Standard Tuning
Capo: 6
Most of the C chords are played as Cadd9
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[Vocal Intro]
N.C.
Oh, misty eye of the mountain below

Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls

And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke
              
Keep watching 

             
over Durin's s


on

[Intro riff]

          
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[Verse]

              
If this is to 

     
end in fire
              
Then we shall 

        
all burn toget

her
            
Watch the flam

             
es climb high 

        
into the night
            
Calling out fa

            
ther, stand by

     
 and we will
           
Watch the flam

           
es burn auburn

         
 on the mounta

in side

[Intro tab]

              
And if we shou

       
ld die tonight
              
Then we should

        
 all die toget

her
            
Raise a glass 

            
of wine for th

  
e last time
            
Calling out fa

            
ther, prepare 

   
as we will
           
Watch the flam

           
es burn auburn

         
 on the mounta

in side
        
Desolation com

             
es upon the sk

y


[Chorus]

            
Now I see fire

            
,  inside the 


mountain
          
I see fire,  b

           
urning the tre

es
            
And I see fire

           
,  hollowing s


ouls
          
I see fire,  b

            
lood in the br


eeze

And I hope that you'll remember me


[Intro]  (x2)


[Verse]

              
Oh, should my 

     
people fall
             
Then surely I'

          
ll do the same
            
Confined in mo

       
untain halls
             
We got too clo

          
se to the flam

e
            
Calling out fa

            
ther hold fast

     
 and we will
           
Watch the flam

           
es burn auburn

         
 on the mounta

in side
        
Desolation com

             
es upon the sk

y


[Chorus]

            
Now I see fire

            
,  inside the 


mountain
          
I see fire,  b

           
urning the tre

es
            
And I see fire

           
,  hollowing s


ouls
          
I see fire,  b

            
lood in the br


eeze
              
And I hope tha

              
t you'll remem

    
ber me


[Bridge]

            
And if the nig

      
ht is burning
             
I will cover m

  
y eyes
            
For if the dar

    
k returns then
             
My brothers wi

   
ll die
            
And as the sky

           
's falling dow

n
             
It crashed int

              
o this lonely 


town
              
And with that 


shadow upon th

e ground
          
I hear my peop

              
le screaming o


ut


[Chorus]

            
Now I see fire

            
,  inside the 


mountain
          
I see fire,  b

           
urning the tre

es
            
And I see fire

           
,  hollowing s


ouls
          
I see fire,  b

            
lood in the br

eeze

            
I see fire, oh

             
 you know I sa

             
w a city burni

    
ng (fire)
            
I see fire, fe

             
el the heat up

           
on my skin (fi

re)
            
And I see fire

          
, oooooo (fire

)
            
And I see fire

             
 burn auburn o

             
n the mountain

 
 side