Burning Down The House chords by David Byrne
Guitar 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 F) D = xx0232 C = 332010 E7 = 022130 (F) = 133211 ***************************************************************** (Intro riff four times:)
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D D C
Ah------, watch out, you might get what you're after,
D D C
Cool babies, strange, but not a stranger,
D D C D E7 C
I'm an... or - din - a - ry guy, burning down the house!
D D C
Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over,
D D C
Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather,
D D C D E7 C
There has ...got to be a way, burning down the house!
D C
Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard,
(F) D C
Transportation is here,
(F) D C
Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(F) D C (F)
Fighting fire with fire! Huh!
D D C
All wet, hey, you might need a raincoat,
D D C
Shake - down, dreams walking in broad daylight,
D D C D E7 C
Three hundred... six-ty five de - grees, burning down the house!
D C
No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothing yet,
(F) D C
Everything's stuck to - gether,
(F) D C
I don't know what you expect star - ing into that TV set,
(F) D C
Fighting fire with fire! Well, go ahead!
D D C D D C
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D D C D E7 C
| / / / / | / / / / | Burning down the house!
D D C
My house, it's out of the ordinary,
D D C
That's right, don't want to hurt nobody,
D D C D E7 C
Some things sure can... sweep me off my feet, burning down the house!
D C
* Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard,
(F) D C
Transportation is here,
(F) D C
Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(F) D C (F)
Fighting fire with fire! Huh!
D D C D D C
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D D C D E7 C
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D D C (F) D D C (F)
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D D C (F) D E7 C
| / / / / | / / / / | 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 C
It was once upon a place, some - times I listen to myself,
(F) D C
Gonna come in first place,
(F) D C
People on their way to work, baby, what did you expect?
(F) D C
Gonna burst into flame! Go ahead! Last updated:
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