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If The House Burns Down Tonight

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Key: G
[Intro]
GAshes from the Cmaj7flames
The truth is what reGmains
The truth is what you Dsave from the B7fire
And you Emfight for what you Cmaj7love
Don’t matter if it G/Dhurts
You find out what it’s Dworth
And you let the rest burnG  
[Verse 1]
The sEmunset burns like gasoline
Touch Cme and make sure that I’m not dreaGming
I Emsee her face and my heart skips beats 
But I Cstill get the feeling that we’re half asleep Gand
There’s a Emspark in the corner of my baby’s eye 
Like a Cdistant star that won’t burn quiGet
And I Emmight not know what I want from this life 
But I Cknow I want more than the starting lGine
                   N.C.
So give me the fire; yeah, give me the fire
[Chorus]
I can Ghear the motor running down the interstate 
And Gall the distractions fade away
And if the Chouse burns down tonight
I got Ceverything I need with you by my side
I see the Gsmoke piling up in the rear view mirror
GYeah but I ain’t ever seen it any clearer 
If the Chouse burns down tonight
I got Ceverything I need when I got you by my Emside
And let the rest Cburn 
And let the rest Gburn 
And let the rest Gburn 
[Verse 2]
I’ve Emgiven too much of my heart away 
My Csoul’s holding on like a house dividGed
Like a Emmatch it burns down like a masquerade 
And I Chad to let it go when the fire ignitGed
One Emheart, two Chands, your life is all you Ghold
To Emhold, hold Ctight and let the bitter Ggo
            N.C.
Yeah let it go, and give me the fire
[Chorus]
The Gsmoke tries choking the pacific sun
We Grocket down the road like we’re shot out of guns
And if the Chouse burns down tonight
I got Ceverything I need with you by my side
Holding Gyou and the wheel and it occurs to me 
We’re Gdriving down the edge of eternity 
And if the Chouse burns down tonight
I got Ceverything I need when I got you by my sEmide
And let the rest D/F#burn D  
                       G       G   G-  D-     C     C   C/G-  D- G  
And let the rest burn
[Bridge]
                                           G   G-  D- C  
Put your hand in mine and put your heart in dri - ving
                                                 C   C/G-  D- G  
We got everything we need yeah, we got everything we need yeah
                                        G   G-  D- C  
Left it all behind us, what we need will find us
                                                 C   C/G-  D- Em  
We got everything we need yeah, we got everything we need yeah
Can you hear that motor Drunning, can you hear that motor Crunning
                                              C   C/G-  D- Em  
There ain’t no stopping us now, there ain’t no slowing us down
Can you hear that motor Drunning
                        C         N.C.
Can you hear that motor run, run, run
[Chorus]
And Gall those lies that mattered most to me
Were Gdraining me dry making a ghost of me
And if the Chouse burns down tonight
I got Ceverything I need, everything I need 
GThere’s a fire coming that we all will go through
You posGsess your possessions or they possess you
And if the Chouse burns down tonight
I got Ceverything I need when I got you by my Emside
And let the rest D/F#burnD  
[Outro]
GAshes from the Cmaj7flames, the truth is what reGmains

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If The House Burns Down Tonight

by Switchfoot

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

G/D

D/F#

C/G

Key: G

[Intro]

G Cmaj7

Ashes from the flames

The truth is what remains

D B7

The truth is what you save from the fire

Em Cmaj7

And you fight for what you love

G/D

Don’t matter if it hurts

You find out what it’s worth

And you let the rest burn

[Verse 1]

The sunset burns like gasoline

C G

Touch me and make sure that I’m not dreaming

I see her face and my heart skips beats

C G

But I still get the feeling that we’re half asleep and

There’s a spark in the corner of my baby’s eye

C G

Like a distant star that won’t burn quiet

And I might not know what I want from this life

C G

But I know I want more than the starting line

N.C.

So give me the fire; yeah, give me the fire

[Chorus]

I can hear the motor running down the interstate

And all the distractions fade away

And if the house burns down tonight

I got everything I need with you by my side

I see the smoke piling up in the rear view mirror

Yeah but I ain’t ever seen it any clearer

If the house burns down tonight

C Em

I got everything I need when I got you by my side

And let the rest burn

[Verse 2]

I’ve given too much of my heart away

C G

My soul’s holding on like a house divided

Like a match it burns down like a masquerade

C G

And I had to let it go when the fire ignited

Em C G

One heart, two hands, your life is all you hold

Em C G

To hold, hold tight and let the bitter go

N.C.

Yeah let it go, and give me the fire

[Chorus]

The smoke tries choking the pacific sun

We rocket down the road like we’re shot out of guns

And if the house burns down tonight

I got everything I need with you by my side

Holding you and the wheel and it occurs to me

We’re driving down the edge of eternity

And if the house burns down tonight

C Em

I got everything I need when I got you by my side

D/F# D

And let the rest burn

G G G D C C C/G D G

- - - -

And let the rest burn

[Bridge]

G G D C

- -

Put your hand in mine and put your heart in dri - ving

C C/G D G

- -

We got everything we need yeah, we got everything we need yeah

G G D C

- -

Left it all behind us, what we need will find us

C C/G D Em

- -

We got everything we need yeah, we got everything we need yeah

D C

Can you hear that motor running, can you hear that motor running

C C/G D Em

- -

There ain’t no stopping us now, there ain’t no slowing us down

Can you hear that motor running

C N.C.

Can you hear that motor run, run, run

[Chorus]

And all those lies that mattered most to me

Were draining me dry making a ghost of me

And if the house burns down tonight

I got everything I need, everything I need

There’s a fire coming that we all will go through

You possess your possessions or they possess you

And if the house burns down tonight

C Em

I got everything I need when I got you by my side

D/F# D

And let the rest burn

[Outro]

G Cmaj7 G

Ashes from the flames, the truth is what remains

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