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Burning Down The House

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Burning Down the House - Tom Jones and The Cardigans
Originally written and recorded by Talking Heads in 1983
(Guitar riff during Verse 2a, Verse 3, Outro B)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------2---------------------------2----------------|
A|-----2h4-----4h6h7--4h6h7---------2----------6b7r6-----|
E|--2-------------------------2h4---------------------7--|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------4----2(0)---|
G|---------------------------------------------4----2h3----|
D|----------2---------------------------2------4----2h4----|
A|-----2h4-----4h6h7--4h6h7---------2----------------------|
E|--2------------------------2h4---------------------------|
[Intro]
| F#| E| F#-
F#   E   B(Fill 1)
Fighting fire with fire
(Fill 1)
e|---------------|
B|--4----2(2)~---|
G|--4----2h3~----|
D|--4----2h4~----|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
[Verse 1]
F#Watch out Eyou might get what you're after
F#   E   B(Fill 1)
Cool babies strange but not a stranger
F#I'm an Eord-in-ar-y F#guyB  
G#   E   B(Fill 1)
Burning down the house
F#Hold tight Ewait till the party's over
F#   E(Fill 1)
Hold tight we're in for nasty weather
F#There has Egot to be a F#way
G#Burning down the Ehouse
[Verse 2a]
F#Here's your ticket pack your bag: Etime for jumpin' overboard
F#The transportation is hEereB  
F#Close enough but not too far, EMaybe you know where you are
F#Fightin' fire with fEireB  
[Verse 2b]
F#All wet Ehey you might need a raincoat
F#   E   B(Fill 1)
Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight
F#Three hun-dred Esix-ty five de-F#grees
G#Burning down the Ehouse
[Verse 3]
F#It was once upon a place someEtimes I listen to myself
F#Gonna come in first pElaceB  
F#People on their way to work Ebaby what did you except
F#Gonna burst into fElameB  
F#   E(Fill 2) B(Fill 1)
Fighting fire with fire
(Fill 2)
e|----------12---------------------10----------------|
B|--12b14--------10b12-----10b12---------7--------7--|
G|------------------------------------------9b11-----|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
F#Fighting fire with fiEre
G#   E(Fill 1)
Burning down the house
[Verse 4]
F#My house Eout of the ordinary
F#   E   B(Fill 1)
That's right Don't want to hurt nobody
F#Some things sure can sEweep me off my F#feet
G#   E   B(Fill 1)
Burning down the house
F#Watch out Eyou might get what you're after
F#   E   B(Fill 1)
Cool babies strange but not a stranger
F#I'm an Eord-in-ar-y F#guy
G#Burning down the Ehouse
[Bridge]
F#Three hundred sixty E- five degrees
G#Burning down the Ehouse
F#Fightin' fire with fEire
F#Fightin' fire with fEire
F#Gonna burst into fElame
F#Fightin' fire with fEire
F#Fightin' fire with fEire
F#Gonna burst into fElameF#  
G#Burning down the EhouseF#  
G#(Fill 3) E  
Burning down the house
(Fill 3)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--7--------7--------7--------10----|
G|-----9b11-----9b11-----9b11-(11)---|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
[Outro A]
F#No visible means of support aEnd you have not seen nothin' yet
F#   E(Fill 4)
Everything's stuck together
(Fill 4)
e|---------10--|
B|--10b12------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
[Outro B]
F#I don't know what you expect Estaring into your TV set
F#Fightin' fire with fEireF#  
G#Burning down the EhouseF#  
G#Burning down the EhouseF#  
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