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6/8
||  Em|  C|  Am|  B||
                           Em|              C|
  Here I sit, a vampire, at my piano.
                           Am| B  
  The flames burn glaringly higher.
       |                         Em| C  
And the eyes that stare through the darkness,
         |                        Am| B  
though they have no form, there's no need for alarm.
[Chorus]
   |   Em| Em  
   So burn.
   |               C|    Am|           B|        Em|
   So burn,  burn the flames, higher, and higher
   So burn,  burn the flames, never   to expire.
                           Em|              C|
Here I sit, a skeleton, at my organ.
                           Am| B  
The candles in my candelabra burn hellishly, hellish hell.
      |                         Em| C  
And the laughter unending echoes through the haunted house --
         |                        Am| B  
         a little Christmas spirit, ghostly, haunting, deadly spirit --
every creature is stirring, even the mouse.
[Chorus]
   |   Em| Em  
   So burn.
   |               C|    Am|           B|        Em|
   So burn,  burn the flames, higher, and higher
   So burn,  burn the flames, never   to expire.
[Solo]
                           Em|              C|
Here I sit, myself, at my instruments.
                           Am| B  
Here they sit at their instruments,
      |                         Em| C  
and the music fills and fills, terrifies, horrifies, forever scares.
         |                        Am| B  
"The children of the night, what music we make!"
[Chorus]
   |   Em| Em  
   So burn.
   |               C|    Am|           B|        Em|
   So burn,  burn the flames, higher, and higher
   So burn,  burn the flames, never   to expire.
[Solo 2 / Outro]

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Burn The Flames

by Roky Erickson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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6/8

Em C Am B

|| | | | ||

Em C

| |

Here I sit, a vampire, at my piano.

Am B

The flames burn glaringly higher.

Em C

| |

And the eyes that stare through the darkness,

Am B

| |

though they have no form, there's no need for alarm.

[Chorus]

Em Em

| |

So burn.

C Am B Em

| | | | |

So burn, burn the flames, higher, and higher

So burn, burn the flames, never to expire.

Em C

| |

Here I sit, a skeleton, at my organ.

Am B

The candles in my candelabra burn hellishly, hellish hell.

Em C

| |

And the laughter unending echoes through the haunted house --

Am B

| |

a little Christmas spirit, ghostly, haunting, deadly spirit --

every creature is stirring, even the mouse.

[Chorus]

Em Em

| |

So burn.

C Am B Em

| | | | |

So burn, burn the flames, higher, and higher

So burn, burn the flames, never to expire.

[Solo]

Em C

| |

Here I sit, myself, at my instruments.

Am B

Here they sit at their instruments,

Em C

| |

and the music fills and fills, terrifies, horrifies, forever scares.

Am B

| |

"The children of the night, what music we make!"

[Chorus]

Em Em

| |

So burn.

C Am B Em

| | | | |

So burn, burn the flames, higher, and higher

So burn, burn the flames, never to expire.

[Solo 2 / Outro]

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