Burning Down chords by Alex Warren

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Am

Verse 1:
Am*
 I guess you never know
C*
Someone you think you know
Dm*                 Am*
Can't see the knife when you're too close, too close
Am*
It scars forever when
C*
Someone you called a friend
Dm*              F*
Shows you the truth can be so cold, so cold

Pre-Chorus:
       Am
I'd wipe the dirt off your name
     C
With the shirt off my back
        Am
I thought that you'd do the same
    F*
But you didn't do that (Yeah)

Chorus:
C
Said I'm the one who's wanted
G  Am
For all the fires you started
F  C         G    Am
You knew the house was burning down
Am
I had to get out
F  C
You led your saints and sinners
G  Am
And fed 'em lies for dinner
F    C           G
You knew the house was burning down
     Am
And look at you now

Post-Chorus:
Am
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Am             NC
(Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) And look at you now

Verse 2:
  Am
How do you sleep at night?
C
No one to hide behind
Dm            Am
Betrayed every alibi you had, you had
  Am
You had every chance to make amends
C
Instead, you got drunk on bitterness
    Dm                   F
And you still claim that you're innocent, it's sad
   F
That you

Chorus:
C
Said I'm the one who's wanted
G  Am
For all the fires you started
F  C         G    Am
You knew the house was burning down
Am
I had to get out
F  C
You led your saints and sinners
G  Am
And fed 'em lies for dinner
F    C           G
You knew the house was burning down
Am
(And look at you now)

Bridge:
           Dm  C
Used to tell me you'd pray for me
           G
You were praying for my downfall
Am         Dm  C
You were digging a grave for me
          G  Am
We were sharing the same four walls
           C
Used to tell me you'd pray for me
            G
You were praying for my downfall
Am         Dm
You were digging a grave for me
C          G
We were sharing the same four walls
  G
And you

Chorus:
C*
Said I'm the one who's wanted
G*  Am*
For all the fires you started
F  C         G    Am
You knew the house was burning down
Am*
I had to get out
F  C
You led your saints and sinners
G  Am
And fed 'em lies for dinner
F    C           G
You knew the house was burning down
Am
(And look at you now)

Outro:
           Dm
Used to tell me you'd pray for me (Pray for me)
C          G
You were praying for my downfall (For my downfall)
Am         Dm    C
You were digging a grave for me
          G  Am
We were sharing the same four walls
           C
Used to tell me you'd pray for me
           G
You were praying for my downfall
Am         Dm  C
You were digging a grave for me
          G
We were sharing the same four walls

And you