashes from dancing in the fire
ashes from dancing in the fire
oo oo oo oo oo hooooooo
*******************
[Chords/melody for the vocal] :
crd Em C D D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 123 4 1 2 3 4
e---0---0----0--0-----0--0--0------------------------0---------------|
B---------------------------------3---3----3---1----3-3--------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color
crd Em C D D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-0---3----2-0----0--------------------------------------------------|
B------------------3-------3---3--------3---3---0--------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------2------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
to turn inside ou-ut and wash in the ra-ain
crd Em C D D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-----0-0--0-----0--0---------------------0--------------------------|
B--3-------------------3------3---1-----3----3-----------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
it loses all perfection in cold wa-te-er
crd Em C D D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---3---2-----0-0----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------3------0-------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------2--0-----------------0--2----------------|
D---------------------------------------------2----------------------|
so the desired loo-oo-ook is obtained
crd Bm Bm C C
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------0----------------------0---------------------|
B-0-1--3---0-------------------3-----1------3------------------1-----|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
& it ri-ses hi----gher and higher like
crd Bm Bm C C
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---------------------------0----------0-----------------------------|
B----3---3--3---3-------3---------3--3------0------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------2-0--------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
this filthy heat ab--ove the city sky-y-y
crd Bm Bm C C
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
e--------------------------------------0----------------0------------|
B--0-1--3----3---3----3-0--3--------------3---3---1---3--------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
& I feel like I'm going mad dancing in the fi-re
crd Em D C D
bts 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 34
e---------------------------------3----3---3---3----3--3-----0-------|
B-0-3---0---3-3--3---3---0-------------------------------------3-----|
G---------------------------2----------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
as if I'm only here to pro-ove there are mountains I could mo-ove
crd Em C D D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----0----------------------------0----------------------------------|
B-3------3----3----------------------3---3---0---3-0-----------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
so love is spent dancing in the fire
crd Em C D D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0---0---0----0---------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------1----3----3---3----0-------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
too high the cost and too quick the pa-ain
crd Em C D D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------0---------------0---------------------------------------------|
B--3--------3-----3-----3-------------------0---3--3----0------------|
G----------------------------------------------------2---------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
and all that's left fo-or the outsi-i-der
crd Em D Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire
crd C D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------3----------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
aaash-es
[the melody for this verse is pretty much the same as "I think my heart
was designed to fade and lose color.....", except where shown]
B--3---0-3-----|
G-----------2--|
I think my eyes were made for deception
interpreting lovers will call what they want the truth
all I have seen burning behind these mirrors
of the reflection they see is all that I pursue
[last line uses same melody as 2nd line]
so it rises higher and higher
like this filthy heat above the city sky
and I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
as if I'm only here to prove
there are mountains I could move
so love is spent dancing in the fire
too high the cost and too quick the pain
and all that's left for the outsider
crd Em D Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire
crd C D Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0--------------0------2--2----3-0--------------------------------|
B---------3----3------3----------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
aaash-es from dancing in the fire
crd C C Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------------0---3----5--3----0-----3--0-------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
and the voices get louder
crd C C Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
e----------------0---3----5-----3----3---0----3----------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
and the air's too thick to breathe
crd D C G G
bts 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----------0-----0------------0--------------------------------------|
B---1---3------3----------3--------3---1---3--3----3-0---------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
still I lie awake and wait for the unknown power
crd C C G D
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3------------------------0--------------------------------|
G----------------------0---2---0-------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
dy - ing for want of sleep [atempo]
I think my lifetime was stolen from a movie ["I think..."
the one where they are trying to solve the crime melody again]
but the prisoner is always one step before them
and everyone's running trying to stop him in time
[4th line uses melody from 2nd line]
so it rises higher and higher
like this filthy heat above this city sky
I think I'm going mad dancing in the fire
as if I'm only here to prove
e -3---3---3--3--3---3----5----- [different melody this time]
there are lovers I could moooove
so love is spent dancing in the fire
oh, too high the cost, yeah and too quick the pain
and all that's left for the outsider
crd Em D Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---3---0----------------0--------------------------------|
G-------------------2---2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire
crd C D Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0--------------0---------------------0---------------------------|
B---------3----3------3-------3---3---3------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
aaash-es from dancing in the fi-ire
crd C D Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e----32------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B---------3---3-----3---------------0--------------------------------|
G-----------------------2----2--0-------0----------------------------|
D------------------------------------(2)-----------------------------|
aaash-es from da-ancing in the fi-i-ire
crd C D Em Em
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------3---------------------0----------------------------------|
G------------------2----2----0--------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
oooo ooo ooo ooo hoo hooooo
* in this tab means accent this note (hit it hard or better still, pick
the string by -hooking it away- from the body of the guitar then letting
it go)
++ note the strumming of the D(xx0232), the Dsus4(xx0233) and
Dsus9(xx0230)
"m" in the strummed verses means strum it hard and then mute the strings
with your strumming hand *immediately* after you have strummed it, to
give a percussive sound
-x- is strum, but mute at the neck *as* you strum it
h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
enjoy
Nic
Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com
