Tabs
Burning Bridges
Status Quo
(Rossi/Bown)
Guitar/synth intro (mostly synth):
H E MajorE H/F# F#F# H H/D# E MajorE H/F# F#F# H
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
H|-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----|
G+G|---6-4-3-------------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4-|
D MajorD|---------6-----6-4-----------------------6-----6-4-------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
verse:
H E MajorE
Building dreams has always been my way
C# minorC#m C#C# E/F#E/F# - F#F#
Making time and living for the day
H E MajorE
Burning bridges never made me cry
C# minorC#m C#C# E/F#E/F# - F#F#
I could walk away with no goodbye
H E MajorE
Easy take or easy leave them all
C# minorC#m C#C# E/F#E/F# - F#F#
'til you scratch the writing on the wall
chorus:
E MajorE H-F#
It's on and off and on again
E MajorE H
Going on and then
E MajorE
Taking all I got again
H/D# C#/F F#F#
Bleeding me leaving me dry
E MajorE H-F#
You're hanging on for what you can
E MajorE H
Dragging out the pain
E MajorE
Taking all I give again
H/D# C#/F F#F#
Fakin it making me cry
synth/guitar:
H F#F# H E MajorE
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5---------4-4-------5-5-|
G+G|---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6---4-----6-4-------|
D MajorD|-4-------4-------4-----------------4-----------6-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H/F# F#F# H F#F#
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2---------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5-----|
G+G|-------------4-4---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6-|
D MajorD|-6-4-------------4-------4-------4-----------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
H E MajorE H/F# F#F# H F#F#
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-------5-5-----4-4-2-2------4-2--4-2--4-2-|
G+G|---4-----6-4-------------------4-4----------------|
D MajorD|-4-----------6-----6-4----------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
C#C# F#F# C#C# F#F# H E MajorE
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-6-6-4-6-7--4-2--4-2--4-2-6-6-4-6-7----4---------5-5-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------6-4-3-------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------6-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H/F# F#F# H H/D# E MajorE H/F# F#F# H
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2------|
G+G|-------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4--|
D MajorD|-6-4-----------------------6-----6-4--------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
verse:
One day someday I may slide away
Turn around and call it all a day
Even though I fooled myself for years
I can't escape this ringing in my ears
chorus:
It's on and off and on again
Going on and then
Taking all I got again
Bleeding me leaving me dry
You're hanging on for what you can
Dragging out the pain
Taking all I give again
Fakin it making me cry
synth/guitar:
H F#F# H E MajorE
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5---------4-4-------5-5-|
G+G|---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6---4-----6-4-------|
D MajorD|-4-------4-------4-----------------4-----------6-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H/F# F#F# H F#F#
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2---------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5-----|
G+G|-------------4-4---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6-|
D MajorD|-6-4-------------4-------4-------4-----------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
H E MajorE H/F# F#F# H F#F#
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-------5-5-----4-4-2-2------4-2--4-2--4-2-|
G+G|---4-----6-4-------------------4-4----------------|
D MajorD|-4-----------6-----6-4----------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
C#C# F#F# C#C# F#F# H E MajorE
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-6-6-4-6-7--4-2--4-2--4-2-6-6-4-6-7----4---------5-5-|
G+G|-----------------------------------------6-4-3-------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------6-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H/F# F#F# H H/D# E MajorE H/F# F#F# H
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2------|
G+G|-------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4--|
D MajorD|-6-4-----------------------6-----6-4--------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------|
H F#F# H E MajorE
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5---------4-4-------5-5-|
G+G|---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6---4-----6-4-------|
D MajorD|-4-------4-------4-----------------4-----------6-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------|
H/F# F#F# H E MajorE H/F# F#F# H
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----2-|
G+G|-------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4---|
D MajorD|-6-4-----------------------6-----6-4---------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
H/D# E MajorE H/F# F#F# H
E MajorE|-------------------------------|
H|-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----|
G+G|---6-4-3-------------------4-4-|
D MajorD|---------6-----6-4-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|
E MajorE H E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
H|-----9-9-----9-9-----9-9----9-10-----------9-9---------10-10-|
G+G|---9-------9-------9-----11------11-11---9-----11-9----------|
D MajorD|-9-------9-------9---------------------9------------11-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E/H H E MajorE
E MajorE|------------------|
H|------9-9-7-7-----|
G+G|--------------9-9-|
D MajorD|-11-9-------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|
E MajorE H E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
H|-----9-9-----9-9-----9-9----9-10-----------9-9---------10-10-|
G+G|---9-------9-------9-----11------11-11---9-----11-9----------|
D MajorD|-9-------9-------9---------------------9------------11-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E/H H E MajorE A augmentedA E/H H E MajorE
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------|
H|------9-9-7-7-----7-9-----------10-11------9-9-7-7-----|
G+G|--------------9-9-----11-9-8-----------------------9-9-|
D MajorD|-11-9------------------------11-------11-9-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------|
E/G# A augmentedA E/H H E MajorE
E MajorE|------------------------------------|
H|-9-----------10-10------9-9-7-7-----|
G+G|---11-9-8-----------------------9-9-|
D MajorD|----------11-------11-9-------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|