{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1853008,"song":"Fire Engine Red","artist":"Robert Francis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11411083-fire-engine-red-chords-by-robert-francis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1853008?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"STANDARD TUNING\r\nNO CAPO\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Tryin' to get her to stay home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n was worst than pulling a sword from the stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n I'm sweating bullets in Palos Verdes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Please, don't leave me on my own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I wanted her to be my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I wanted her to want that life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n It ended the same way it started[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Behind the door, holding that knife[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n While I'm happy, I was wrong and mislead[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n She took me to your lipstick fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You were brighter than a neon sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n of signs that say \"no vacancy\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n The few brave men you've let check in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n still brag about the times they've been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Over the limit, drunk on wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Below the Mason Dixon line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n I promised that I'd start to pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n if the police looked the other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n And I didn't go to jail, wind up dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I prayed each night for your lips fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n They said: \"You cannot clear a jump that wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n A stunt like that is suicide\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n But when I got the courage to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I spent the night alone with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I think I'm the luckiest guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I used to be too numb to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n I don't know how I timed this right[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n You're just the prettiest sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n In the movies people change when they bled[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Inside my veins your lipstick's fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I must admit I'm insecure[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n That's what all those women were for[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n I don't wanna be who I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n If nobody else gives a damn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n We've been together 'bout a year[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I can't say that don't bring me fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n I'm scared to come home every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I'm scared to keep the checkbook tight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Renting movies in your room, in your bed [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You kissed my cheek, with lipstick fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You always wear the same perfume[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It reminds you of the hotel room[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n The one in which I swore I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I'd spent the rest (of) my life with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But I tell you \"you should take it off[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I don't wanna smell like that stuff\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Sometimes my heart it gets so dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n You sit and watch it fall apart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Run a needle through what's left, tie the thread[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Don't let me leave your lipstick fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n What's two people supposed to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n When restlessness gets hold of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n I'm drowning in my drinking cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I can't, I will not give you up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n But if flowers never stay and bloom[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'd do we in a one bed room[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n We're both victims to our fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I'll be a man and hold you near[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n If you leave me, you'll survive in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I won't forget your lipstick's fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nSTANDARD TUNING\r\nNO CAPO\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n Tryin' to get her to stay home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n was worst than pulling a sword from the stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I'm sweating bullets in Palos Verdes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Please, don't leave me on my own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n I wanted her to be my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I wanted her to want that life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n It ended the same way it started[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Behind the stove, holding that knife[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n While I'm happy, I was wrong and mislead[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Asus4[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n She took me to your lipstick fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n You were brighter than a neon sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n of signs that say \"no vacancy\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n The few brave men you've let check in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n still brag about the times they've been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n Over the limit, drunk on wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Below the Mason Dixon line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I promised that I'd start to pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n if the police looked the other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n And I didn't go to jail, wind up dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Asus4[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I prayed each night for your lips fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n You cannot clear a jump that wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n A stunt like that is suicide\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n But when I got the courage to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I spent the night alone with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n I think I'm the luckiest guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I used to be too numb to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I don't know how I timed this right[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You're just the prettiest sight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n In the movies people change once they bled[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Asus4[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Inside my veins your lipstick's fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n I must admit I'm insecure[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n That's what all those women were for[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I don't wanna be who I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n If nobody else gives a damn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n We've been together 'bout a year[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I can't say that don't bring me fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I'm scared to come home every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'm scared to keep the checkbook tight[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Renting movies in your room, in your bed [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Asus4[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You kissed my cheek, your lipstick's fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n You always wear the same perfume[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n It reminds you of the hotel room[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n The one in which I swore I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'd spent the rest (of) my life with you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n But I tell you \"you should take it off[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I don't wanna smell like that stuff\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Sometimes my heart it gets so dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n You sit and watch it fall apart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Run a needle through what's left, tie the thread[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Asus4[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Don't let me leave your lipstick fire engine red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n What's two people supposed to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n When restlessness gets hold of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n I'm drowning in my drinking cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I can't, I will not give you up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n But if flowers never stay and bloom[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I'd do we in a one bed room[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n We're both victims to our fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I'll be a man and hold you near[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n If you leave me, you'll survive in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Asus4[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n I won't forget your lipstick's fire engine red[/tab]\r","plain_text":"STANDARD TUNING\nNO CAPO\nC    D\nG    Bm\nC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSTANDARD TUNING\nNO CAPO\nG    Asus4\nD    F#m\nG","chords":["C","D","G","Bm","Am","A","Asus4","F#m","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}