Bonfire

Em 
All things will pass, wiseman used to say 
G                   D 
Every bonfire will someday burn away 
 C                   Hm                   Em 
First there are ashes then there is [no trace] 
But when the fire is kind of and aflame 
G                  D 
Every man keeps it in his own way 
 C                   Hm                  Em   C D Em 
Some make it smoulder and some make it blaze. 
 
When nights are long, a small fire is just good 
Efforts are spared, so is the firewood 
You should be wise to live at your supplies 
But once in a while there will come some fool 
This silly fool will not observe the rules 
And his bonfire will rise up to the skies. 
 
   C                 G              D 
   Some words still can‘t be said aloud 
   C                  Hm           Em 
   Some things still wait to be allowed 
   C             G       Am 
   The sun can still be seen above the hill 
        C                    Hm 
   The fire still can thrill 
                          Em 
   And God preserves me still. 
 
Wise man retained this fire for himself 
Had not enough for charity and help 
So he was safe and feared no storm. 
You‘ve turned the winter night to a summer day 
And in a hour you fire died away 
But while it burned all people were warm. 
 
   Some words still can‘t be said aloud 
   Some things still wait to be allowed 
   The sun can still be seen above the hill 
   The fire still can thrill 
   And God preserves me still.