Within Temptation - The Fire Within

                These chords are simplified from the (power) chords played in the song.
For some parts, only bass notes are played, indicated within parentheses.
For these bass notes, E* is a "high E" (i.e., 7th fret on A-string).
 
Throughout most of the song, (a variant of) the following riff is played:
 
e|-----7-----5-----7-----5-----5-7-|-----7-----5-----8-----7-----5-7-|
B|-----8-----7-----8-----7-----7-8-|-----8-----7-----10----8-----7-8-|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----|---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
Or an octave lower:
 
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-----4-----2-----4-----2-----2-4-|-----4-----2-----5-----4-----2-4-|
D|-----5-----4-----5-----4-----4-5-|-----5-----4-----7-----5-----4-5-|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
 
[Intro]
Em
Em
Em
Em      N.C.
 
Em
Em
Em
G    (A) D/F#
 
[Verse 1]
Em
This is what I wanted
Em
Nothing's gonna change it
Em
This is what it's all about
Em
Gotta keep believing
Em
This is why I'm breathing
Em
Nothing else on my mind
Em
Suddenly I see that time has been running out
 
[Refrain]
Em
Lord, I feel it coming
Em
Under my skin
Em
I can feel the change
Em
Under my skin
 
[Pre-Chorus]
(softer, only riff)
Em
No more hesitating
Em
I don't wanna face it
Em
This is all I've ever known
Em
Feel my mind straining
Em
All my doubts are fading
Em                        N.C.
Rushing to the edge and I let myself go
 
[Chorus]
C
And I feel that my heart's going crazy now
D
I Am not gonna break, can't be taken down
(bass: E E* G           A     B D)
            No, I'm not going under
(bass: E E*      G          A        B   D)
            It's going down with the thunder
  C                    D
I feel the fire within burning high
 
With the thunder
(bass: E E* G           A     B D)
            No, I'm not going under
(bass: E D#      D) N.C.
            It's going down with the thunder
 
[Post-Chorus]
Em
Em
Em
G        (A)   D/F#              (G)
    It's going down with the thunder
 
[Verse 2]
Em
This cannot bе taken
Em
All I have been facing
Em
I will nevеr let it go
Em
Feel the liberation
Em
It won't be forsaken
Em
Never gonna shout it out
Em
Suddenly I see that this is not the end
 
[Refrain]
Em
Oh, lord, I feel it coming
Em
Under my skin
Em
I can feel the change
Em
Under my skin
 
[Pre-Chorus]
(softer, only riff)
Em
Feel my mind straining
Em
All my doubts are fading
Em                        N.C.
Rushing to the edge and I let myself go
 
[Chorus]
C
And I feel that my heart's going crazy now
D
I Am not gonna break, can't be taken down
(bass: E E* G           A     B D)
            No, I'm not going under
(bass: E E*      G          A        B   D)
            It's going down with the thunder
  C                    D
I feel the fire within burning high
 
With the thunder
(bass: E E* G           A     B D)
            No, I'm not going under
(bass: E D#      D) N.C.
            It's going down with the thunder
 
[Bridge]
(strum once)
C
I Am what I am
D
I'm not heaven-sent
Em
Em
C
I Am what I am
D
Here we Go again
Em
Em    N.C.
      Down with the thunder
 
Em
Em
Em
Em    N.C.
 
[Chorus]
C
Yeah, I feel that my heart's going crazy now
D
I Am not gonna break, can't be taken down
(bass: E E* G           A     B D)
            No, I'm not going under
(bass: E E*      G          A        B   D)
            It's going down with the thunder
  C                    D
I feel the fire within burning high
 
With the thunder
(bass: E E* G           A     B D)
            No, I'm not going under
(bass: E D#      D) N.C.
            It's going down with the thunder
 
[Outro]
Em
Em
Em
Em
(fade out)