Burning Bridges chords by Lucinda Williams

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
DmDm A minorAm DmDm A minorAm

DmDm A minorAm DmDm A minorAm

Verse 1:
   DmDm       FF      DmDm     C majorC
Sometimes the best intentions are never truly met
   DmDm       FF      DmDm     C majorC
And all your expectations, are never what you get
    DmDm    A minorAm      DmDm     A minorAm
You'll never say why, or come up with a reason
       DmDm      FF     DmDm  C majorC     C majorC
You've been weakened by a string of bad decisions

Chorus:
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down

Verse 2:
      DmDm      FF
Now you've won and you lost it
   DmDm      C majorC
You won't put of a fight
   DmDm       FF
I can add you to my list of things
   DmDm      C majorC
That keep me up at night
      DmDm    A minorAm     DmDm    A minorAm
You're the saddest story that's ever been told
   DmDm       FF
And I stare back and watch as
   DmDm    C majorC    C majorC
The tragedy unfolds


Chorus:
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down

Verse 3:
     DmDm     FF
If there ever was a time, it's now
  DmDm       C majorC
It might not come again
  DmDm         FF    DmDm         C majorC
You have to chose which eyes to look through in the end
  DmDm     FF      DmDm    C majorC
The loveliest flowers will die in a drought
     DmDm    FF
And your loneliest hours will be
 DmDm         C majorC    C majorC
Worse than you ever thought

Chorus:
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
    DmDm          A minorAm
Burning bridges, burning 'em down
               DmDm     A minorAm
Why you wanna, why you wanna burn bridges?
               DmDm     A minorAm
Why you wanna, why you wanna burn this bridge?
        DmDm     A minorAm
Why you wanna burn this bridge?
        DmDm     A minorAm
Why you wanna burn it down?