The Fire Inside chords by Bob Seger

The Fire Inside chords
Bob Seger

Capo I

G C 2x

     G
There's a hard moon rising on the streets tonight,
     C                     G      C
there's a reckless feeling in your heart as you head out tonight
      G
Through the concrete canyons to the midtown lights,
     C            G       C
where the latest neon promises are burning bright

     G
Past the open windows on the darkened streets,
   C               G      C
where unseen angry voices flash and children cry
     G
Past the phony posers with their worn out lines,
C
tired new money dressed to the nines
  G
The low life dealers with their bad designs,
    C
and the dilettantes with their open minds
    D
You're out on the town, safe in the crowd,
Em
ready to go for the ride
C
Searching the eyes, looking for clues,
    G        D C  G C
there's nowhere you can hide,
      G  C
the fire inside

      G
Well you've been the clubs and the discotheques,
     C                        G    C
where the deal one another from the bottom of the deck of promises
     G
Where the cautious loners and emotional wrecks,
   C                  G    C
do an acting stretch as a way to hide the obvious
     G
Then the lights go down and they dance real close,
    C                   G       C
and for one brief instant they pretend they're safe and warm
     G
Then the beat gets louder and the mood is gone,
  C
the darkness scatters as the lights flash on
   G
They hold one another just a little too long,
     C
then they move apart and then move on

D
On to the street, on to the next,
Em
safe in the knowledge that they tried
C
Faking the smile, hiding the pain,
G     D C G C
never satisfied,
      G  C
the fire inside
    G
Fire inside

Solo G C x  D Em C G D C G C

    G
Now the hour is late and he thinks you're asleep,
  C
you listen to him dress and you listen to him leave,
     G       C
like you knew he would
  G
You hear his car pull away in the street,
     C
then you move to the door and you lock it,
     G      C
when he's gone for good
     G
Then you walk to the window and stare at the moon,
C                 G      C
riding high and lonesome through a starlit sky
    G
Then it comes to you how it all slips away,
C
youth and beauty are gone one day
  G
No matter what you dream or feel or say,
  C
it ends in dust and disarray
   D
Like wind on the plains, sand through the glass,
Em
waves rolling in with the tide
C
Dreams die hard and we watch them erode,
    G      D C G C
but we cannot be denied,
      G  G C
the fire inside

      G  G C
The fire inside 2x
      G
Burning you up 2x

      G  G C
The fire inside

Solo G C x  D Em C G D C G C

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