Black Flame
Guitar Chords
(Michael Dunford/Betty Thatcher)
© 1974 Bleu Disque Music Co.
From the BTM Records LP Turn of the Cards
Transcribed by Paul Solman
Additional transcription by Lee Durbetaki
HTML by Joe Lynn
Intro & Verses
Dm G
e|--------5---------|------------------------|
B|----5-----6-5-6--*|---------0-10----------*|
G|------7-----------|------12------12----12--|
D|--7---------------|---10------------10-----|
A|5----------------*|10---------------------*|
E|------------------|------------------------|
Pre-Verse
(and jump straight back into the fingerpicking part)
e|------------------|--------------|
B|------------------|--------------|
G|3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3|5-5-5--7------|
D|3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3|5-5-5--7------|
A|1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1|3-3-3--5------|
E|------------------|--------------|
Pre-Chorus
Bmaj7 Am
e|------------------|----------8-----------|
B|--------6---------|-----9------9----9----|
G|----7-----7---7---|-------10-----10------|
D|------8-----8-----|--10------------------|
A|--8---------------|8---------------------|
E|6-----------------|----------------------|
And here's where they go:
Verse 1:
Dm G
I am words, I am speaking
Dm G
I never heard my conclusion
Bbmaj7 Am Bbmaj7 Am
Lost the way in my confusion, in illusion
Bbmaj7 Am Dm
Lost inside the picture frame
Chorus:
G Dm C
I'm not to blame, I didn't see the black flame
Dm G Dm C
I'm not ashamed, its poetry, the black flame
Dm G Dm C
I'm rearranged, it's changing me, the black flame
Bb C Dm G Dm G
Burns my blackened brain
Verse 2:
I am strong, I am leaving
I never knew I'd feel the need so
Where to go, I'll turn the flow, I could not know
Screams inside the burning pain
Chorus:
It's spinning head, it's under hand, the black flame
It lies instead, I turned and I ran, the black flame
On me it fed, I understand, the black flame
Burns my blackened brain
Bridge:
G A
Run from me, don't you see
G A
That we are one and I'm a part of you
G A
Get away, any way
G A
I'm still a secret in the heart of you
C G
And I'm the burning in your soul
Instrumental
Verse 3:
Now I'm weak, I am losing
I never thought I'd stop trying
I'm a lie, I'm just a sigh, just a crying
Just a symbol of the game
Chorus:
Suspended pain, I can not face the black flame
Intended fear, I can not trace the black flame
Extended reaching into space, the black flame
Burns my blackened brain
During the bridge and chorus the guitar just plays chords while the keyboard shows off.
I think barre chords or power chords work best, though anyone is welcome to disagree.