Burn The House Down chords by Kimberly Perry

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

Bm   D   A   A    (x2)

🎸 Verse :
Bm                 D
Leave the pictures in the frames on the walls
A
Leave the ghost of you and me in the halls
Bm           D                 A
Leave the TV on in the livin’ room

Ah ah ah ah

Bm                D
Let the memories disappear in the smoke
A

Deep breath, let ’em go even if I choke
Bm              D              A
I know I’ll be breathin’ easy soon


🎸 Chorus:
                  Bm   D              A
I’m watchin’ the flaaaame do what it does
                Bm   D             A
I’m watchin’ a naaaaame turn into dust
             Bm            D
I’m pourin’ gasoline on a king-size mattress
A
Light it up with some dive bar matches

Bm             A                  D
  As hot as it is right now-o-o-o-ow

           G
You can’t rise from the ashes
 D                          A
’Til you burn the house down




🎸 Verse :
Bm                     D
  Looks good from the outside lookin’ in
A
Felt more like lyin’, no livin’ it
Bm7               D
Scared to make a move,
                      A
I’m scared to make a mess

Ah ah ah ah

Bm7                  D
You can’t stitch up this kind of broken heart
A
Open eyes can’t go back into the dark
Bm7                  D                     A
 I can’t live a new life with the same address


🎸 Chorus:
                  Bm7  D              A
I’m watchin’ the flaaaame do what it does
                Bm   D             A
I’m watchin’ a naaaaame turn into dust
             Bm7           D
I’m pourin’ gasoline on a king-size mattress
A
Light it up with some dive bar matches

Bm             A                  D
  As hot as it is right now-o-o-o-ow

           G
You can’t rise from the ashes
 D                          Bm
’Til you burn the house down



🎸 Post-Chorus:
   D                          A
Until you burn the house dow-own
                         Bm7
Until you burn the house down
   D                          A
Until you burn the house dow-own


🎸 Break:
Bm7               Bm      D
 From the ceilin’ to the floor
 A
From the back porch to the front door
Bm7                   D
Little bit stronger, little bit older
A
No one tells you how to start over


🎸 Chorus:
                  Bm   D              A
I’m watchin’ the flaaaame do what it does
                Bm   D             A
I’m watchin’ a naaaaame turn into dust
             Bm            D
I’m pourin’ gasoline on a king-size mattress
A
Light it up with some dive bar matches

Bm             A         D
  As hot as it is right now

           G
You can’t rise from the ashes
 D                          A
’Til you burn the house down

Ah ah ah


🎸 Outro:
         G
I can’t rise from the ashes
 D
’Til I burn the house down