Touch the fire    (video)

 

    Bm - D      - Bm - D

 

    Bm                                                     D                         G   

1.      She moves like a mystic, like a priestess, tall and pale,

Bm                                                        D                    G

    she lays down the mystery, all her secrets are unveiled.

Em                    A

    Wherever I look I see her there,

Em                 A

    wherever I go, you know she’s there.

 

                          D                                     A  

And she takes possession, she has control,

               G                          C

next to you I can touch the fire.

                        D                    A                   G                           C

And when the fever takes a hold, next to you I can touch the fire.

 

   Bm                                                      D                       G

2.     Her words fall in echoes, ringing bells like gypsy rhymes,

Bm                                       D                    G

    she has the power no believer can explain.

Em                   A

    Wherever I look I see her there,

Em                 C

    wherever I go, you know she’s there.

 

                          D                                     A

And she takes possession, she has control,

              G                           C

next to you I can touch the fire.

                        D                    A                   G                           C

And when the fever takes a hold, next to you I can touch the fire.

                  D                             A                    G                           C

I feel the heat pumping in my veins, next to you I can touch the fire.

                D                       A                      G                           C

I see myself going up in flames, next to you I can touch the fire.

 

   G - A                     Bm

+           Wherever I look I see her there,

Em                 C

    wherever I go, you know she’s there.

 

+  Bb - F   - Bb - C - G

 

                          D                                     A

And she takes possession, she has control,

              G                            C

next to you I can touch the fire.

                        D                    A                   G                           C

And when the fever takes a hold, next to you I can touch the fire.

                  D                             A                    G                           C

I feel the heat pumping in my veins, next to you I can touch the fire.

                D                       A                      G                           C

I see myself going up in flames, next to you I can touch the fire.

 

                                D         - A - G                 C

And she takes possession,            touch the fire.

D - A - G                   C

                touch the fire.

                  D                             A                    G                           C

I feel the heat pumping in my veins, next to you I can touch the fire.

                D                       A                      G                                 C

I see myself going up in flames, next to you - - - I can touch the fire …

 

 

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