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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
[Abdim7] 4x3434
[Gm] 355333
[Bbm] x13321
[C] x32010
[F#dim7] 2x1212
[Gm7] 3x333x
C7 x32310 or x3535
[Bb7] x13131
[Cm7] x35343
[F7] 131211
[Bb] x13331
[Dm7] x57565
[G7] 353433
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Performance Note:
Pick the root note of each chord before strumming it for that vintage sound.
Intro
| 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
[F] [F/A] [Abdim7] [Gm]
I_ don't want to set the world____on____fire,
[Gm] [Bbm] [C] [C] [F] [F#dim7] [Gm7] [C7]
I___ just want to start__ a flame in your heart.
[F] [F/A] [Abdim7] [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
[Cm7] [F7] [Cm7] [F7]
I've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim;
[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.
Chorus
[F] [F/A] [Abdim7] [Gm]
I_ don't want to set the world____on____fire,
[Gm] [Bbm] [C] [C] [F] [F#dim7] [Gm7] [C7]
I___ just want to start__ a flame in your heart.
[Spoken Chorus]
[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] [F#dim7] [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
[Cm7] [F7] [Cm7] [F7]
I've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim;
[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]
[F] [F/A] [Abdim7] [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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(n) Ghost note
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