'Livewire' by Fyfe Dangerfield
Standard Tuning
Capo 4th
Originally played in arpeggio but these chords and changes are
correct and will help you play it in your own style.
Chords (Relative to capo)
C x32010
G 320003
Am x02210
G* 3xxxxx
F 133211
Dm xx0231
Fsus xx3210
Intro
C G Am G* F (Play 4 times)
Verse
C G Am G* F
There was a crack in your smile the day you were born
C G Am G* F
You're out on the pull and it's making you yawn
C G Am G* F
Good samaritans never play their part
C G Am G* F
Come round, let me put my hands around your heart
Chorus
C G Am G* F
Livewire, your life is in the fire
C G Am
You got everything to play for
G*F
1-1, half time
C G Am G* F
Livewire, the world is yours to hire
Dm Fsus
We got everything to live for
Don't kick it all the time
C G Am G* F (play 2 times)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fyfe_dangerfield/livewire_crd.html ]
Bridge
C G Am G* F
Standing in the borough markets selling straws
C G Am G* F
People just stare at you and gawp
C G
You'd like to say you're wasted,
Am G* F Dm Fsus
but it's not the alcohol that's making you feel like a flat spare wheel
Chorus
C G Am G* F
Livewire, your life is in the fire
C G Am
You got everything to play for
G*F
1-1, half time
C G Am G* F
Livewire, the world is yours to hire
Dm Fsus
We got everything to live for
Don't kick it all the time
Solo
Same chord progression as the verses and choruses with improvised
finger picking.
Verse
C G Am G* F
Helicopters hover over the street
C G Am G* F
There's always somebody else you're dying to meet
C G
And you're always getting older
Am G* F Dm Fsus
That's the deepest thought you can commit to paper
As the nights get later
Chorus
C G Am G* F
Livewire, your life is in the fire
C G Am
You got everything to play for
G*F
1-1, half time
C G Am G* F
Livewire, the world is yours to hire
Dm Fsus
We got everything to live for
Don't kick it all the time
C G Am G* F
Don't kick it all the time
C G Am G* F (play 2 times)
-Humming-
Dm F G C
