You might want to adjust your guitar a bit to match the specific recording
you have since these were extracted from 78’s and the pitch might be off.
I had to screw the pitch up by about a whole note to match the “My Prayer”
album.

When playing accent the bass root-note on the down strum and the higher
pitched three strings on the up strum to get the effect you hear on the
record (and so the chords sound proper). Also, don’t use a pick, use your
thumb to soften the sound.

LEGEND:
^ = down strum (eadgbe)
v = up strum (ebgdae)
() = optional
p = right hand thumb
i = right hand index finger
m = right hand middle finger
a = right hand ring finger
c = right hand little finger

CHORDS USED:
eadgbe
Am: 577555
Bb: x13331
Bbm: x13321
Bb7: 686766
C7: x32310
Dm7: x57565
F: 133211
F7: 131211
Gm: 355333

FILL:
p i m i p i m i p i m i p i ^
e||———-|———-|———-|—–3—-||
b||———-|———-|———-|—–5—-||
g||———-|———-|———-|—–3—-||
d||——0—|——0—|——0—|—5-5—-||
a||—-3—3-|—-3—3-|—-3—3-|-3—3—-||
e||-1——–|-2——–|-3——–|———-||

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Play INTRO once:
p i m i p i m i p i m i ^ v ^
e||———-|———-|———-|-3-5-3—-||
b||———-|———-|———-|-5-5-5—-||
g||———-|———-|———-|-3-3-3—-||
d||——0—|——0—|——0—|-5-5-5—-||
a||—-3—3-|—-3—3-|—-3—3-|-3-3-3—-||
e||-1——–|-2——–|-3——–|———-||
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CHORUS:
F (Bb7 Am) Gm
I don’t want to set the world on fire,

Bbm C7 Play FILL once
I just want to start a flame in your heart.
F (Bb7 Am)Gm
In my heart I have but one de-sir-e,

Bbm C7 F Bbm F
and that one is you, no other will do-o-o.
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BRIDGE 1:
C7 F7 C7 C7
I’ve lost all am-bition for worldly ac-claim;

Bb
I just want to be the one you lo-ove.

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
And with your ad-mission that you feel the same,

C7
I’ll have reached the goal I’m dreaming of, believe me.
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BRIDGE 2:
F (Bb7 Am)Gm
I don’t want to set the world on fire,

Bbm C7 Play FILL once
I just want to start a flame in your heart.
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SPOKEN, play CHORUS throughout.

I don’t wanna set the world on fire, honey. I love you too much.
I just wanna start a great big flame down in your heart.
You see, way down inside of me, darling, I have only one desire.
And that one desire is you and I know nobody else ain’t gonna do.
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Play BRIDGE 1
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F (Bb7 Am)Gm
I don’t want to set the world on fire,

Bbm C7 F Bb F
I just want to start a flame in your hea-a-art.