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Burning Down The House by Talking Heads - Guitar Chords

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            Song: Burning down the house
Artist: Talking heads
Composers: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison & Tina Weymouth
Albums: Speaking in tongues / Stop making sense
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar-)  29th Mar 2015

G = 355433  F = 133211  A = 577655  Bb = 688766

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(Intro Riff]  Repeat x4
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[Verse 1]
           G              G  F
Ah------,     watch out,        you might get what you're after,
G        G        G  F
    Cool babies,         strange, but not a stranger,
G       G  F               G     A                F
    I'm an or -di -nar - y guy,  burning down the house!

[Verse 2]
G                 G  F
    Hold tight,          wait 'til the party's over,
G        G        G  F
    Hold tight,          we're in for nasty weather,
G         G   F           G    A                F
    There has got to be a way, burning down the house!

[Verse 3]
G                                    F
Here's your ticket, pack your bags,  time for jumping overboard,
Bb  G                      F
         Transportation is here,
Bb  G                               F
    Close enough, but not too far,  baby, you know where you are,
Bb  G                       F       Bb
         Fighting fire with fire!   Huh!

[Verse 4]
G            G   F
    All wet,          hey, you might need a raincoat,
G            G      G   F
     Shake - down,            dreams walking in broad daylight,
G               G    F                  G       A                F
    Three hun - dred six - ty five de - grees,  burning down the house!

[Verse 5]
      G                                F
Uhhh, it was once upon a place, some - times I listen to myself,
Bb   G                       F
         Gonna come in first place,
Bb   G                             F
     People on their way to work,  baby, what did you expect?
Bb   G                    F        Bb
         Gonna burst into flame!   Uhh!

[Break 1]
   G        G     F              G        G     F
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

   G        G     F              G      A                F
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |         Burning down the house!

[Verse 6]
G              G   F
    My house,         'sout of the ordinary,
G          G        G   F
    That's right,           don't want to hurt nobody,
G                G    F              G      A                F
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet,  burning down the house!

[Verse 5]
   G                             F
No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothing yet,
Bb   G                           F
         Everything's stuck to - gether,
Bb   G                                   F
     I don't know what you expect star - ing into the TV set,
Bb   G                      F
         Fighting fire with fire!   Ahhh!

[Break 2]
     G        G     F              G        G     F
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / :||[x3]
  
     G        G     F              G     A        F
  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Coda]
     G        G     F              G        G     F
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / :||[Repeat]

[Ending]
   G        G     F              G      A                F
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |         Burning down the house! 
        

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