Fire Burning

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------                              FIRE BURNING - Sean Kingston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: John L. Tuning: (1/2 Step Down) 1. There’s a melodic figure that recurs prominently throughout the song    especially at the bridge. Fig. 1: |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |---2---5-------------2---5-----------| |-----------2---5-------------2---5---|      "Fi- re  bur-ning fi- re  bur-ning" 2. There are a few Jamaican idioms in the lyrics:    a. What a’ gwaan? - What’s going on?    b. Mon dey - You there [literally "man (over) there"]    c. Mon dem - All of you [Intro] N.C. Somebody call 9-1-1! Shawty fire burning on the dance floor Whoa-oh-oh!   (Fire burning) What a’ gwaan! (fire burning)        Kingston    let’s go hey!       (Hey! Hey!) Red One (Hey!) hey hey! [Verse 1] Shawty got that super thing Hotter than the sun of south in Spain Got me soon as I walked through the door oh! My pocket started tickling The way she dropped it low that thang Got me wanna spend my money on her her [Pre-Chorus] She get it pop it lock it drop it That birthday cake Got a candle need to blow that crazy flame away Now take my red-black card and my jewelry Shawty is cool like the fire cool like fire [Chorus] Somebody call 9-1-1! Shawty fire burning on the dance floor Whoa-oh-oh!   I gotta cool her down She won’t bring the roof to the ground on the dance floor Whoa-oh-oh!   She’s fire burning fire burning on the dance floor That little shawty’s fire burning on the dance floor She’s fire burning fire burning on the dance floor That little shawty’s fire burning on the dance floor [Intro] (Reprise) (Fire burning fire burning)                [Verse 2] That body is a masterpiece The order is one in every hundred years But ain’t no doubt I’m taking it home oh! I’m afraid we’ll blow them legs Little mama game is about to change She’ll be on covers over the world world [Pre-Chorus] She get it pop it lock it drop it That birthday cake Got a candle need to blow that crazy flame away Now take my red-black card and my jewelry Shawty is cool like the fire cool like fire [Chorus] Somebody call 9-1-1! Shawty fire burning on the dance floor Whoa-oh-oh!   I gotta cool her down She won’t bring the roof to the ground on the dance floor Whoa-oh-oh!   She’s fire burning fire burning on the dance floor That little shawty’s fire burning on the dance floor She’s fire burning fire burning on the dance floor That little shawty’s fire burning on the dance floor [Bridge] (Play Fig. 1 or accentuate root/bass note on downbeat  using the harmony below.) She got that fire in her dance that’ll make them fella’s run around             Hey!               No exit from the dance floor so them boys want more             Hey!               She got that fire in her dance that’ll make them fella’s run around   Mon dey get outta my way everybody sing it now hey! No exit from the dance floor so them boys want more   What a’ gwaan? Let’s go! Mon dem let’s go hey! [Pre-Chorus] (Overlaps last phrase of bridge.) She get it pop it lock it drop it That birthday cake Got a candle need to blow that crazy flame away Now take my red-black card and my jewelry Shawty is cool like the fire cool like fire [Chorus]               N.C. Somebody call 9-1-1! Shawty fire burning on the dance floor Whoa-oh-oh!   I gotta cool her down She won’t bring the roof to the ground on the dance floor Whoa-oh-oh!   She’s fire burning fire burning on the dance floor That little shawty’s fire burning on the dance floor She’s fire burning fire burning on the dance floor That little shawty’s fire burning on the dance floor Somebody call 9-1-1!