[Intro - riff is played offbeat ] (Drums in on C#m) [E][C#m] E------------------4-4-- B--9-9-9-9---------5-5-- G--9-9-9-9-----6-6-6-6-- D-11-9-9-9-----7-8-6-6-- A--7-7-7-7-----4-4-4-4-- E----------------------- Dr 1-2-3-4-....1-2-3-4
[E][C#m]again
[Verse - With drums can drop second snare] Lay where you're [E] laying Don't make a sound [E] I know they're [C#m] watching (actually Csus2 is more accurate) They're watching [C#m] All the com [E] motion (full drums) the kiddie [E] like play Has people [C#m] talking Talking [C#m]
[Chorus - Play chorus riff1] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]
[Verse - Semi drums] The dark of the [E] alley The break of the [E] day Head while I'm [C#m] driving I'm driving [C#m] Soft lips are [E] open (full drums) Them knuckles are [E] pale Feels like you're [C#m] dying You're [C#m] dying
[Chorus] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con [E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A]
[Verse - Semi drums] Hot as a [E] fever Rattling [E] bones I could just [C#m] taste it Taste it [C#m] But it's not for [E] ever (full drums) But it's just to [E] night Oh we're still the [C#m] greatest The greatest [C#m] The greatest [C#m]
[Chorus] [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........
(just bass drum - just lower chords on 1&) [E] You ..........Your sex is on (guitar riff) [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
(just bass drum - full riff) [E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A]
(full drums in and full riff) And [E] You ..........Your sex is on [C#m]fire ........[A]........Con
[E] sumed .......With what's to tran [C#m] spire ................[A] [E]
[End] [E] 1&
[Riff 1] [E][Cm7][A] E --12--11----11-9---11--11---0------ B 9-----------9--9---10--10---9------ G 9-----------9--9---9---9----9------ D 9-----------9--9---x--------x------ A x------------------0--------0------ E 0-----------9--9-------------------
[Verse] On a [Gm] cobweb [F] afternoon In a [Dm7] room full of [Eb] emptiness By a [Gm] freeway [F] I confess I [Dm7] was lost in the [Eb] pages [Gm] Of a book [F] full of death [Dm7] Reading how we'll [Eb] die alone [Gm] And if we're good [F] we'll lay to rest [Dm7] Anywhere [Eb] we wanna go
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb] I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone
[Instrumental] [Gm][F][Dm7][Eb]
[Verse] On my [Gm] deathbed [F] I will pray To [Dm7] the gods and the [Eb] angels Like a [Gm] pagan to [F] anyone Who [Dm7] will take me to [Eb]heaven [Gm] To a place [F] I recall [Dm7] I was there so [Eb] long ago The [Gm] sky was bruised The [F] wine was bled And [Dm7] there you led me [Eb] on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
[Solo - Same chords as Chorus]
[Bridge] [Eb] And on I [Bb] read [D] Until the day was [Eb] gone And I [D#m] sat in [C] regret Of [D] all the things [Gm] I've done For [Eb] all that I've [Bb] blessed And [D] all that I've [Eb] wronged In [D#m] dreams until my [C] death I will [D] wander on
[Chorus] [Gm]In your [Bb] house [F] I long to [Gm] be [Gm]Room by [Bb] room [F] patient [Gm] ly [Eb]I'll wait for [Gm] you there [F]Like a [Gm] stone [Eb]I'll wait for you [Gm] there [D]Alone [D]Alone
