I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire

Words & Music by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin & Eddie Durham
Recorded by The Ink Spots, 1941


DM7     Em7             F#m7  Fm7 Em7
I don't want to set the world on fire,

Gdim   A7/6          A7                     F#7    B7    E7(+5)   A7  
I      just want to start a flame in your heart.



DM7   Em7             F#m7 Fm7   Em7
In my heart I have but one de - sire,

Gdim A7/6        A7                 CM7    C#7   D6
And  that one is you, no other will do.


Bridge:

     Am7        D9         Am7       D9
I've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim;

G                              G6    F#7   G6
I just want to be the one you love,

    Bm7         E9           Bm7          E9
And with your admission that you feel the same,

 Em7      Cdim        Em7               A7    A7+5  A7
I'll have reached the goal I'm dreaming of, believe me.



DM7     Em7            F#m7  Fm7 Em7
I don't want to set the world on fire,

Gdim  A7/6          A7                    CM7     C#7    D6    D6/9        
I     just want to start a flame in your heart.

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