Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Babe Im On Fire

“babe , i’m on fire”
nick cave & the bad seeds
nocturama ( 2003 )

( optional ) intro/verse riff/Chord * :
Am Am/C
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – – |
G | – – 2 – – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – – 2 – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – – |
D | – – 2 – – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – – 2 – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – – |
A | – – 0 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 3 – – 3 – – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – – |
E | – – x – – – x – x – x – x – – x – – x – x – x – x – – |

– just listen to the song to figure out the strumming rhythm of this part .
* this makes playing the Am chord repeatedly through all the verses sound
like it almost still has the bass riff from the original song under it , which goes like this :

E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D | – – – – – – – 2/7 – 0 – 7 – 0 – 7 – – – |
A | – 0 – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

anyway ,

verse :
Am
father says it , mother says it
Am
sister says it , brother says it
Am
uncle says it , auntie says it
Am
everyone at the party says it
G
babe , i’m on fire
Am
babe , i’m on fire

chorus :
G F
hit me up , baby , and knock me down
G F
drop what you’re doing and come around
G F
we can hold hands till the sun goes down
F
cause i know
G F
that you
G F
and i
G F
can be
G F ~~~ ( pause )
together
Am
cause i . . . love . . . you

and go back to playing the verse [ Am ] ( with the Am/C or otherwise )

it’s simple enough , so just go here to get the full lyrics :

and enjoy : D