INTRO: E 
 
VERSE: 
 
E 
She came down from up near Katherine 
     A              E 
Moved in across the ridge 
        E                            B 
She was everything a young man could desire 
E 
Out there in the ranges  
   A               E 
In secret we would meet 
  E             B              E 
My heart ran as wild as desert fire 

               E 
Like a burning sun beating down 
              B               E 
She sparked a flame on virgin ground 
                  A            E 
And if by chance a fire should start 
             B                E      E 
No one could tame the burning heart  
 
 
VERSE: 
 
         E 
Well her father owned the station 
        A                E 
Where I rode the boundry fences 
       E                                  B 
And he made it clear for all the hands to see 
       E 
That a man could easily wind up 
       A                E 
On the wrong end of his shot gun 
        E               B         E 
And his little girl was only seventeen 

               E 
Like a burning sun beating down 
              B               E 
She sparked a flame on virgin ground 
                  A            E 
And if by chance a fire should start 
             B                E 
No one could tame the burning heart  
  
 
BREAK: E  A E  E  B  E F 
 
         F 
She came on me like the summer 
        Bb                 F 
wrapped around me like the wind 
    F                          C 
And my defenses buckled in the heat 
F 
Out there on the station 
    Bb            F 
The sun set amber glow 
   F              C           F 
As our lips met a fire was released 

               F 
Like a burning sun beating down 
              C               F 
She sparked a flame on virgin ground 
                  Bb           F 
And if by chance a fire should start 
             C                F 
No one could tame the burning heart  
 
                    F 
Just like a burning sun that was beating down 
              C               F 
She sparked a flame on virgin ground 
                  Bb           F 
And if by chance a fire should start 
             C                F 
No one could tame the burning heart 
C                F         F    C    F 
  Ooh my burning heart