Fire Escape

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
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
E
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
B F# G#m
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm