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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Verse 1]
FireAcracker, you Gwaved in the niAght,
And Gsomething that I Dsaw was a flaEming,
Your boAdy, it was Greal in the liAght,
On the GFourth of JulDy, we were screaEming
[Chorus]
 F#mWell I saw the lonely rF#m/Eoad,
 DYou left and said to me, don't Afollow,
Cause I'll only Ebring you sorrow.
 F#mAnd on down my lonely rF#m/Eoad,
 DYou left and I just said
[Riff]*
N.C.
No, no, no, no, no
N.C.
All I said no, no, no, no, no
[Verse 2]
Well I'm Aback in, my Gold town agaAin
Is there Gsomething still aliDve that I left Ehere?
Do you Astill like, the Gboys on the sAtreet?
I will Gtake you uptoDwn, just to see you meet Ethem.
[Chorus]
 F#mWell I saw the lonely rF#m/Eoad,
 DYou left and said to me, don't Afollow,
Cause I'll only Ebring you sorrow.
 F#mAnd on down my lonely rF#m/Eoad,
 DYou left and I just said
[Riff]*
N.C.
No, no, no, no, no
N.C.
All I said no, no, no, no, no
[Solo]
A C#m D C#m E
A C#m D C#m E
[Verse 3]
[No chords here, I just thump my guitar with my palm]
N.C.
You know I've been, reading the bible for a change,
N.C.
Maybe there's something I have missed there,
N.C.
I said I've seen, well I seen some eyes in the rain,
N.C.
And they creep out my mind, and I saw you whisper,
[Verse 4]
Well fireAcracker, you Gwaved in the niAght,
And Gsomething that I Dsaw was a flaEming,
Do you Afeel like, we Gleft something Ahere,
SomeGthing worth coming Dback and claiEming?
[Chorus]
 F#mWell I saw the lonely rF#m/Eoad,
 DYou left and said to me, don't Afollow,
Cause I'll only Ebring you sorrow.
 F#mAnd on down my lonely rF#m/Eoad,
 DYou left and said to me, don't Afollow,
You sleep and Edream for tomorrow,
 F#mAnd on in the dead of nF#m/Eight,
 DYou left and said to me, don't Afollow,
Cause I'll only Ebring you sorrow.
 F#mAnd on down my lonely rF#m/Eoad,
 DYou left and I just said
[Riff]*
N.C.
No, no, no, no, no
N.C.
Well I said no, no, no, no, no
*Riff
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|-7-2-4-6-7-----|
A|-5-4-2-4-5-----|
E|---------------|

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Firecracker

by Steel Train

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

F#m/E

C#m

[Verse 1]

A G A

Firecracker, you waved in the night,

G D E

And something that I saw was a flaming,

A G A

Your body, it was real in the light,

G D E

On the Fourth of July, we were screaming

[Chorus]

F#m F#m/E

Well I saw the lonely road,

D A

You left and said to me, don't follow,

Cause I'll only bring you sorrow.

F#m F#m/E

And on down my lonely road,

You left and I just said

[Riff]*

N.C.

No, no, no, no, no

N.C.

All I said no, no, no, no, no

[Verse 2]

A G A

Well I'm back in, my old town again

G D E

Is there something still alive that I left here?

A G A

Do you still like, the boys on the street?

G D E

I will take you uptown, just to see you meet them.

[Chorus]

F#m F#m/E

Well I saw the lonely road,

D A

You left and said to me, don't follow,

Cause I'll only bring you sorrow.

F#m F#m/E

And on down my lonely road,

You left and I just said

[Riff]*

N.C.

No, no, no, no, no

N.C.

All I said no, no, no, no, no

[Solo]

A C#m D C#m E

[Verse 3]

[No chords here, I just thump my guitar with my palm]

N.C.

You know I've been, reading the bible for a change,

N.C.

Maybe there's something I have missed there,

N.C.

I said I've seen, well I seen some eyes in the rain,

N.C.

And they creep out my mind, and I saw you whisper,

[Verse 4]

A G A

Well firecracker, you waved in the night,

G D E

And something that I saw was a flaming,

A G A

Do you feel like, we left something here,

G D E

Something worth coming back and claiming?

[Chorus]

F#m F#m/E

Well I saw the lonely road,

D A

You left and said to me, don't follow,

Cause I'll only bring you sorrow.

F#m F#m/E

And on down my lonely road,

D A

You left and said to me, don't follow,

You sleep and dream for tomorrow,

F#m F#m/E

And on in the dead of night,

D A

You left and said to me, don't follow,

Cause I'll only bring you sorrow.

F#m F#m/E

And on down my lonely road,

You left and I just said

[Riff]*

N.C.

No, no, no, no, no

N.C.

Well I said no, no, no, no, no

*Riff

e|---------------|

B|---------------|

G|---------------|

D|-7-2-4-6-7-----|

A|-5-4-2-4-5-----|

E|---------------|

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