[Intro BPM 89- - Sort of simulate arpeggio with right hand first finger - slight mute] Aadd6 (x02222) Aadd6 (x02222) (passing A to E - x0225x) Esus2 (x7997x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) Aadd6 (x02222) Aadd6 (x02222) (passing A to E - x0225x) Esus2 (x7997x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x) E (x7999x)
(can play octave up as well A - x-0-14-14-14 -- x-0-14-14-17x E - 0-14-x-13-x-14 -- 0-14-x-13-x-16
[Verse 1] [E] Hey little girl, is your daddy home Did he go and leave you all alone [A] I've got a bad de [C#m] sire, [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Verse 2] [E] Tell me now baby, is he good to you And can he do to you the things that I do [A] I can take you hig [C#m] her [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Intro again] A(add6) E(sus2) x 2
[Verse 3 - Guido play on own] Sometimes it's like [A] someone took a knife baby, edgy and dull And cut a [C#m] six inch valley through the [A] middle of my skull [Short vamp on A - 3 times]
[Verse 4] At [E] night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the middle of my head, and [A] you You cool my de [C#m] sire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire [A] Oh oh [B] oh, I'm on [E] fire
[Outro like intro with woo hoos] [C#m][E] - repeat to fade
[Intro - BPM 118 - No drums - Guitar pattern is pluck 3 high strings - then play root note] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 1] [E] Just a [B] small town girl, [C#m] living in a [A] lonely world [E] She took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[Verse 2] [E] Just a [B] city boy, [C#m] born and raised in [A] south Detroit [E] He took the [B] midnight train going [G#m] anywhe [A] re
[V.3 INSTRUMENTAL](guitar entrance 4 bars in) E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Verse 4] [E] A singer in a [B] smoky room, [C#m] the smell of wine and [A] cheap perfume [E] For a smile they can [B] share the night, it goes (strum to build) [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus - Full drum] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlight, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[Instrumental] E B C#m A
[Verse 5] [E] Working hard to [B] get my fill [C#m] , everybody [A] wants a thrill [E] Paying anything to [B] roll the dice, just [G#m] one more t [A] ime
[Verse 6] [E] Some will win, [B] some will lose, [C#m] some were born to [A] sing the blues [E] Oh, the movie [B] never ends; it goes [G#m] on and on and [A] on and on
[Chorus] [A] Strangers waiting [E] up and down the boulevard Their [A] shadows searching in the [E] night [A] Streetlights, people, [E] living just to find emotion [A] Hiding, somewhere in the night[B]xx[E] xxxx [B]x[E][A]
[GUITAR SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS] E B C#m A - E B G#m A
[Outro] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [E] Don't stop [B] believing [C#m] hold on to the [A] feeling [E] Streetlight [B] people oo-oh [G#m][A] [Fade Out - or end on E]
