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Eric Church – Heart On Fire Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
D Cadd9 |G   X4

[Verse]
 D         Cadd9       G
Roosevelt Road was too rough
                D  Cadd9  G
for my old truck
            D               Cadd9
Yeah, she'd shake and she'd shimmy
     G
like Elvis singin'
            D  Cadd9  G
"All Shook Up"
                D     Cadd9        G
But you can't blame a boy for going,
drive it like you
           D  Cadd9  G
stole it fast
            D          Cadd9
With your window down, brown hair,
G
 blowin' look at me like that
D  Cadd9  G

[Chorus]
         D      Cadd9     G
A turned up radio but the static
was heavy
         D            Cadd9
Couldn't make out any words but
 G
"take me to the levee"
     D            Cadd9    G
That look on your face was full
            Bm
of wild desire
           G               A
Soakin' my soul in gas and settin'
               D  Cadd9  G
my heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire

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[Verse]
  D              Cadd9       G
I don't have a single second thought
                      D    Cadd9  G
that doesn't have you in it
              D       Cadd9
To feel those flames again,
    G
I'd go back in a
         D     Cadd9  G
New York minute
           D              Cadd9
I miss the freedom of you dancing
       G
on the bow of your daddy's
    D   Cadd9  G
old boat
          D           Cadd9
When my spirit starts sinkin'
       G
that picture always makes
      D      Cadd9  G
it float baby

[Chorus]
           D             Cadd9
We weren't old enough to drink
       G
but we damn sure did it
D          Cadd9
Hat turned backward singin'
G
"Paradise City"
     D            Cadd9    G
That look on your face was full
            Bm
of young desire
             G             A
Soakin' my soul in gas and settin'
              D  Cadd9  G
my heart on fire
           D  Cadd9  G
Heart on fire

[Solo]
Bm  Bm  G   G   Bm  Bm
G   A   A   A   A   D

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[Bridge]

D  Cadd9 |G  Bm    X2
       D      Cadd9       G
Turned up the radio but the
         Bm
static was heavy
         D           Cadd9    G
Couldn't make out any words but
              Bm
"take me to the levee"
     D            Cadd9     G
That look on your face was full
  Bm          Bm  A  G
of wild desire
           D  Cadd9  G
Heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
                   D  Cadd9  G
Heart, a heart on fire
                     D  Cadd9  G
A heart, A heart on fire
                     D  Cadd9  G
heart on, heart on fire

[Outro]
 D         Cadd9       G
Roosevelt Road was too much
                D  Cadd9  G
for my old truck
            D               Cadd9
Yeah, she'd shake and she'd shimmy
     G
like Elvis singin'
            D  Cadd9  G
"All Shook Up"
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
             D  Cadd9  G
A heart on fire
             D
A heart on fire

How to play Heart On Fire: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Heart On Fire by Eric Church on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Heart On Fire by Eric Church, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 5 chords: D, Cadd9, G, Bm and A.

The backbone of the song is D – Cadd9 – G – D (V – IVadd9 – I – V in G major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – doh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.