| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| You | know that it would be un | true |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| You | know that I would be a | liar |
| Dm7 | Bm7 |
| If I was to say to | you |
| Dm7 | Bm7 |
| Girl, we couldn't get much | higher |
| Chorus: |
| C | D | G |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | D | G | E7 |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | G | A |
| Try to set the | night on | fire |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| The | time to hesitate is | through |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| No | time to wallow in the | mire |
| Dm7 | Bm7 |
| Try now, we can only | lose |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| And our | love become a funeral | pyre |
| Chorus: |
| C | D | G |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | D | G | E7 |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | G | A |
| Try to set the | night on | fire |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| The | time to hesitate is | through |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| No | time to wallow in the | mire |
| Dm7 | Bm7 |
| Try now, we can only | lose |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| And our | love become a funeral | pyre |
| Chorus: |
| C | D | G |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | D | G | E7 |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | G | A |
| Try to set the | night on | fire |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| You | know that it would be un | true |
| Dm7 | Bm7 | |
| You | know that I would be a | liar |
| Dm7 | Bm7 |
| If I was to say to | you |
| Dm7 | Bm7 |
| Girl, we couldn't get much | higher |
| Chorus: |
| C | D | G |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | D | G | E7 |
| Come on baby, | light my | fire |
| C | G | A |
| Try to set the | night on | fire |
| C | G | A |
| Try to set the | night on | fire |
| C | G | A |
| Try to set the | night on | fire |
| C | G | A |
| Try to set the | night on | fire |