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Wildfire

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Tom: A

Intro + Chorus     Verse
E|--------------| ------------
A   x022xx         A     577xxx
E   0221xx         F#m   24422x
Bm  x244xx         E     02210x
D   xx023x         D     xx023x

(Root-5 power chord notation dropped for ease of reading)


[Intro]
A  E  Bm  D
A  E  Bm  D


[Verse 1]
  A
I could never own up
A
I need to speak up
  A
I don't want to grow up
A                    
Don't want to end up
F#m         E         D           
Caught in a landslide with the other side

A
Living for the paycheck
  A
Dying for the weekend
     A
Take another Xanax
    A
Cheating on your girlfriend
F#m         E            D 
Taking your last breath, counting down the time


[Chorus 1]
A
  Don't tell me it's too late
E
  I'm stuck in heaven's gate
Bm                             D
Strike a match and start a wildfire

A
  I'll own all my mistakes
E
  Won't give you what you take
Bm                           D
Watch you burning in the wildfire

A  E  Bm  D  


[Verse 2]
     A
They said I'd never make it (watching me fall)
A
All the time I wasted (learning to)
F#m            E        D                
Crawl from the ashes as this world comes crashing down


[Chorus 2]
A
  Don't tell me it's too late
E
  I'm stuck in heaven's gate
Bm                             D
Strike a match and start a wildfire

A
  I'll own all my mistakes
E
  Won't give you what you take
Bm                           D
Watch you burning in the wildfire


[Bridge]
A             E                  F#m             
  We won this war, we cursed and swore
                                   E
They stood no chance at all (the underdogs came home)
A             E                  F#              
  We won this war, we cursed and swore
                            E
They stood no chance at all 


[Outro]

A  E  Bm  D

  A
I don't forget, I don't forgive
     E
I'll never change the way I live
  Bm                                D
I always fought the urge to fall in line

  A
I turned my back on all the rules
     E
I'll never heed the king of fools
     Bm                             D
I'll never lead the perfect kind of life

  A
I don't forget, I don't forgive
          (we     won      this)
     E
I'll never change the way I live
    (war,  we         cursed and)
  Bm                                D
I always fought the urge to fall in line
 (swore, they   stood    no         chance at all)

  A
I turned my back on all the rules
           (we      won     this)
     E
I'll never heed the king of fools
    (war,  we       cursed  and)
     Bm                             D
I'll never lead the perfect kind of life
    (swore, they   stood    no      chance at all)