Chords with lyrics
Artist: David Byrne
Song: Burning down the house
This is based on a live performance with St.Vincent,
David sings it a tone lower than his original Talking Heads versions.
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of 
FF)
D MajorD = xx0232
C majorC = 332010
E7E7 = 022130
(FF) = 133211
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(Intro riff four times:)
e|----------------------|----------------------|
BB|----------------------|----------------------|
G+G|----------------------|----------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------|----------------------|
A augmentedA|--0-0--3-3--5-5--0-0--|--0-0--3-3--5-5--0-0--|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------|
e|----------------------|----------------------|
BB|----------------------|----------------------|
G+G|----------------------|----------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------|------------5-3-------|
A augmentedA|--0-0--3-3--5-5--0-0--|--0-0--3-3-------5-3--|
E MajorE|----------------------|----------------------|
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
Ah------, watch out, you might get what you're after,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
Cool babies, strange, but not a stranger,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E7E7 C majorC
I'm an... or - din - a - ry guy, burning down the house!
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E7E7 C majorC
There has ...got to be a way, burning down the house!
D MajorD C majorC
Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Transportation is here,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC (FF)
Fighting fire with fire! Huh!
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
All wet, hey, you might need a raincoat,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
Shake - down, dreams walking in broad daylight,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E7E7 C majorC
Three hundred... six-ty five de - grees, burning down the house!
D MajorD C majorC
No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothing yet,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Everything's stuck to - gether,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
I don't know what you expect star - ing into that TV set,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Fighting fire with fire! Well, go ahead!
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E7E7 C majorC
| / / / / | / / / / | Burning down the house!
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
My house, it's out of the ordinary,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
That's right, don't want to hurt nobody,
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E7E7 C majorC
Some things sure can... sweep me off my feet, burning down the house!
D MajorD C majorC
* Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Transportation is here,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC (FF)
Fighting fire with fire! Huh!
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD D MajorD C majorC
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E7E7 C majorC
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC (FF) D MajorD D MajorD C majorC (FF)
||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D MajorD D MajorD C majorC (FF) D MajorD E7E7 C majorC
| / / / / | / / / / | Burning down the house! :||(Three times)
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* This is the verse that David probably meant to sing,
instead of repeating a previous verse...
D MajorD C majorC
It was once upon a place, some - times I listen to myself,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Gonna come in first place,
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
People on their way to work, baby, what did you expect?
(FF) D MajorD C majorC
Gonna burst into flame! Go ahead!
