LIVE COAL (Melanie Safka)
Capo: 2nd fret
Original Key: B
Played with capo as: A
Intro: A..E...D...E...A...E...D...E
(B..F#.E...F#..B...F#.E...F#)
(x2)
(Verse One)
A..(B).................D..(E)..........
When I was young, I broke every rule
E..A...................(/E).......F#m..................
'Cause they were made for the criminal and
the fool
E...D....A..E......................
Oh oh, I wasn't one of those
D....A..E........................D..
I had some wild oats
to sow
D....A..E(sus4)..........
I was a live coal
A....E....D................E....A..
Oh baby, don't kill the live coal
(Verse Two)
A....E..D.......E......A.........................D..
Hey now
it seems like everywhere I go
D....E..A...........(/E)...F#m.................E....D..
Some joker is try - in'
to kill the live coal
D....A..E........................
Oh don't be one of those
D....A..E.........................D...
I have some wild oats to
sow
D....A..E(sus4)...........A..
I am alive, alive-oh
A....E.....D...................E....A..
Oh baby, don't kill the live coal
CHORUS
A..E.D..E....A....E....D....................E....A..
I said oh - oh - oh, don't
kill the live coal
A..E.D..E....A....E....D................E....A..
I said oh - oh - oh, don't be one of
those
A..E.D..E.........A......................
I say don't kill it, don't kill it,
A.......D...............
Don't kill the live coal
D..E......A..................................D............
Don't kill it, don't kill it, don't kill the live
coal
D..E........A......................
Hey don't kill it, don't kill it,
A.......D...............
Don't kill the live coal
D..E......A.....................................
Don't kill it, don't kill it, don't kill it,
D.................E....
oh no no no no no no no
A.....D......................A........
Oh oh oh, don't be one of those, oh no
D...E...A.....D................E.......
I say oh oh oh, don't be one of those
(Verse Three)
A...E..D..E.A.........................D............
New ones, old ones, I've seen 'em blow
E..A.............(/E)..F#m7.............E...D.
Fan the embers, watch the live ones glow
D..A.E.........................D..
We've such a long way to go
D..A.E.........................D....
So from the heart of my soul:
D..A..E(sus4).................
Don't kill the live coal
A....E....D.................E.....A........
Oh don't, don't kill the live coal (don't
CHORUS:
A............E..D..E...A..E..D................E.......
kill the life) I say oh oh oh, don't be one of those
A..E.D..E...A..E..D....................E.....A..
I say oh oh oh , don't kill the live
coal
A..E.D..E.........A....... etc.
I say don't kill it, etc.
(to "don't be one of those, oh no")
(Verse Four)
A....................D...............
When I was young I broke every rule
E..A..................(/E).......F#m..................
'Cause they were made for the criminal and the fool,
E..D..A.E.....................
oh oh, I wasn't one of those
D..A.E.........................D..
I have some wild oats to sow
D..A.E(sus4)...........A..
I am alive, alive-oh
A.............E...D..................E....A........
Oh yeah, oh baby, don't kill the live coal, oh no
A..E.D....E........A.........
Oh don't kill the life
A..E.D...................E....A.......
Don't kill the live coal, oh no
CHORUS:
A..E.D..E...A..E..D.....................E....A.
I say oh oh oh, don't kill the live coal
A..E.D..E...A..E...................E.......A......
I say oh oh oh, don't be one of those, oh
no
A..E.D..E.........A................. etc. to....
I say don't kill it, don't.... etc.
to....
A..E.D..E...A...E..D.................E.....A......
I say oh oh oh, don't be one of those,
oh no
(CODA)
A..E.D..E...A...........D.......
I say oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh --
(Tacit:)
Don't kill the live coal....
(pause then:) A....E..D....D..E..A