INTRO:
G#m E B E
E -7p6-------|-7p6-------|-7p6---------|
B -----9-7-9-|-----9-7-9-|-----9-7-----|
G -----------|-----------|---------8-9-|
D -----------|-----------|-------------|
A -----------|-----------|-------------|
E -----------|-----------|-------------|
VERSE:
G#m E
We'll smoke like a couple in the 1960's
B F#
Lit up like a pair of Woodstock hippies
G#m E
Lookin' down on a town where it don't seem wrong
B F#
To be a bonfire blaze where it don't belong
CHORUS: (The followin chords are strummed in reverse - bottom to top)
G#m
Meet me on the fire escape
E
Meet me on the fire escape
B
Don't let me wait
F#
I wanna start up this flame
G#m
Meet me on the fire escape
E
Meet me on the fire escape
B
When the building's burning
F#
Baby, we're to blame
G#m
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
G#m E B B F# F#
E -7p6-------|-7p6-------|-7p6---------11-----------|
B -----9-7-9-|-----9-7-9-|-----9-7--------9-12-14---|
G -----------|-----------|---------6-8--------------|
D -----------|-----------|--------------------------|
A -----------|-----------|--------------------------|
E -----------|-----------|--------------------------|
VERSE:
G#m E
Downtown bar band's bouncing off the brick walls
B F#
Half pint lovers rollin' out with their last calls
G#m E
The street lights down on Lafayette
B F#
Ain't seen nothin' like you and me yet
CHORUS: (The followin chords are strummed in reverse - bottom to top)
G#m
Oh, meet me on the fire escape
E
Meet me on the fire escape
B
Don't let me wait
F#
I wanna start up this flame
G#m
Meet me on the fire escape
E
Meet me on the fire escape
B
When the building's burning
F#
Baby, we're to blame
E B F# F#
Baby, we're to blame
INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
G#m E B F#
BREAK:
C#m C#m
We'll smoke like a couple in the 1960's
B F#
Up all night like New York City
CHORUS:
G#m
Oh, meet me on the fire escape
E
Meet me on the fire escape
B
Don't let me wait
F#
I wanna start up this flame
G#m
Meet me on the fire escape
E
Meet me on the fire escape
B
When the building's burning
F#
Baby, we're to blame
OUTRO:
G#m
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E
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B F# G#m
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