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I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire

Words and Music by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjemen, and Eddie Durham - 1941

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1941, played for 15 weeks.

Verse:
F            Cm	Gm	C7          Gm	F
F           Fdim	Gm	Dm          G7	Gm         C7
Chorus:
F	-            Fdim	Gm	-            Bbm
C7	Gm         C7	A+          D7	G7+       C7
F	-            Fdim	Gm	-            Bbm
C7	Gm         C7	F           Eb6  E6	F6
Cm7        F7	Cm7        F7	Bb	-
Dm         G7	Dm         G7	Dm         G7	C7           C+
F	-            Fdim	Gm	-            Bbm
C7	Gm         C7	F           (Fdim)	(Gm  C7  to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

I don't ever care to rise to power, I would rather be with you an hour,
For the things that one can buy, Are not worth a byer's sigh.

 

Chorus:

I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire,

I just want to start a flame in your heart.
In my heart I have but one desire,

And that one is you, No other will do.

I've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim, I just want to be the one you love,

And with your admission that you feel the same, I'll have reached the goal I'm dreaming of, believe me!
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire,
I just want to start a flame in your heart.

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Watch Eddie Davis perform "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com