Transciption by Jeff Burke, additions, chords and corrections by me.

This song has a very difficult chord structure, and it's often hard to see whether barre or open chords would work best, so I've used a mixture.

C     3 3 2 0 1 0
Bb    1 1 3 3 3 1
Dm    x 0 0 2 3 1
Eb    x 6 8 8 8 6
Bm7   x 0 0 2 0 2
F     1 3 3 2 1 1
G7    3 2 0 0 0 1
Bb6   1 1 0 0 3 x (or 1 1 3 3 3 3)
Asus4 0 0 2 2 3 0
Gsus2 3 0 0 0 3 3

Intro
C|Bb |Bb | Dm |Dm

VERSE 1
|Dm                         |C
I touch the fire and it freezes me.
|Bb      Eb             |C
I look into it and it's black.
|Dm
Why can't I feel?
|Bm7
My skin should crack and peel.
|Dm         C   |Bb
I want the fire back.

VERSE 2
|Dm                                    |C
Now through the smoke, she calls to me.
|Bb               Eb                  |C
To make my way across the flame.
|Dm                        F         |G7
To save the day or maybe melt away,
|Dm          C       |Bb
I guess it's all the same.

CHORUS
             |F      C              |Bb
So I will walk through the fire
             |F           C      |Bb
'Cause where else can I turn?
        |F      C             |Bb
I will walk through the fire
        C
And let it...

VERSE 3
|Dm                       |C
The torch I bear is scorching me.
|Bb      Eb                    |C
Buffy's laughing, I've no doubt.
|Dm           F
I hope she fries;
|G7
I'm free if that bitch dies.
|Dm     C         |Bb
I better help her out.

CHORUS
                    |F       C     |Bb
'Cause she is drawn to the fire.
         |F           C      |Bb
Some people    never learn.
           She will never learn.
                   |F      C               |Bb
And she will walk through the fire
        C
And let it...

BRIDGE
| Bb
Will this do a thing to change her?
|Bb6
Am I leaving Dawn in danger?
|Dm             G        F         |Gsus2
Is my Slayer too far gone to care?

|Bb
What if Buffy can't defeat it?
|Gm
Beady Eyes is right, we're needed.
|Asus4               Gsus2             |G
Or we could just sit around and glare.
|C
We'll see it through,
                       |Bb
It's what we're always here to do.
                |F      C              |Bb
So we will walk through the fire.

VERSE 4
|Dm                     |C
So one by one they turn from me.
|Bb            Eb                            |C
I guess my friends can't face the cold.
                                                           What can't we
     |Dm           F            |G7
       But why I froze, not one among them knows
face.                                                     If we're to-
            |Dm           C       |Bb
              And never can be told.
ge - ther?

VERSE 5
|Dm
So   one  by  one,       they
She came from the grave much graver.
|C
come          to    me.
First he'll kill her, then I'll save her.
| Bb             Eb                  |C
The distant redness as their guide.
Everything is turning out so   wrong.
                                               going through the
|Dm                   F
That    single   flame
motions...
No, I'll save her, then I'll kill her!
|G7
Ain't what they had in mind.
I think this line's mostly filler.
                          go  -  ing       through   the
|Dm                  C         |Bb
It's  what   they  have in-side.
What it going to take to strike a  spark?
motions...
|C
These endless days
                 |Bb
Are finally ending in a blaze.
She    will    come    to     me

CHORUS
                   |F       C      |Bb
And we are caught in the fire.
       |F         C      |Bb
The point of no re-turn.
                |F      C              |Bb
So we will walk through the fire
        C        |Db |C
And let it... burn.
        |Db |C
Let it burn.
        |Db |Db      |F      ||
Let it burn. Let it burn!

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