[Intro]
| Dm | C |
[Strophe]
Dm                                C 
I was born a baby boy a long time ago 
Bb                                                      Dm      C 
Back when the hillsides were green and the water would flow 
     Dm                                C 
But nights they fall and settle like snow 
   Bb                                                    Dm    C 
I watched as the hillsides turned white with nowhere to go
[Refrain]
Bb                          Dm 
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire 
Bb                          Dm    C Dm 
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire
[Strophe]
        Dm                                           C 
Now my heart?s a frozen lake where streams used to flow 
Bb                                                Dm     C 
Down to the forest of my mind where memory would grow 
 Dm                                                C 
Now I walk amongst the trees where the last sun glows 
     Bb                                             Dm   C 
The leaves are all golden and brown with nowhere to go
[Refrain]
Bb                          Dm 
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire 
Bb                          Dm    C Dm 
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire
[Pont]
   Bb 
My skin like these boulders 
     C 
Is cracking and older 
      F                      Dm 
With each passing year that goes 
    Bb 
My cliff face is crumbling 
 C 
Silently tumbling 
F              Am    Dm 
Down to the water below 
    Bb 
And if I light a match  
        C 
I?ll be able to catch 
      Am               Bb 
The last sun before it goes
[Refrain]
       Bb                             Dm 
And oh well I think I?m gonna start a fire 
     Bb                     Dm 
Oh think I?m gonna start a fire 
    Bb                          Dm   C 
And oh think I?m gonna start a fire now
[Outro]
| Dm | C | Am |