{"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":1962733,"song":"Books Are Burning","artist":"XTC","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11438954-books-are-burning-chords-by-xtc/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1962733?type=chord","rating":4.79509,"votes":23,"content":"[1st Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBooks are burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nIn the main square, and I saw there[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe fire eating the text[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBooks are burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nIn the still air[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nAnd you know where they burn books[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nPeople are next[/tab]\r\n\r\n[1st Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nI believe the printed word should be forgiven[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoesn't matter what it said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nWisdom hotline from the dead back to the living[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F/A[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKey to the larder for your heart and your head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[2nd Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBooks are burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nIn our own town, watch us turn 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd cast our glances elsewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBooks are burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nIn the playground[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E/G#[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSmell of burnt book is not unlike human hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[2nd Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G/F[/ch]\r\nAnd I believe the printed word is more than sacred[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeyond the gauge of good or bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe human right to let your soul fly free and naked[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F/A[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbove the violence of the fearful and sad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  The church of matches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n   Anointing ignorance with gasoline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  The church of matches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F7[/ch]               [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\n   Grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt's quite obscene[/tab]\r\n\r\n[3rd Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBooks are burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nMore each day now, and I pray now[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou boys will tire of these games[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBooks are burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]E/G#[/ch]\r\nI hope somehow, this will allow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA phoenix up from the flames[/tab]","plain_text":"[1st Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[1st Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[2nd Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[2nd Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[3rd Verse]","chords":["G","D/F#","E/G#","Am","D7","Em","A","F","G/F","Bb","F/A","C","D","E","F7","Dsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}