Burn Baby Burn chords by Hudson Ford

Chords with lyrics

No 15 in the UK charts in 1974. Capo on 1 for correct key = C#.

Intro = C majorC FF G+G C majorC C majorC FF G+G C majorC

Verse 1
C majorC            G+G
Now I don't mean to be a stick in the dirt
  A minorAm           D MajorD
The world is changing only in reverse
  A minorAm             D MajorD     G+G
And you cant live your life for what it's worth
      C majorC      A minorAm G+G
'Cos it's a hell on earth

Verse 2
  C majorC            G+G
The world today in which we all endear
  A minorAm        D MajorD
Has taken us about a thousand years
  A minorAm              D MajorD     G+G
To ghost ball all the things we had right here
      C majorC      A minorAm G+G C majorC
'Cos it's a hell on earth

Chorus
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
   C majorC          A minorAm  G+G
It's time to put out the fire so
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
  A minorAm        D MajorD
The earth is getting dryer
  A minorAm         G+G
The flames are growing higher

Verse 3
  C majorC             G+G
My clothes are dirty and the sky is grey
  A minorAm          D MajorD
And I've not anything to wash my hair
    A minorAm              D MajorD   G+G
Because all the detergents are on the river bed
      C majorC      A minorAm G+G
And it's a hell on earth

Verse 4
C majorC              G+G
Taken all your money so I'll tell you the facts
  A minorAm            D MajorD
You join everybody trying to live with the tax
    A minorAm             D MajorD    G+G
If you don't get down they try and call you back
      C majorC      A minorAm G+G C majorC
'Cos it's a hell on earth

Chorus
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
   C majorC          A minorAm  G+G
It's time to put out the fire so
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
  A minorAm        D MajorD
The earth is getting dryer
  A minorAm         G+G
The flames are growing higher

Chords as per verse

C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm D MajorD G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G

Verse 5
 C majorC            G+G
Another child is not the thing to attain
  A minorAm           D MajorD
But family planning get you work again
 A minorAm           D MajorD   G+G
Another mouth to feed is all in vain
      C majorC      A minorAm G+G C majorC
'Cos it's a hell on earth

Chorus
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
   C majorC          A minorAm  G+G
It's time to put out the fire so
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
  A minorAm        D MajorD
The earth is getting dryer
  A minorAm         G+G
The flames are growing higher
      C majorC      A minorAm G+G C majorC
'Cos it's a hell on earth

Repeat chorus to fade

Chorus
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
   C majorC          A minorAm  G+G
It's time to put out the fire so
A minorAm       E minorEm
Burn baby burn when you going to learn
  A minorAm        D MajorD
The earth is getting dryer
  A minorAm         G+G
The flames are growing higher