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Admittedly, there are some places where the two guitars together
forced me to come up with a different way to play it on just one.
1|    E0 0      Esus40 0        E0 0    Esus40 0         0 |
2|    0 0      0 0        0 0    0 0         0 |
3|    1 1      2 2        1 1    2 2         2 |
4|    2        2          2      2 2           |
5|    2        2          2      2             |
6| 0                   0                       |
The sirens' risEin'
There's a distant bEsuslues down town a crowded street
Esus/EThe temperature's a'rising
E                                end Fig.1   
Soon you're gonna be runnin' down 
Those burnin' sEtreets, come on
The century that's hardly on its Afeet
And the late news breaks earlyE  
Does the sun rise from the west or from the Aeast?
EAn' it takes every day to be surviDsus2vin' in the cityA  
ELondon is burnin'; don't tell the Queen
SoEsus4mebody tried to speak garage and they burnt down Bethnal Green
Piccadilly's Eyearning, like a reggae beat 
A                                end Fig.1 
Soon you're gonna be runnin' down
Those burnin' streEets, come on
You're waitin' for your flag to be unfAurled
And the late news breaks earlyE  
So how should life be lived around the world?    A(If London is burnin')
EAn' it takes every day to be survDsus2ivin' in the city
AReady to face that dawn with no pity, come Eon! (London is burnin') 
Yeah, ah come on  A(London is burnin') E  
Yeah, ah come on  A(London is burnin')E  
1|777,555,333,222,000  0  0  0 00 0 00 0  0  0  0 00 0 00 0  0
2|000,000,000,000,000  0  0  7 00 7 00 7  0  0  7 00 7 00 7  0
3|777,666,444,222,0009 9  9  9 99 9 99 9  9  9  9 99 9 99 9  9
4|                     9  9               9  9               9
5|                     7  7               7  7               7
6|                     0  0               0  0               0
Those burnin' sEtreets, come on!
Does the universal cop have a bAeat?
And the late news breaks earlyE  
Did you ever buy that bar on Lucky SAtreet?
EAn' it takes every day to be surDsus2vivin' in the city
AReady to face that dawn with no pity, come Eon!
Yeah, ah come on A(London is burnin')E  
Yeah, ah come on A(London is burnin')E  
EToo many guns in this damn townA  
At the supermarket, you gotta duck down
EBaby flak jackets on the merry-go-round    A(London is burnin')
EThere's too many guns in this damn town    A(London is burnin')
EBaby flak jackets on the merry-go-round    A(London is burnin')
EToo many guns in this damn town            A(London is burnin')
EBaby flak jackets on the merry-go-round    A(London is burnin')

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Burnin Streets

by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Esus4

Esus

Esus/E

Dsus2

Admittedly, there are some places where the two guitars together

forced me to come up with a different way to play it on just one.

E Esus4 E Esus4

1| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |

2| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |

3| 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 |

4| 2 2 2 2 2 |

5| 2 2 2 2 |

6| 0 0 |

The sirens' risin'

Esus

There's a distant blues down town a crowded street

Esus/E

The temperature's a'rising

E end Fig.1

Soon you're gonna be runnin' down

Those burnin' streets, come on

The century that's hardly on its feet

And the late news breaks early

Does the sun rise from the west or from the east?

E Dsus2 A

An' it takes every day to be survivin' in the city

London is burnin'; don't tell the Queen

Esus4

Somebody tried to speak garage and they burnt down Bethnal Green

Piccadilly's yearning, like a reggae beat

A end Fig.1

Soon you're gonna be runnin' down

Those burnin' streets, come on

You're waitin' for your flag to be unfurled

And the late news breaks early

So how should life be lived around the world? (If London is burnin')

E Dsus2

An' it takes every day to be survivin' in the city

A E

Ready to face that dawn with no pity, come on! (London is burnin')

A E

Yeah, ah come on (London is burnin')

A E

Yeah, ah come on (London is burnin')

1|777,555,333,222,000 0 0 0 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 00 0 00 0 0

2|000,000,000,000,000 0 0 7 00 7 00 7 0 0 7 00 7 00 7 0

3|777,666,444,222,0009 9 9 9 99 9 99 9 9 9 9 99 9 99 9 9

4| 9 9 9 9 9

5| 7 7 7 7 7

6| 0 0 0 0 0

Those burnin' streets, come on!

Does the universal cop have a beat?

And the late news breaks early

Did you ever buy that bar on Lucky Street?

E Dsus2

An' it takes every day to be survivin' in the city

A E

Ready to face that dawn with no pity, come on!

A E

Yeah, ah come on (London is burnin')

A E

Yeah, ah come on (London is burnin')

E A

Too many guns in this damn town

At the supermarket, you gotta duck down

E A

Baby flak jackets on the merry-go-round (London is burnin')

E A

There's too many guns in this damn town (London is burnin')

E A

Baby flak jackets on the merry-go-round (London is burnin')

E A

Too many guns in this damn town (London is burnin')

E A

Baby flak jackets on the merry-go-round (London is burnin')

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