Man On Fire

Man On Fire chords by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Share Report Print

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Suggested strumdriving 4/4

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d

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2

d

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3

d

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u

4

d

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u

Also works: island strum d – d u – u d u

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Intro: B

      E      B
I'm a man on fire
        E            B
Walking through your street
     E   Gb
With one guitar
        E       B
And two dancing feet
     E       B
Only one desire
       E       B
That's left in me
           E          Gb
I want the whole damn world
        C          G
To come dance with me


Abm              E          B
Ohhhhhhhh. Come dance with me


     E          Abm
Over murder and pain
         E       B
Come and set you free
     E             Abm
Over heartache and shame
        E       B                       E       Abm
I wanna see our bodies burning like the old big sun
        E         B                       E        Abm
I wanna know what we've been learning and learning from

Interlude: Gb  B  E

E              B       Gb   B  E
Everybody want safety (safety love)
E              B       Gb   B    E
Everybody want comfort (comfort love)
E              B        Gb  B    E
Everybody want certain (certain love)
E             Gb
Everybody but me


      E      B
I'm a man on fire
        E            B
Walking through your street
     E   Gb
With one guitar
        E       B
And two dancing feet
     E       B
Only one desire
       E       B
That's left in me
           E          Gb
I want the whole damn world
        C          G
To come dance with me

Interlude: Abm  E  B  Gb  E  Abm  E  B  Gb  E  G

               E          B
Yay, yay. Come dance with me
     E              Abm
Over heartache and rage
     E      B
Come set us free
     E         Abm
Over panic and strange
        E       B                       E       Abm
I wanna see our bodies burning like the old big sun
        E         B                       E        Abm
I wanna know what we've been learning and learning from

Interlude: B  Gb  E

E              B        B  Gb    E
Everybody want romance (romance love)
E              B       B   Gb  E
Everybody want safety (safety love)
E              B        B  Gb    E
Everybody want comfort (comfort love)
E             Gb
Everybody but me


      E      B      
I'm a man on fire (he's a man on fire)
        E         B 
Walking down your street (walking down your street)
     E      Gb
With one guitar (With one guitar)
Gb       E       B
And two dancing feet (two dancing feet)
     E     B
Only one desire (one desire)
       E        B
That's still in me (that's left in me)
B          E          Gb
I want the whole damn world (I want the whole damn world)
Gb           E          B
To come and dance with me (come and dance with me yeahhhhh...) This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.

How to play Man On Fire on ukulele

On ukulele, Man On Fire comes down to the driving 4/4: d – d – d u d u. The groove sits around 120 bpm, a medium pace. The chords ask a bit more of you, so I rate them proficient. Drive a steady acoustic strum and open up for the big singalong.

6 ukulele chords used in "Man On Fire" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: B, C, E, Gb, G and Abm

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Amerigosway

6 years ago

Is it me or the C and G chords don’t fit in the chord progression of this song?

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cdb2453

12 years ago

Correction: The A to E chord in “To come dance with me” should be a D flat to a A flat. 🙂

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Biography

Birthed by Mouth in the year two-thousand and five, young Edward Sharpe had to wait nearly two years before he was to grow his arms and legs and fingers and toes. Immaculately conceived, his father (a Robot who had magically become a real boy…but that’s another story) declared his undying devotion to the creature. He perched the fleshy bust upon a teetering pedestal fashioned from stacked cereal boxes and positioned the display at his window for all the town to see. Young Edward soon proved no ordinary boy.

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Intro: B

      E      B
I'm a man on fire
        E            B
Walking through your street
     E   F#
With one guitar
        E       B
And two dancing feet
     E       B
Only one desire
       E       B
That's left in me
           E          F#
I want the whole damn world
        C          G
To come dance with me


G#m              E          B
Ohhhhhhhh. Come dance with me


     E          G#m
Over murder and pain
         E       B
Come and set you free
     E             G#m
Over heartache and shame
        E       B                       E       G#m
I wanna see our bodies burning like the old big sun
        E         B                       E        G#m
I wanna know what we've been learning and learning from

Interlude: F#  B  E

E              B       F#   B  E
Everybody want safety (safety love)
E              B       F#   B    E
Everybody want comfort (comfort love)
E              B        F#  B    E
Everybody want certain (certain love)
E             F#
Everybody but me


      E      B
I'm a man on fire
        E            B
Walking through your street
     E   F#
With one guitar
        E       B
And two dancing feet
     E       B
Only one desire
       E       B
That's left in me
           E          F#
I want the whole damn world
        C          G
To come dance with me

Interlude: G#m  E  B  F#  E  G#m  E  B  F#  E  G

               E          B
Yay, yay. Come dance with me
     E              G#m
Over heartache and rage
     E      B
Come set us free
     E         G#m
Over panic and strange
        E       B                       E       G#m
I wanna see our bodies burning like the old big sun
        E         B                       E        G#m
I wanna know what we've been learning and learning from

Interlude: B  F#  E

E              B        B  F#    E
Everybody want romance (romance love)
E              B       B   F#  E
Everybody want safety (safety love)
E              B        B  F#    E
Everybody want comfort (comfort love)
E             F#
Everybody but me


      E      B      
I'm a man on fire (he's a man on fire)
        E         B 
Walking down your street (walking down your street)
     E      F#
With one guitar (With one guitar)
F#       E       B
And two dancing feet (two dancing feet)
     E     B
Only one desire (one desire)
       E        B
That's still in me (that's left in me)
B          E          F#
I want the whole damn world (I want the whole damn world)
F#           E          B
To come and dance with me (come and dance with me yeahhhhh...)