Burnt By The Sun chords by David Byrne

Chords with lyrics

Burnt by the Sun
From the album Feelings

Intro:

E minorEm C majorC (x2)

Verse 1:

E minorEm          C majorC
Atom-smashers in the cocktail lounge tonight
E minorEm           C majorC
Opera singers in the graveyard keeping time
    E minorEm      C majorC
And the DJ mixes them all
     E minorEm          C majorC
And the music rhymes but it crawls
     E minorEm        C majorC
And the music comes from hydrogen bombs
E minorEm          C majorC
Rock bands died when amateurs won
E minorEm        C majorC
Data in a hurry, using the new rubble
E minorEm           C majorC
Wipe it up baby, gonna get yourself in trouble

Chorus:

     B minorBm      E minorEm
We were burnt by the sun
    B minorBm      A augmentedA
Having way too much fun
 FF    G+G    C majorC  A minorAm
Sleepless downtown overload
     G#7G#7         B7B7
Does the daylight bring you down?

Instrumental:

E minorEm C majorC (x2)

Verse 2:

E minorEm            C majorC
Money pours down and it drowns the little man
E minorEm                 C majorC
Parking lot attendants stuff their pockets with their hands
     E minorEm          C majorC
And the children laugh in your face
     E minorEm         C majorC
They can see what you have erased
   E minorEm            C majorC
When dogs make love they don't look at themselves
E minorEm               C majorC
Checking out each other by the way that they smell
E minorEm            C majorC
Rubbing and a'scratching, itching all the time
E minorEm             C majorC
Stop me if I talk too much, do another line

Chorus:

     B minorBm      E minorEm
We were burnt by the sun
    B minorBm      A augmentedA
Having way too much fun
   FF     G+G   C majorC   A minorAm
The church of private enterprise
     G#7G#7        B7B7
Did the daylight bring you down?

Interlude:

E minorEm C majorC (x4)

Verse 3:

E minorEm     C majorC
I love salt, I love sweets
E minorEm            C majorC
I know there's danger but I fall asleep
   E minorEm           C majorC
The curves, the gasps, the love of life
E minorEm          C majorC
Headlines, gum box, faceless paradise
E minorEm             C majorC
Life rafts bobbing at the bottom of the pier
E minorEm             C majorC
Wood burns faster if it's soaked in gasoline
E minorEm               C majorC
All these towns look the same, everybody's clean
E minorEm               C majorC
Roll 'em out, cheap and fast, kiss me when I fall

Chorus:

     B minorBm      E minorEm
We were burnt by the sun
    B minorBm      A augmentedA
Having way too much fun
 FF    G+G    C majorC  A minorAm
Sleepless downtown overload
    G#7G#7       B7B7
Did I stay outside too long?

Instrumental:

E minorEm C majorC (x2)

Outro:

E minorEm    C majorC
Alcohol, razor-blades
E minorEm         C majorC
All the clouds are miles away
E minorEm       C majorC
Take me down, far away
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday
E minorEm    C majorC
Alcohol, razor-blades
E minorEm         C majorC
All the clouds are miles away
E minorEm       C majorC
Take me down, far away
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday
E minorEm         C majorC
All the clouds are miles away
E minorEm         C majorC
All the clouds are miles away
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday
E minorEm       C majorC
Everyone's on holiday