Intro: D


D
Hold your box of matches tight

Keep the firelighters bright
Bm                    G                     D
Let it burn and let it feel alright
D
Share our bruises in the glow

Let the firefighters know
Bm                    G                          D
We just want to sit and watch the show
Bm                     G              D
We just want the fire in our bones


D (build up)
We got this one licked


                               Bm
Be ready when I say go
                               G
Be ready when I say go
                               D
Be ready when I say go
             

                               Bm
Be ready when I say go
                               G
Be ready when I say go
                               D
Be ready when I say go


D
Buy me at night she said

Worms are always underfed
Bm                     G                        D
Daylight never seems to wait for me
D
Share disguises in the dark

Tell the tiger he’s a shark
Bm                  G                   D
We don’t ever want to be apart
Bm                       G                D
We just killed the fear in our hearts


D (build up)
We got this one licked


                               Bm
Be ready when I say go
                               G
Be ready when I say go
                               D
Be ready when I say go


                               Bm
Be ready when I say go
                               G
Be ready when I say go
                               D
Be ready when I say go


Bm                         Bb                 G
Feed us something we can tolerate
Bm                 Bb                G
Give us something we can taste
Bm         Bb                           G
Give us time so we can hibernate
Bm           Bb                        G
Make the waiting worth the wait


D (hold)
I told you we’d grow up to be the soldiers

When everyone gets a little older

It’s just a feeling that you want to never remember


D (build up)
We got this one licked


                               Bm
Be ready when I say go
                               G
Be ready when I say go
                               D
Be ready when I say go


                               Bm
Be ready when I say go
                               G
Be ready when I say go
                               D
Be ready when I say go


D

                                Bm   G   D
Be ready when I say go
                                Bm   G   D
Be ready when I say go
                                D
Be ready when I say go