Burning Down The House Cifras

Burning Down the House - Tom Jones and The Cardigans
Originally written and recorded by Talking Heads in 1983
 
(Guitar riff during Verse 2a, Verse 3, Outro B)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------2---------------------------2----------------|
A|-----2h4-----4h6h7--4h6h7---------2----------6b7r6-----|
E|--2-------------------------2h4---------------------7--|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------4----2(0)---|
G|---------------------------------------------4----2h3----|
D|----------2---------------------------2------4----2h4----|
A|-----2h4-----4h6h7--4h6h7---------2----------------------|
E|--2------------------------2h4---------------------------|
 
 
[Intro]
| F# | E | F# -
 
F#                   E   B (Fill 1)
Fighting fire with fire
 
(Fill 1)
e|---------------|
B|--4----2(2)~---|
G|--4----2h3~----|
D|--4----2h4~----|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
 
[Verse 1]
F#        E
Watch out   you might get what you're after
F#          E                           B (Fill 1)
Cool babies  strange but not a stranger
F#     E           F#   B
I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy
G#               E     B (Fill 1)
Burning down the house
 
F#         E
Hold tight   wait till the party's over
F#         E                            (Fill 1)
Hold tight   we're in for nasty weather
F#        E               F#
There has got  to  be  a  way
G#               E
Burning down the house
 
[Verse 2a]
F#                                E
Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard
F#                     E    B
The transportation is here
F#                            E
Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are
F#                  E    B
Fightin' fire with fire
 
[Verse 2b]
F#      E
All wet   hey you might need a raincoat
F#         E                   B      (Fill 1)
Shakedown    dreams walking in broad daylight
F#             E              F#
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
G#               E
Burning down the house
 
[Verse 3]
F#                           E
It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
F#                   E    B
Gonna come in first place
F#                          E
People on their way to work baby what did you except
F#                E     B
Gonna burst into flame
 
F#                   E  (Fill 2) B (Fill 1)
Fighting fire with fire
 
(Fill 2)
e|----------12---------------------10----------------|
B|--12b14--------10b12-----10b12---------7--------7--|
G|------------------------------------------9b11-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
 
F#                   E
Fighting fire with fire
G#              E      (Fill 1)
Burning down the house
 
[Verse 4]
F#       E
My house  out of the ordinary
F#          E                      B (Fill 1)
That's right  Don't want to hurt nobody
F#                    E              F#
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
G#              E       B (Fill 1)
Burning down the house
 
F#        E
Watch out   you might get what you're after
F#          E                       B (Fill 1)
Cool babies  strange but not a stranger
F#     E           F#
I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy
G#               E
Burning down the house
 
[Bridge]
F#                  E
Three hundred sixty - five degrees
G#              E
Burning down the house
 
F#                  E
Fightin' fire with fire
F#                  E
Fightin' fire with fire
F#                E
Gonna burst into flame
 
F#                  E
Fightin' fire with fire
F#                  E
Fightin' fire with fire
F#                E    F#
Gonna burst into flame
G#              E      F#
Burning down the house
G#          (Fill 3) E
Burning down the house
 
(Fill 3)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--7--------7--------7--------10----|
G|-----9b11-----9b11-----9b11-(11)---|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
 
[Outro A]
F#                           E
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet
F#                    E     (Fill 4)
Everything's stuck together
 
(Fill 4)
e|---------10--|
B|--10b12------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
 
[Outro B]
F#                           E
I don't know what you expect staring into your TV set
F#                  E   F#
Fightin' fire with fire
G#              E      F#
Burning down the house
G#              E       F#
Burning down the house
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