Fire On The Mountain
The Grateful Dead 

B  A   B  A (x4)
         B                                                    A
           Long distance runner what you standin' there for
         B                                 A
           Get up, get out, get out of the door
           You're playin' cold music on the barroom floor
           You're drowned in your laughter and dead to the core
           There's a dragon with matches that's loose on the town
           Take a whole pail of water just to cool him down

                             B                         A
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                                         *Solo*      B A (repeat)

           You're almost ablaze, still you don't feel the heat
           It takes all you got just to stay on your feet
           You say it's a living, we all got to eat
           But you're here alone, there's no one to compete
           If mercy's a business, I wish it for you
           It's more than just ashes when your dreams come true

                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                                         *Solo*      B A (repeat)

           Long distance runner what you holdin' out for
           You're caught in slow motion in a fall to the floor
           The flame from your stage has now spread to the floor
           You gave all you had, why you want to give more
           The more that you give, the more it will take
           To the thin line beyond which you really can't fake

                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain

                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain

                             Fire, fire on the mountain
                             Fire, fire on the mountain...
      


  Copyright 1978 Ice Nine Publishing, Inc.
  By Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart and Jerry Garcia
  Shakedown Street





   Chords:
          B   A
      e |-7---5--
      B |-7---5--
      G |-8---6--
      D |-9---7--
      A |-9---7--
      E |-7---5--







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