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	E	A9	E	A9
	(in	tro)

	E	A9	E	A9
I	come to you with strange f	ire, I make an	offering of love

	E	A9	E	A9
The	incense of my s	oul is burned by the	fire in my blood

	E	A9	E	A9
I	come with a softer a	nswer to the q	uestions that lie in your p	ath

	E	A9	E	A9
I want to	harbor you from the a	nger, find a	refuge from the wra	th

	D(9	E/A	D(9	E/A
	This is a me	ssage,	a message of	love

	D(9	E/A	D(9	E/A
	Love that moves from the	inside out,	love that never gr	ows tired

	B(4	A	E	A9	E	A9
	I come to you (I come to y	ou) with strange	fire,		fire

Mercenaries of the shrine, now who are you to speak for god?

With haughty eyes and lying tongues and hands that shed innocent blood

Now who delivered you the power to interpret calvary?

You gamble away our freedom to gain your own authority

	D(9	E/A	D(9	E/A
	Find another st	ate of mind, you know it's time we	all learned to gra	b hold

D(9) E/A (tacet) E A(9) E A(9)

Strange fire burns with the motion of love, love

	E	A9	E	A9	E	A9	E	A9
	(guitar	solo)

	D(9	E/A	D(9	E/A	D(9	E/A	B(4	A
	(guitar	solo)

	E	A9	E	A9
	Ah ah ahhh, ah ah ah	ahhhhh;	Ah ah ahhh, ah ah ah	ahhhhh

When you learn to love yourself, you will dissolve all the stones that are cast

You will learn to burn the icing sky and to melt the waxen mask

I said to have the gift of true release, this is a peace gonna take you higher

Oh I come to you with my offering, I bring you strange fire

This is a message, a message of love

Love that moves from the inside out, love that never grows tired

	B(4	A	E	A9	E	A9	E	A9
	I come to you (I come to y	ou) with strange	fire,		fire	,	ahh...	ahhh

B(4) A E A(9) E A(9) E.

I come to you (I come to you) with strange fire__________________

CHORDS: E=022100 A(9)=x07600 (slide up from E)

D(9)=x00230 E/A=x02100 (same as Amaj9)

B(4)=x24440 (I think Emily plays x99800) A=x02220

The chords for the verse follow this strumming pattern, alternating

between E & A(9), which is a really easy transition. The rhythm is

sorta tricky, but you should be able to get it right with a little

practice. (The funny symbols are semi-quavers and such.)

|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

| | |\ | | |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

O|. O| O| O|. O| O| O| O| O| O|

1

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2

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3

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4

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The strumming pattern for the D(9) and E/A chords in the chorus goes

like this:

|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

| |\ | |\ |\ | |\ |\ | |\ |\ |\

O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O| O|

1

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2

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3

-

4

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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

Strange Fire

written by Amy Ray

originally performed by Indigo Girls

track #1 on "strange fire"

transcribed by Drew Boles (BolesGJD@aol.com)

For this song, Amy plays all of the rhythm guitar parts,

and Emily plays all of the lead guitar parts. The lyrics,

along with Amy's chord parts, are written below, and

Emily's leads are tabbed below that (with lyric markers).

Tuning: regular (low to high) E A D G B E

Chords:

E=022100 A(9)=x07600 Dsus2=xx0320 B=x99800

Lyrics and chords:

E

A9

E

A9

	E	A9	E	A9
	I come to you with strang	e fire, I make	an offerin	g of love

	E	A9	E	A9
The i	ncense of my	soul is burned by t	he fire in	my blood.

	E	A9	E
I c	ome with a softer	answer to th	e questions that lie in

	A9
your	path,

	E	A9	E
I want to	harbor you from th	e anger, fin	d a refuge from the

	A9
	wrath.

	Dsus2	A9	Dsus2	A9
	This is a	message,	a message o	f love.

	Dsus2	A9	Dsus2
	Love that moves from the	inside out	, love that never grows

	A9
	tired.

	B	A9	E
	I come to you	with strang	e fire.

	E	A9	E	A9
	Mercenaries of the	shrine, now who	are you to spea	k for God

	E	A9	E
With	haughty eyes an	d lying tongues	, hands that shed

	A9
innocent b	lood.

	E	A9	E	A9
Now who de	livered you the	power to	interpret	calvary,

	E	A9	E	A9
You g	ambled away our	freedom t	o gain your own	authority.

	Dsus2	A9	Dsus2	A9
	Find another	state of min	d, reach out an	d grab hold.

	Dsus2	A9	E	A9
	Strange fire	burns with the motion	of lo	ve.

	E	A9	E
	When you learn to	love yourself, you wil	l dissolve all the            A(9)

stones that are cast.

	E	A9	E
Now you will	learn to burn the	icing sky,	to melt the waxen

	A9
	mask.

	E	A9	E
I said to	have the gift o	f true release, here	's a peace

	A9
that will take you	higher.

	E	A9	E	A9
	I come to you with m	y offering, I bri	ng you stra	nge fire.

	Dsus2	A9	Dsus2	A9
	This is a	message,	a message o	f love.

	Dsus2	A9	Dsus2
	Love that moves from th	e inside out	, love that never grows

	A9
	tired.

	B	A9	E	A9
	I come to	you with strang	e fir	e.

	B	A9	E	A9
	I come to	you (I come to you) with stran	ge fi	re.

TAB notation:

h: hammer on

P: pull off

/: slide up

\: slide down

b: bend up

r: release bend

~: vibrato

Emily's lead guitar:

(verse 1 riff) (verse fill)

E

A9

A9

E-------------------------------------|------------------0-B-------------------------------------|----------------0---G-------------------------------------|--------------------D-2h4-2-2h4-2-2h4-2-6h7-6-6h7-6-6h7-6-|-6h7-6----2-4/7-----A-------------------------------------|-------2h4----------E-------------------------------------|--------------------

I come with a softer... ...fire

(repeat verse 1 riff three times; on the third repeat,

replace the lead where the A(9) chord starts with the verse

fill)

(verse 1 riff 2)

Dsus2

A9

-------5------5------5--------------7------7------7---------------5------5------5--0---0---5---5--5---5--5---5-0---0-----7------7------7----------------6------6------6---------------7------7------7------7---7-----------------------7-----5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is message...

We all need to learn to reach out...

(repeat verse 1 riff 2 three times)

(verse 1 riff 3)

B

A9

---0----0----0----0----0-------0----0----0----0----0------------0----0----0----0----0-------0----0----0----0----0------------8----8----8----8----8-------6----6----6----6----6---------------------------------------------------------------9----------------------------7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I come to you...

(here, Emily plays chords with Amy until verse 2)

(verse 2 riff)

E

A9

-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---------------------------------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mercenaries of the shrine...

When you learn to love...

E

A9

--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(repeat verse 2 riff one time)

(Emily then plays chords with Amy for 4 measures)

(repeat verse 2 riff one time)

(repeat verse 1 riff 2 three times; end on a single A(9)

chord)

(Amy and Emily plays chords until Emily's solo)

(solo)

E

A9

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9-10-10/12-12-12------------------------------------8-9-11------------------8-8-8-9------------6-7-7/9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------------7-9----------------------------------------------------7/9------------------------------------------------------

E

A9

------------0----0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0------------------4----4----4----4----4------2----2----2----2----9-11-9\--4----4----4----4----4----4-2----2----2----2--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E

A9

--0-------2/4-4-4--5--5--7--9--7\-4--7---9--7\-4-7-7---9-------2-----------------------------0--0---0--0--0-0-0---0----2----2---2/4-4-4--6--6--8--9--8\-4--8/9-9--8\-4-8-8/9-9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E

A9

-7----9--12-12-12--9-11-12-12-12-12-------12----12-12-------0----0---------------------9--9--9--9h10----12-----9h10----8/9--9-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dsus2

--12-12-----12----12---12---------12----12-------------------10-10-------------------------------------------------------------11----11----9----9h11-11----11----------------------------------------------------------------11-12-0-9-11-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A9

Dsus2

---------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------6--6-------------9---------------------7-9-0-6-7-0-4-6-0-0-7--7------7-9/11----11-12-0-9-11-0-7-----------------------0--0--7/9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A9

Dsus2

-------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0-------------------------------------------------------6--6-------------9-----------------------9-0-6-7-0-4-6-0-0-7--7------7-9/11----11-12-0-9-11-0-7-9---------------------0--0--7/9------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A9

B

-----------------0--0------------------------9-----7------------------------0--0------------------0-------0-----0----------------------6--6-------------9------8-------8-----8----0-6-7-0-4-6-0-0-7--7------7-9/11----9-----9--------------------------------0--0--7/9--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A9

-0-----0--------------7-----5-----0-----0------
---0-----0------0-------0-----0-----0-----0----
-----8-----8------6-------6-----6-----6-----6--
--------------7-----7--------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------

(repeat verse 2 riff two times)

(Emily plays chordswith Amy for 4 measures)

(repeat verse 2 riff one time)

(repeat verse 1 riff 2 four times)

(repeat verse 1 riff 3 one time)

(Amy and Emily play chords until the end of the song; end

on a single chord)

Well, that's the song everybody. Have fun.

transcribed by: Drew Boles (BolesGJD@aol.com)