Playing With Fire chords by Jennifer Nettles

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Verse 1:
G
Well, I'm tired of being perfect
G
And I'm bored of being good
G
And I've done my time, and had my fill
G
Of acting like I should
       C
I've colored right inside the lines
Csus4        C
Now I wanna make a mess
       G
And I don't care if it offends you

Cause I ain't trying to impress

♫ Chorus:
    Em
I wanna flirt with my own fear
    C
Wanna dance with my desire
       G
Playing with fire

♫ Verse 2:
G
I wanna walk down every street
G
In that dress I shouldn't wear
G
Just to show the whole damn world
G           Gm
Just how little that I care
   C
If I see something that I want
Cm     C
Gonna reach right out and take it
      G
And if this service don't bring smiles

You know I ain't gonna fake it

♫ Chorus:
    Em
I wanna flirt with my own fear
   C
Wanna dance with my desire
       G
Playing with fire

D    C   G
Playing with fire
D    C  G
Playing with fire

♫ Verse 3:
G
I'm choosing door number four
G
If they're offering me three
G
I wanna make a choice
G
That's got nothing to do
G           Gm
With no one else but me

     C
And I'm tired of scripted lines

That have been so well rehearsed
    G
And for just one god damn time

I wanna put my own self first

♫ Chorus:
     Em
I wanna flirt with my own fear
   C
Wanna dance with my desire
    F  G
Playing with fire

D    C   G
Playing with fire
D    C   G
Playing with fire
  Em         C
You know I just might learn

That I really like to burn.
       G    Gm
Playing with fireeee(hold)

♫ Bridge:
Gm             G5
Here's the way the world sits to me
              C
Good girls rarely make history
       Gm          A5
You gotta take a risk if you want a story
           G5
There's a real fine line

Between content and bored

Raise the bar don't just raise it high
                  G
If you've done the work you get to play with
D    C  G
Playing with fire
D    C  G
Playing with fire
Em
You know I just might learn
    C
That I really like the burn
       G
Playing with fire
Em            Gm
You know I just might learn
    C
That I really like the burn
    F   G   Gm
Playing with fire
G
Playing with fire

(Here's the way the world sits to me)
(Here's the way the world sits to me)