The Staves - Im on fire
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Artist: The Staves
Song: I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
Tuning: Open D (D A D F# A D)
Capo: No Capo
EDIT 10/22: Added a rough picking pattern.
Based on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu3dfhmyKLI | The Staves Bruce Springsteen I'm On Fire Weekend 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLi-7mRveRg | Session by SOB #3 // The Staves - I'm On Fire
(Bruce Springsteen's cover)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LVW95Mxv6k | The Staves - I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYQjvQYJ8Y | The Staves - « I'm On Fire »
The following tab is a sort of amalgamated version of what The Staves are playing. There's no right or wrong
chord here as long as you use the order presented in this tab, simply because the Bm and D variations all
sound the same.
[Chords]
Bm7*: 900000
Bm7**: x20000
Bm11: x20002
Dmaj7: 040000
D*: 000000
D**: 050000
Dadd2: 000002
D/G: 500000
D/A: 700000
As far as the picking pattern goes: This is by no means meant to be 100 % accurate, yet it still sounds almost
like what Camilla Staveley-Taylor plays. I like to do a sort of brush stroke first to get the root note of the
chord and then add the higher strings, which is most of the time limited to the 2nd and 3rd string. The 1st
string comes into play especially when you add that E via the 2nd fret on the 1st string. E.g.
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
D |----------0---------0-----------0-----------0----|
F#|-----0----------0---------0-----------0----------|
D |--0----0-----0----0----0-----0-----0-----0----0--|
A |--2----2-----2----2----2-----2-----2-----2----2--|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Bm7** D**
Bm7** Bm11 D*
[Verse 1]
D*Hey little girl, is your daddy home?
Did he go and leave you all alone? D/G
Bm7** D/A
I got a bad desire
D/GOh oh D/Aoh, I'm on fiD*re Dadd2
[Verse 2]
D*Tell me now baby, Is he good to you?
And did he do the things that I do alD/Gright?
I can take you Bm*higher D/A
D/GOh oh D/Aoh, I'm on fiD*re
[Bridge]
Bm7** D* Dadd2
Wooooooohhhhhh Wooohhh Oh Oh Oh
Bm7*Wooooooohhhhhh Wooohhh Oh D*Oh Oh Dadd2
[Verse 3]
Sometimes it's like D/Gsomeone took a knife, baby
Edgy and dull and cut a Bm*six-inch valley
Through the middle of my skull
[Verse 4]
At D*night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running
Through the middle of my head
And D/Gyou you cool my deBm7*sire D/A
[Outro]
D/GOh oh D/Aoh, I'm on fiD*re
D/GOh oh D/Aoh, I'm on fiD*re
D/GOh oh D/Aoh, I'm on fiD*re
Bm7** D* Dadd2
Wooooooohhhhhh Wooohhh Oh Oh Oh
Bm7** D*
Wooooooohhhhhh Wooohhh Oh Oh Oh
Bm7** D*
Wooooooohhhhhh Wooohhh Oh Oh Oh
Bm7** Dmaj7 D**
Wooooooohhhhhh Wooohhh Oh Oh Oh