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         B-           B-open
And when Man gained dominion
     B-           B-open
over land and the oceans
    B-              B-open
he began to harm the planet
F#with his asGphalt and his toAxins
       B-             B-open
and to lay the forest bare
       B-             B-open
and to poison even the air
       B-           B-open
and he killed every beast
and F#taught the Gseas how to bAleed
GBurned by the fire we Amake,
what a sDhame
         B-         B-open
Then the winds gave in
        B-           B-open
and the rain knew no season
        B-          B-open
and the sun came to beat
F#on a lGand of sand and disAeases
         B-          B-open
and when God looked down
        B-                  B-open
on the earth and saw it was broken
         B-     B-open   F#  G  
then the tears of God fell down
through a hole in the oAzone
GBurned by the fire we Amake
     what a Dshame
  G     DThis is the nature of the human race
  G     Dto kill off anything that gets in our way
  G     Dpoor Mother D/C#Earth we disD/Bfigured her D/Aface
GMan is the G/F#maker of his Eown disgraceE/F#  
GBurned by the fire we Amake
what a sDhame
Bridge:  F#-     E-
         F#-     E-
         F#-     E-     D  
  G     DThis is the nature of the human race
  G     Dto kill off anything that gets in our way
GpoDor Mother EartD/C#h we disfigurD/Bed her faceD/A  
GMan is the G/F#maker of his Eown disgraceE/F#  
GBurned by the fire we Amake
B-                    A     E  E/F#  
Burned by the fire we make
GBurned by the fire we Amake
         B-   B-/A  
what a shame
To be bGurned by the fire we mAake
what a shDame
Chords on song (for the other, play standard chords)
       B-      B-open
E|-----2-----|-----0-----|
B|-----3-----|-----3-----|
G|-----4-----|-----4-----|
D|-----4-----|-----4-----|
A|-----2-----|-----0-----|
E|-----2-----|-----0-----|
Bridge
       F#-       E-
E|-----2----2----0|------------------|
B|-----2----2----0|------------------|
G|-----2----2----0|------------------|
D|-----4----4----2|------------------|
A|-----4----4----2|--0-0-0-----------|
E|-----2----4----2|------------------|
I did my best, but Adrian is a monster guitarist and he does some strange chord; he’s a 

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Burned By The Fire We Make

by Adrian Belew

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/C#

D/B

D/A

G/F#

E/F#

B B

- -open

And when Man gained dominion

B B

- -open

over land and the oceans

B B

- -open

he began to harm the planet

F# G A

with his asphalt and his toxins

B B

- -open

and to lay the forest bare

B B

- -open

and to poison even the air

B B

- -open

and he killed every beast

F# G A

and taught the seas how to bleed

G A

Burned by the fire we make,

what a shame

B B

- -open

Then the winds gave in

B B

- -open

and the rain knew no season

B B

- -open

and the sun came to beat

F# G A

on a land of sand and diseases

B B

- -open

and when God looked down

B B

- -open

on the earth and saw it was broken

B B F# G

- -open

then the tears of God fell down

through a hole in the ozone

G A

Burned by the fire we make

what a shame

G D

This is the nature of the human race

G D

to kill off anything that gets in our way

G D D/C# D/B D/A

poor Mother Earth we disfigured her face

G G/F# E E/F#

Man is the maker of his own disgrace

G A

Burned by the fire we make

what a shame

F# E

Bridge: - -

F# E

- -

F# E D

- -

G D

This is the nature of the human race

G D

to kill off anything that gets in our way

G D D/C# D/B D/A

poor Mother Earth we disfigured her face

G G/F# E E/F#

Man is the maker of his own disgrace

G A

Burned by the fire we make

B A E E/F#

Burned by the fire we make

G A

Burned by the fire we make

B B A

- -/

what a shame

G A

To be burned by the fire we make

what a shame

Chords on song (for the other, play standard chords)

B B

- -open

E|-----2-----|-----0-----|

B|-----3-----|-----3-----|

G|-----4-----|-----4-----|

D|-----4-----|-----4-----|

A|-----2-----|-----0-----|

E|-----2-----|-----0-----|

Bridge

F# E

- -

E|-----2----2----0|------------------|

B|-----2----2----0|------------------|

G|-----2----2----0|------------------|

D|-----4----4----2|------------------|

A|-----4----4----2|--0-0-0-----------|

E|-----2----4----2|------------------|

I did my best, but Adrian is a monster guitarist and he does some strange chord; he’s a

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