Light My Firev14

Light My Fire (Robby Kreiger)

The Doors

Self-Titled Debut Album

1967

This is the album version, single version, and the version done by spanish guitarist,

José Feliciano. It has both the guitar solo, and the tab for the keyboard solo. It also

just the chords at the end of the electric versions. If you want to find a specific

such as the intro, or keyboard solo, press Ctrl+F and type want you want to see, or you

just scroll. If the Ctrl+F method does not work, then you should consider updating your browser.

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Album Version

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/=slide up

=slide down

b=bend

p=pulloff

h=hammeron

()=optional note

X=muted string

d=downstroke

u=upstroke

Difficuly: Intermediate

Chords the way they are in the song:

0 2 3 2 2 0 2 0

1 2 3 2 3 2 3 0

0 2 0 0 2 2 4 1

2 4 0 2 0 2 4 2

0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2

x 2 3 x 2 x x 0

Tune The Guitar one note lower on standard tuning

It might sound better if it was just a half-note lower

Intro (Keyboard Part):

Here is what the guitar plays in the intro:

Chords:

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

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Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

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Guitar And Keyboard Solo

This is the bass line for the solo

Keyboard Solo (01:06):

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Guitar Solo (03:18):

|-8-5--8-5--5\3-3-3/5-5\3-3/5-5--5-----------------------------------|

|-8-5--8-5--5\3-3-3/5-5\3-3/5-5--5----5--6--8--6h8-6-5---------------|

|-12-/17--17\---/17--17\---17h19-17h9-17----------17----------17---------|

|----5\3------8---------------8-----8-----------8--7h8p7p5---5----|

|----4\2---------------------------------------------------7------|

End Of Solos

(Keyboard Part):

Here is what the guitar plays during keyboard:

Chords:

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

|-------------------------------7\---|

Try to set the night on fire

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

Outro:

(Keyboard Part):

Here is what the guitar plays during keyboard:

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Single Version

Elektra Records

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/=slide up

=slide down

b=bend

p=pulloff

h=hammeron

()=optional note

X=muted string

d=downstroke

u=upstroke

Difficuly: Intermediate

Chords the way they are in the song:

0 2 3 2 2 0 2 0

1 2 3 2 3 2 3 0

0 2 0 0 2 2 4 1

2 4 0 2 0 2 4 2

0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2

x 2 3 x 2 x x 0

Tune The Guitar one note lower on standard tuning

It might sound better if it was just a half-note lower

Intro (Keyboard Part):

Here is what the guitar plays in the intro:

Chords:

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

|-------------------------------7\---|

Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

|-------------------------------7\---|

Try to set the night on fire

Guitar And Keyboard

This is the bass line for the solo

Keyboard:

Guitar:

(Keyboard Part):

Here is what the guitar plays during keyboard:

Chords:

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

(Keyboard Part):

Here is what the guitar plays during keyboard:

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Chords

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Chords the way they are in the song:

0 2 3 2 2 0 2 0

1 2 3 2 3 2 3 0

0 2 0 0 2 2 4 1

2 4 0 2 0 2 4 2

0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2

x 2 3 x 2 x x 0

Tune The Guitar one note lower on standard tuning

It might sound better if it was just a half-note lower

Intro:

Chords:

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

Chords for solo:

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

Try to set the night on fire

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Just for an extra, here's the version by José Feliciano

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Light My Fire

José Feliciano

1968

Album: Light My Fire

/=slide up

=slide down

b=bend

p=pulloff

h=hammeron

()=optional note

X=muted string

d=downstroke

u=upstroke

(Difficulty: Advanced)

Chords the way they're used in the song:

0 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 x 2 4

1 2 3 2 3 2 3 0 3 2 5

0 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 6

2 4 0 2 0 2 4 2 2 0 6

0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4

x 2 3 x 2 x x 0 0 2 x

A simpler way to do the intro is like this

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire

Solo:

(For the Dmaj7 chord, it can also be F#m)

The time to hesitate is through

No time to wallow in the mire

Try now we can only lose

And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire