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If you like you can put a capo on 2nd fret and transpose the song two steps down instead.
Until the guitar starts it's basically just an A 
[Intro]
 A   D(x4)
[Verse 1]
AOn a drive I'm taking backroads
DHigh against where the rivers are flowing
AI didn't think that our lDove had grown
AYou had me dead to rights
Hey, I'm Dtrying to get some rest 
To keep on mAovingD  
 AHow you been, you looking back
You tDried to change your burning boat
 AUntil you realized what Dyou werGe up agaDinst
AI spent all those nights
Just Dtrying to take you home
'Til you Areleased meD  
[Chorus]
ECross the bAridge
To rBmedefiF#mne your Epain
Then the F#manswer is in your Dheart
 EWide awakAe
I BmrearranF#mge the wEay I listen in the Ddark
ADreaming of Estarting up 
AagainD  
A  D
[Verse 2]
So if you Alook, you'll find yourseDlf
You're not the demon in the dark
That Ayou and I, yea we'd been thrDough that
  ACan you rectify
DAll the time it took you
Away from choosinAg?D  
  ASo as you find yourself fDlying high up there
  AWhen you release me from your Dheart agaiGn (wDoo!)
  AI'm just a burning man tryDing to keep the ship
From turning Aover 
Dagain
[Chorus]
  ECross the rAich deBmrivaF#mtive of Epain
Crush thF#me burning in your Dheart
  EWide awakAe
To rBmedeF#mfine thEe way you listen in the Ddark
DAreaming, Estarting
Like Da strandF#med kid in a doorwaEy
Just burnAingD  
Yeah we turn the Alight inD  
Then just fade out with A & D (G & C if capo on 2nd) until the song ends

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Burning

by The War On Drugs

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

If you like you can put a capo on 2nd fret and transpose the song two steps down instead.

Until the guitar starts it's basically just an A

[Intro]

A D

(x4)

[Verse 1]

On a drive I'm taking backroads

High against where the rivers are flowing

A D

I didn't think that our love had grown

You had me dead to rights

Hey, I'm trying to get some rest

A D

To keep on moving

How you been, you looking back

You tried to change your burning boat

A D G D

Until you realized what you were up against

I spent all those nights

Just trying to take you home

A D

'Til you released me

[Chorus]

E A

Cross the bridge

Bm F#m E

To redefine your pain

F#m D

Then the answer is in your heart

E A

Wide awake

Bm F#m E D

I rearrange the way I listen in the dark

A E

Dreaming of starting up

A D

again

A D

[Verse 2]

A D

So if you look, you'll find yourself

You're not the demon in the dark

A D

That you and I, yea we'd been through that

Can you rectify

All the time it took you

A D

Away from choosing?

A D

So as you find yourself flying high up there

A D G D

When you release me from your heart again (woo!)

A D

I'm just a burning man trying to keep the ship

From turning over

again

[Chorus]

E A Bm F#m E

Cross the rich derivative of pain

F#m D

Crush the burning in your heart

E A

Wide awake

Bm F#m E D

To redefine the way you listen in the dark

A E

Dreaming, starting

D F#m E

Like a stranded kid in a doorway

A D

Just burning

A D

Yeah we turn the light in

Then just fade out with A & D (G & C if capo on 2nd) until the song ends

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