Am Dm Am


[Verse 1]
Am
  She was an orphan girl
Am
  Left out on her lonesome in the cruel world
Am                                    Dm
  She was thumbin' out from Vegas off a Staten curse
Dm                                     Am
  In this town full of ashes, I knew I found a pearl, found a pearl


[Verse 2]
Am
  The heat of summertime
Am
  We were passionate, restless and we were runnin' wild
Am                                       Dm
  There was no one could touch us, yeah, her heart was mine
Dm                                      Am
  She was ready to rev it, and she  was lookin' fine, lookin' fine


[Pre-Chorus]
        G                Am
And she burned something beautiful
          G           Am        E7
Yeah, the burn now is unstoppab-le


[Chorus]
        Am                                   E7       Am
 'Cause you can't light a match that's al -  ready on fire
Am                                       E7           Am
  No, you can't take it back once you've crossed that wire
  G                                 Am
  She's not goin' down unless she's goin' down in flames
      Am                                E7       Am    Dm   Am
  No, you can't light a match that's al-ready on f-i - re


[Verse 3]
Am
  The smell of gasoline
Am
  Her smile reflected the fire in a smell of gasoline
Am                                             Dm
  She's a smoke show and ragin' like you ain't never seen
Dm                                       Am
  She was ready to rev it, and  she was lookin' mean, lookin' mean


[Pre-Chorus]
           G                Am
  Yeah, we burned something beautiful
           G                F       E7
  Yeah, It burns and it's unstoppab-le


[Chorus]
         Am                                E7       Am
  'Cause you can't light a match that's al-ready on fire
Am                                       E7           Am
  No, you can't take it back once you've crossed that wire
  G                                 Am
  She's not goin' down unless she's goin' down in flames
         Am                                E7         Am    Dm   Am
  'Cause you can't light a match that's al-ready on f-i - re


[Bridge]
Am
  Her silhouette's a vision as she's walkin' from the flames
Am
  Been a force of raw destruction from an early age
  Dm
  No one knew what happened the night they found her cryin'
          Am                              Em                  Am
  A smoky mess in a tiny orphanage as the flames  were risin' high


[Chorus]
  Am                                E7        Am
  You can't light a match that's al ready on fire
  Am                                E7            Am
  You can't take it back once you've crossed that wire
  G                                 Am
  She's not goin' down unless she's goin' down in flames
      Am                                E7       Am    Dm    Am
  No, you can't light a match that's al-ready on f-i - r - e