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Fires Which Burnt Brightly

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Intro:
Cm  G   G7/B Cm
 Fm   Fm6G7b9    G7  
Cm/ G   G5   G7/B  Cm  
 Fm   Fm6G7b9     G7  Cm  
                     Cm             A/C#-7    Dm  
This war we are waging    is already lost 
                                            B/D#-7
The cause for the fighting    has long been a ghost 
GMalice and hF#mabit    Amhave now won the Eday 
              Em        Aadd9      D           D7  G4-3
The honours we fought for are lost in the fray 
Intro
Standards and bugles are trod in the dust 
Wounds have burst open, and corridors rust 
Once proud and truthful, now humbled and bent 
Fires which burnt brightly, now energies spent
Solo on
Cm A Dm B
G F#m Am E
 Em    Aadd9Bass down (G,F,Eb,D,C, Bb,A,G)
Intro 
Let down the curtain, and exit the play 
The crowds have gone home and the cast sailed away 
Our flowers and feathers as scarring as weapons 
Our poems and letters have turned to deceptions  
Solo on
Cm A Dm B
G F#m Am E
 Em    ABass down (G,F,Eb,D,C, Bb,A,G)
Intro

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Fires Which Burnt Brightly

by Procol Harum

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G7/B

Fm6

A/C#

B/D#

F#m

Aadd9

Intro:

Cm G G7/B Cm

Fm Fm6 G7

G7b9

Cm G G5 G7/B Cm

Fm Fm6 G7 Cm

G7b9

Cm A/C# Dm

-7

This war we are waging is already lost

B/D#

-7

The cause for the fighting has long been a ghost

G F#m Am E

Malice and habit have now won the day

Em Aadd9 D D7 G4

-3

The honours we fought for are lost in the fray

Intro

Standards and bugles are trod in the dust

Wounds have burst open, and corridors rust

Once proud and truthful, now humbled and bent

Fires which burnt brightly, now energies spent

Solo on

Cm A Dm B

G F#m Am E

Em Aadd9 G F Eb D C Bb A G

Bass down (,,,,, ,,)

Intro

Let down the curtain, and exit the play

The crowds have gone home and the cast sailed away

Our flowers and feathers as scarring as weapons

Our poems and letters have turned to deceptions

Solo on

Cm A Dm B

G F#m Am E

Em A G F Eb D C Bb A G

Bass down (,,,,, ,,)

Intro

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