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Fire In The Engine Room

Richard Thompson
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well  Luke told Danny, Danny told Betsy
 Betsy told me and I'm telling you
 You'd better  stop doing the things you do
 There's a fire in the engine room, fire  in the engine room
 Damp it down or we're all going under
 Run them hoses, it's smouldering again
 Better line up in a human chain
 There's a fire in the engine room, fire in the engine room
 Fire, fire, my heart is busting
 You drive me crazy with the things you say
 Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
 There's a fire in the engine room fire in the engine room
 And I don't know how  you come to reason
 That somehow treason  isn't treason
 It must be  the head-hunting  season
 And there's room  in the old  trophy room
 She's making eyes at the fool with the shovel
 That son of a grease-gun must be insane
 I hose it down and he fans the flames
 There's a fire in the engine room, fire in the engine room
 And you know how uncertainty can linger
 With a rattlesnake wrapped around your finger
 One day it might wake up and sting you
 Here's a toast to the bride and the groom
 Oh, fire, fire, my heart is busting
 You drive me crazy with the things you say
 Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
 There's a fire in the engine room, fire in the engine room

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Readable chord sheet for Fire In The Engine Room by Richard Thompson

[Em]  [D] [Em]  [D]

[Em]Well Luke told Danny, Danny told Betsy
Betsy told me and I'm telling [A]you
You'd [Em]better stop doing the things you do
There's a fire in the engine room, fi[A]re in the engine room  [B]     [A]       [B]

Damp it down or we're all going under
Run them hoses, it's smouldering again
Better line up in a human chain
There's a fire in the engine room, fire in the engine room

Fire, fire, my heart is busting
You drive me crazy with the things you say
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room fire in the engine room

And I [B]don't [E]know [F#]how you come to reason
That [B]some[E]how [F#]treason isn't treason
It [B]must [E]be the [F#]head-hunting season
And there's [Abm]room in the [E]old trophy [F#]room

She's making eyes at the fool with the shovel
That son of a grease-gun must be insane
I hose it down and he fans the flames
There's a fire in the engine room, fire in the engine room

And you know how uncertainty can linger
With a rattlesnake wrapped around your finger
One day it might wake up and sting you
Here's a toast to the bride and the groom

Oh, fire, fire, my heart is busting
You drive me crazy with the things you say
Jealousy's got me and it won't go away
There's a fire in the engine room, fire in the engine room

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