Burning Down The House chords

Talking Heads

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   G           F 
Ah, watch out, you might get what you're after, 
G              F 
  Cool babies, strange, but not a stranger, 
G             F      G    A                F 
I'm an or-di-nar-y guy,  burning down the house! 


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


  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! 


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


      G                              F 
Uhhh, it was once upon a place, sometimes 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! 


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


    G                             F 
No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothing yet, 
Bb G                      F 
    Everything's stuck together, 
Bb G                              F 
   I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set, 
Bb G                    F 
    Fighting fire with fire! Ahhh!