Fire Escape chords

Fire Escape

• E

Foster The People
Fire Escape
Supermodel
2014
Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -    022100
B -    x24442
C#m -  x46654
A -    x02220
F#m -  244222
E/G# - 476xxx


Intro:
C#m-B-A--
E-F#m-E/G#-C#m-B-
A--B-A--


Verse 1:
C#m           B            A
   I like to stick to walls
  E             F#m
Deserving conversations
    E/G#         C#m
and lifting them when
B    A   B A C#m
they fall       I am a
B          A    E
fire escape my spine is
        F#m     E/G#
made of iron My heart
           C#m B   A    B A
pumps that old red paint


Chorus 1:
A        B
Save yourself
C#m      F#m
save yourself
    A   E/G#
yourself
A        B
Save yourself
C#m      F#m B C#m A--
save yourself


Verse 2:
C#m          B             A
   I see the seasons change
E             F#m
All the young faces come
E/G#             C#m B
and replaces the dy--ing
A    B A C#m
marks       Sit out on
B             A
Lexington and Vine
E
All the pimps and
F#m         E/G#
prostitutes wave you
         C#m B    A    B A
down at stop-ping signs


Chorus 2:
A        B
Save yourself
C#m      F#m
save yourself
    A   E/G#
yourself
A        B
Save yourself
C#m      F#m B A
save yourself


Bridge:
    A       B
Los Angeles I have
C#m        A  B A
waited for you
   A
To pick yourself
       B
up and change
    A        B
The city you live
     C#m       A
this ocean and sand
     A
It's founded by lights
              B  C#m A B A B
and self made men


Verse 3:
C#m
   I've watched the
B
dreamers find their
A    E
legs And I've seen
    F#m
the ones that come
E/G#
get reduced to
C#m   B   A    B A
bones and bread
C#m       B          A
   I am a fire escape
    E
my spine is made of
F#m     E/G#
iron My heart pumps
     C#m B   A    B A
that old red paint


Chorus 3:
A          B
  Save yourself
C#m      A   B
save yourself
A        B
Save yourself
C#m      F#m
save yourself


Outro: A--B-C#m-E/G#-F#m-E/G#- x8

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