{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1859511,"song":"If The House Burns Down Tonight","artist":"Switchfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11413700-if-the-house-burns-down-tonight-chords-by-switchfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1859511?type=chord","rating":4.96805,"votes":68,"content":"Key: G\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAshes from the flames[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe truth is what remains[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe truth is what you save from the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]   \r\nAnd you fight for what you love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nDon’t matter if it hurts[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou find out what it’s worth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you let the rest burn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe sunset burns like gasoline[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTouch me and make sure that I’m not dreaming[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                                 \r\nI see her face and my heart skips beats [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I still get the feeling that we’re half asleep and[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere’s a spark in the corner of my baby’s eye [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike a distant star that won’t burn quiet[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                 \r\nAnd I might not know what I want from this life [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I know I want more than the starting line[/tab]\r\n                   N.C.\r\nSo give me the fire; yeah, give me the fire\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can hear the motor running down the interstate [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all the distractions fade away[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd if the house burns down tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got everything I need with you by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI see the smoke piling up in the rear view mirror[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah but I ain’t ever seen it any clearer [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf the house burns down tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI got everything I need when I got you by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd let the rest burn [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let the rest burn [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let the rest burn [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI’ve given too much of my heart away [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy soul’s holding on like a house divided[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLike a match it burns down like a masquerade [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I had to let it go when the fire ignited[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nOne heart, two hands, your life is all you hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo hold, hold tight and let the bitter go[/tab]\r\n            N.C.\r\nYeah let it go, and give me the fire\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  \r\nThe smoke tries choking the pacific sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe rocket down the road like we’re shot out of guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if the house burns down tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got everything I need with you by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHolding you and the wheel and it occurs to me [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe’re driving down the edge of eternity [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if the house burns down tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]Em[/ch]            \r\nI got everything I need when I got you by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd let the rest burn [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let the rest burn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut your hand in mine and put your heart in dri - ving[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe got everything we need yeah, we got everything we need yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLeft it all behind us, what we need will find us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe got everything we need yeah, we got everything we need yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan you hear that motor running, can you hear that motor running[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere ain’t no stopping us now, there ain’t no slowing us down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCan you hear that motor running[/tab]\r\n                        C         N.C.\r\nCan you hear that motor run, run, run\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all those lies that mattered most to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere draining me dry making a ghost of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if the house burns down tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got everything I need, everything I need [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   \r\nThere’s a fire coming that we all will go through[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou possess your possessions or they possess you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if the house burns down tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI got everything I need when I got you by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd let the rest burn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAshes from the flames, the truth is what remains[/tab]","plain_text":"Key: G\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                   N.C.\nSo give me the fire; yeah, give me the fire\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n            N.C.\nYeah let it go, and give me the fire\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                        C         N.C.\nCan you hear that motor run, run, run\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","Cmaj7","D","B7","Em","G/D","C","D/F#","C/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}