Chords for Michael Franti and Spearhead - "Light Up Ya Lighter" (Full Album Stream)

Tempo:
76.05 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

Bb

Dm

C

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Michael Franti and Spearhead - "Light Up Ya Lighter" (Full Album Stream) chords
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[Dm] It never makes no sense.
It never makes no [Gm] sense.
Fire, fire, [Bb] fire.
Light up your lighter.
[Gm] Fire, fire, [Bb] fire.
[Dm] Armageddon is a deadly day.
Armageddon is a deadly way.
[Gm] They're coming
for you every day.
While senators [Bb] on a holiday.
[Dm] The army recruiters in the parking lot.
Hustling
the kids, they're juggling [Gm] pot.
Listen, young man, listen to [Dm] my plan.
Gonna make you money.
Gonna make you a [D] man.
Bam, bam.
Here's what you get on M16 and a Kevlar [G] vest.
You might come home
with one less leg, but this thing will surely keep a bullet at your [Dm] chest.
So come on, come on,
sign up.
Come on.
This one's nothing like Vietnam, [Gm] except for the [Bb] bullets, except for the [Gm] bombs,
except for the youth that's gone.
[Bb] So we keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we [Bb] keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming
home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah.
[Dm] Army president, tell me if you will, how many people does a smart bomb [Gm] kill?
How many of [Bb] them
do you think we got?
[Gm] The general says [Bb] we never miss a shot.
And we never, ever, ever [D] keep a
body count.
We're killing so efficiently we can't keep [G] count.
In the Afghan hills,
the rebels still fighting.
OPM fields [D] keep on providing the best heroin that money can [Dm] buy.
And nobody knows where Osama been [Gm] hiding.
The press conferences keep on lying like we don't
know.
[Bb] So we keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your
lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
[Bb] So we keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire,
fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah.
[Dm] So we say engine, engine number nine.
Machine guns [A] on the New York transit [Gm] line.
The war for [Bb] oil is a war for the [Gm] beast.
The war on
terror is a war on [D] peace.
Telling you they're gonna protect you and telling you if they support
the truth.
[Gm] And don't let them fool [Bb] you with the milk and [Gm] honey.
No, [Bb] they only want your [Dm] money.
One step forwards and two step back.
One step forward and two step [Gm] back.
Why the veterans get
no respect?
PTSD and a broken [Dm] back.
Take a look at where your money's gone.
Take a look at what
they spend it [Gm] on.
No [Bb] excuses, no [Gm] illusions.
Light up your lighter.
Bring them [Bb] home.
So we keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we [Bb] keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we keep [Bb] it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we keep [Bb] it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
[Gm] Higher, higher, higher.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah.
[Dm] Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah, you know.
So light up your [Gm] lighter.
Yeah.
Ha, ha, ha.
[Bb] [Dm] Fire, fire, fire.
Fire, fire, fire.
[Gm]
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Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
Dm
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C
3211
D
1321
Gm
123111113
Bb
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Dm
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To learn Michael Franti & Spearhead - Light Up Ya Light chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Bb, C, Gm and Bb in sequence. Ease into the song by practicing at 76 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 152 BPM. Given the song's key of D Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ [Dm] It never makes no sense.
It never makes no [Gm] sense.
Fire, fire, [Bb] fire.
Light up your lighter.
[Gm] Fire, fire, [Bb] fire.
_ [Dm] _ Armageddon is a deadly day.
Armageddon is a deadly way.
[Gm] They're coming
for you every day.
While senators [Bb] on a holiday.
[Dm] The army recruiters in the parking lot.
Hustling
the kids, they're juggling [Gm] pot.
Listen, young man, listen to [Dm] my plan.
Gonna make you money.
Gonna make you a [D] man.
Bam, bam.
Here's what you get on M16 and a Kevlar [G] vest.
You might come home
with one less leg, but this thing will surely keep a bullet at your [Dm] chest.
So come on, come on,
sign up.
Come on.
This one's nothing like Vietnam, [Gm] except for the [Bb] bullets, except for the [Gm] bombs,
except for the youth that's gone.
[Bb] So we keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we [Bb] keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming
home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah.
[Dm] Army president, tell me if you will, how many people does a smart bomb [Gm] kill?
How many of [Bb] them
do you think we got?
[Gm] The general says [Bb] we never miss a shot.
And we never, ever, ever [D] keep a
body count.
We're killing so efficiently we can't keep [G] count.
In the Afghan hills,
the rebels still fighting.
OPM fields [D] keep on providing the best heroin that money can [Dm] buy.
And nobody knows where Osama been [Gm] hiding.
The press conferences keep on lying like we don't
know.
[Bb] So we keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your
lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
[Bb] So we keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire,
fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah.
[Dm] So we say engine, engine number nine.
Machine guns [A] on the New York transit [Gm] line.
The war for [Bb] oil is a war for the [Gm] beast.
The war on
terror is a war on [D] peace.
Telling you they're gonna protect you and telling you if they support
the truth.
[Gm] And don't let them fool [Bb] you with the milk and [Gm] honey.
No, [Bb] they only want your [Dm] money.
One step forwards and two step back.
One step forward and two step [Gm] back.
Why the veterans get
no respect?
PTSD and a broken [Dm] back.
Take a look at where your money's gone.
Take a look at what
they spend it [Gm] on.
No [Bb] excuses, no [Gm] illusions.
Light up your lighter.
Bring them [Bb] home.
So we keep it on.
_ Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we [Bb] keep it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we keep [Bb] it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
Higher and [Gm] higher.
Fire, fire, fire.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
So we keep [Bb] it on.
Till you're [C] coming home.
_ [Gm] Higher, higher, higher.
Light up your lighter.
Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah.
[Dm] _ Fire, fire, fire.
Yeah, you know.
So light up your [Gm] lighter.
Yeah.
Ha, ha, ha.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] Fire, fire, _ fire.
Fire, fire, fire.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of Yell Fire! album.

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