Melissa Etheridge - Dancing In The Fire

[Intro]
Em C D

[Verse 1]
Em C D
I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color
Em C D
To turn inside out and wash in the rain
Em C D
It loses all perfection in cold water
Em C D
So the desired look is obtained

[Chorus]
Em Bm C
And it rises higher and higher
Bm C
Like this filthy heat above the city sky
Em Bm C
And I feel like I’m going mad dancing in the fire
D C D Em
As if I’m only here to prove there are mountains I could move

[Verse 2]
Em C D
So love is spent dancing in the fire
Em C D
Too high the cost and too quick the pain
Em C D
And all that’s left for the outsider
C D Em
Is ashes from dancing in the fire

[Verse 3]
Em C D
I think my eyes were made for deception
Em C D
Interpreting lovers will call what they want the truth
Em C D
With all I have seen burning behind these mirrors
Em C D
The reflection they see is all that I pursue

[Chorus]
Bm C
And it rises higher and higher
Bm C
Like this filthy heat above the city sky
Em Bm C
And I feel like I’m going mad dancing in the fire
D C D Em
As if I’m only here to prove there are mountains I could move

[Verse 4]
Em C D
So love is spent dancing in the fire
Em D
Too high the cost and too quick the pain
Em C D
And all that’s left for the outsider
C D Em F
Ashes from dancing in the fire

[Bridge]
F Em
And voices get louder
F Em
And the air’s too thick to breathe
C G
Still I lie awake and I wait for the unknown power
F G
Dying for want of sleep

[Sax Solo]
Em C D Em C D
Em C D Em C D

[Verse 5]
Em C D
I think my life line was stolen from a movie
Em C D
The one where they are trying to solve the crime
Em C D
But this prisoner is always one step before them
Em C D
And everyone’s running trying to stop me in time

[Chorus]
Bm C
And it keeps rising higher and higher
Bm C
Like this filthy heat above the city sky
Bm C
And I feel like I’m going mad dancing in the fire
Em D
As if I’m only here to prove
C D
There are lovers I could move

[Outro]
Em C D
Oh love is spent dancing in the fire
Em C D
Too high the cost and too quick the pain
Em C D
And all that’s left for the outsider
Em D Em
Ashes from dancing in the fire
D Em C D Em
Ashes from dancing in the fire