The Inkspots - I Dont Want To Set The World On Fire Chords & Tabs

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                      I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire 

                              The Inkspots (1941)
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Composed by: Eddie Seiler/Sol Marcus/Bennie Benjamin/Eddie Durham

Tabbed by: Kyle Murray

E-mail: k.murray23@gateshead.org

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Chords used:

F:      133211
F/A:    x03211
[ch]Abdim7[/ch]: 4x3434
Gm:     355333
Bbm:    x13321
C:      x32010
[ch]F#dim7[/ch]  2x1212
Gm7:    3x333x
C7:     x32310 or x3535
Bb7:    x13131
Cm7:    x35343
F7:     131211
Bb:     x13331
Dm7:    x57565 
G7:     353433

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  Time: |4/4|

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Performance Note:

Pick the root note of each chord before strumming it for that vintage sound.

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Intro:
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 | 1     2     3     4    | 1     2     3    4   |
 
 |                        |             C7

e|------------------------|------------(0)-5-3---|
B|------------------------|-------------5----3---|
G|------------------------|-------------3----3---|
D|-------0-----------0----|-------0-----5----5---|
A|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3--3--------|
E|-1-----------2----------|-3--------------------|


Chorus: 
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|F                       |F/A    [ch]Abdim7[/ch]  |Gm    |
  
 I_ don't want to set the world____on____fire,


    

|Gm    Bbm  |C                 |C                    | F  [ch]F#dim7[/ch] | Gm7 C7|

       I___  just want to start__    a flame in your heart.


 
 
|F                       |F/A   [ch]Abdim7[/ch]  |Gm    |

 In my heart I have but  one___   de_si__re,




|Gm    Bbm  |C                | C               |F   Bb7 |F  |

        and that one is you__,    no other will do___o___o.


    
Bridge:
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    | Cm7        F7       |  Cm7        F7  |

I've lost all am-bition for worldly ac-claim;



    |Bb                          | Bb       |

    I just want to be the one you lo-ove.

   

    |Dm7            G7   |        Dm7          G7  |         
 
And with your ad-mission    that you feel the same,

    
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_inkspots/i_dont_want_to_set_the_world_on_fire_crd_ver_2.html ]
    |G7                                    | C7            |

     I'll have reached the goal I'm dreaming of, believe me.



Chorus:
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|F                       |F/A    Abdim7  |Gm   |
  
 I_ don't want to set the world____on____fire,


     

|Gm    Bbm  |C                 |C                    | F  [ch]F#dim7[/ch] | Gm7 C7|

       I___  just want to start__    a flame in your heart.




Spoken Chorus:
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|F                       | F/A                Abdim7  |   

     I don't wanna set the world on fire honey. 

    
|Gm                      |     

     I love you too much.


|Gm        Bbm       | C                  | C           | F  [ch]F#dim7[/ch] |Gm7 C7| 

      I just  wanna start a great big flame  down in your heart.    You see,


|F                      | F/A    Abdim7                 | Gm         |  
                                 
   way down inside of me,           darling, I have only one desire.


|Gm    Bbm                  |C             |C                       |F  Bb7 |    


     And that one desire is you,    and I know nobody else ain't gonna do

                         
 | 1     2      3     4  | 
 
 | F                     |
                                    
e|-1------------------1--|
B|-1------------------1--|
G|-2------------------2--|
D|-3------------------3--|
A|-3---1-----3--------3--|
E|-1------------1-----1--|


Bridge:
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    | Cm7        F7       |  Cm7        F7  |

I've lost all am-bition for worldly ac-claim;

   

    |Bb                          | Bb           |

     I just want to be the one you lo-ove.

    

    |Dm7             G7          |  Dm7          G7  |         
 
And with your ad-mission     that   you feel the same,

    

    |G7                                    | C7            |

     I'll have reached the goal I'm dreaming of, believe me.


Outro Chorus:
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|F                       |F/A    [ch]Abdim7[/ch]  |Gm          |
  
 I_ don't want to set the world____on____fire,


    

|Gm    Bbm  | C                    | C                  | F   Bb7  |F     |

       I___  just want to start__       a flame in your heart.



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