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Forest Fires Tab

by David Bazan


I recently saw Mr. Bazan in concert and wanted to play some of his new songs. Saw 
a bunch of requests for tabs on YouTube so here they are.  Any 


Verse 1 

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         You used to feel like a smoker.  Shivering in the cold.  

                                            /
Waiting outside the bar 'til the opener's over.


  /                                                     /
         But now you feel like a drinker - twenty days off the sauce.  

                                                      /
Down at the liquor store, trying to call your sponsor.



Chorus 1 
 
                    C#min    C#min/   
You used to feel like a forest   fire      burning, 

  /                 
but now you feel like a child 

         C#min  C#min/C           F   X (mute all strings and strum)
throwing tant---rums for your turn.



Verse 2 

  /                                                     /
You used to feel like a prophet and everyone wanted to know, 

                                                  /
how you could tell the truth without losing that soft glow.

  /                                                     /
But now you feel like a preacher, evoking the flames of hell. 

                                                   /
Some drunk fisherman chasing after the white whale.



Chorus 2 (same as the first)

You used to feel like a forest fire burning, 
but now you feel like a child throwing tantrums for your turn.

You used to feel like a prodigal returning, 
but now you hate what you made and you want to watch it burn.

End on F