Sex on Fire | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: E E6 | E E6 | E E6 | E E6 |
| C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 :||
Verse 1
| E E6 | E E6 | E E6 | E E6 |
Lay where you’re laying, don’t make a sound.
| C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 |
I know they’re watching, they’re watching.
| E E6 | E E6 | E E6 | E E6 |
All the commotion, the kiddie-like play.
| C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 |
Has people talking, they’re talking.
Chorus 1
| E | E5 | Emaj7 | E |
You.
| C#madd9 | C#m | Amaj7#11 | Amaj7 |
Your sex is on fire.
Verse 2
| E E6 | E E6 | E E6 | E E6 |
The dark of the alley, The breaking of day.
| C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 |
Head while I’m driving, I’m driving.
| E E6 | E E6 | E E6 | E E6 |
Soft lips are open, them knuckles are pale.
| C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | Amaj7 | Amaj7 |
Feels like you’re dying, you’re dying.
Chorus 2
| E | E5 | Emaj7 | E |
You.
| C#madd9 | C#m | Amaj7#11 | Amaj7 |
Your sex is on fire.
| E | E5 | Emaj7 | E |
Consumed.
| C#madd9 | C#m | Amaj7#11 | Amaj7 |
With what’s just transpired.
Verse 3
| E E6 | E E6 | E E6 | E E6 |
Hot as a fever, rattling bones.
| C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 |
I could just taste it, chased it.
| E E6 | E E6 | E E6 | E E6 |
But it’s not forever, but it’s just tonight.
| C#m C#mb6 | C#m C#mb6 | Amaj7 | Amaj7 |
Oh, we’re still the greatest, the greatest, the greatest.
Chorus 3
| E | E5 | Emaj7 | E |
And you.
| C#madd9 | C#m | Amaj7#11 | Amaj7 |
Your sex is on fire.
Breakdown chorus
| E5 N.C | E5 N.C | E5 N.C | E5 B5 |
You.
| C#5 N.C | C#5 N.C | C#5 N.C | C#5 G#5 |
Your sex is on fire, ah, ah, ah.
| E5 N.C | E5 N.C | E5 N.C | E5 B5 |
Consumed.
| C#5 N.C | C#5 N.C | A5 N.C | A5 B5 |
With what’s just transpired.
Outro chorus
| E | E5 | Emaj7 | E |
And you.
| C#madd9 | C#m | Amaj7#11 | Amaj7 |
Your sex is on fire.
| E | E5 | Emaj7 | E |
Consumed.
| C#madd9 | C#m | Amaj7#11 | Amaj7 | E5 N.C |
With what’s just transpired.
Sex On Fire’s chords, progressions, and TAB
For about a decade after its release in 2008, Kings Of Leon‘s Sex on Fire was every covers band’s encore.
Some still play it, and everyone attempting to make a living playing guitar is expected to know it so let’s get Sex on Fire’s chords right as it still pops up from time to time.
The riff is an E6 (chord I), quickly moving down to an E5 as the bar starts. Although the 2nd guitar is playing an E so I’ve described it as an E6 – E using chords and lyrics above.
Throughout Sex On Fire, you are going to have this problem of combining the 2 guitars into one part as most likely, when you play it, you’ll be the only guitarist.
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