Intro: Dm | CDmC
I was born a baby boy a long time ago
BbDmC
Back when the hillsides were green and the water would flow
DmC
But nights they fall and settle like snow
BbDmC
I watched as the hillsides turned white with nowhere to go
BbDm
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire
BbDmCDm
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire
DmC
Now my heart?s a frozen lake where streams used to flow
BbDmC
Down to the forest of my mind where memory would grow
DmC
Now I walk amongst the trees where the last sun glows
BbDmC
The leaves are all golden and brown with nowhere to go
BbDm
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire
BbDmCDm
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire
Bb
My skin like these boulders
C
Is cracking and older
FDm
With each passing year that goes
Bb
My cliff face is crumbling
C
Silently tumbling
FAmDm
Down to the water below
Bb
And if I light a match
C
I?ll be able to catch
AmBb
The last sun before it goes
BbDm
And oh well I think I?m gonna start a fire
BbDm
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire
BbDmC
And oh think I?m gonna start a fire now
Outro : DmCAm
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.