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Fire in the Hole

Steely Dan
ChordsKeyGCapoFret 3intermediate
★4.8(7)

Chords in this song18

capo 3 — sounds 3 semitones higher

Song

Transcription and Chart
Peter Kruger
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Capo 3rd fret
|Bm7 |Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |
|Bm7 |Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |F#7-9

Verse 1

I decline to walk the line
They tell me that I'm lazy
Worldly wise, I realize
That everybody's crazy
A woman's voice re minds me
To serve and not to speak
Am I my self or just another freak? 

Chorus

You know there's fire in the hole 
And nothing left to burn
I'd love to run out now
There's nowhere left to turn, no no

Verse 2

With a cough, I shake it off
And work around my yellow stripe
Should I hide and eat my pride?
Or wait until it's good and ripe?
My life is boiling over
It's happened once before
I wish someone would open up the door 

Chorus

Dont you know there's fire in the hole 
And nothing left to burn
I'd love to run out now
There's nowhere left to turn,
- Piano solo]
|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |
|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |
|F C/E |G |F/A G/A |Am7 |
|Fmaj7 F6 |C/E |F |F/Eb |
|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |
|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |
|F C/E |G |F/A G/A |Am7 |
|Fmaj7 F6 |C/E |F |F/Eb
Don't you know there's
fire in the hole 
And nothing left to burn
I'd love to run out now
There's nowhere left to turn,

Coda - Pedal steel solo

|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |
hey! ba ba ba ba
|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |
|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |
|Bm7 |C#7 |Em7 |Bm7 |

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