Burn Down The Mission

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BURN DOWN THE MISSION
Year: 1971
Album: TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
G Em7BbC G Em7 C
( \ Bb\)*
G Em BbC
\
You tell me there's an angel in your tree
EbGD AC#Dsus4
\ \
Did he say he'd come to call on me
G BbC
Em7sus4 \
For things are getting desperate in our home
GD D C BAm7
C#dim7 \ G\
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know
G F C G G G A B D E
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
F C G G A B D
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
GB C G GAC D
\
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
G C6G BbC
\ \
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep
BbC
\
Db Ab
Burn down the mission
Gb
If we're gonna stay alive
Db Ab
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
Gb
See the red flame light the sky
EbBb Bb
\
Burn down the mission
Ab
Burn it down to stay alive
EbBbBb
\
It's our only chance of living
Ab Db BbC
\
Take all you need to live inside
F EbBbBbF F
[ \ \
(REPEAT 3x)
F EbBbD FC BbFA G
\ \ \ Eb\
F EbBbD FC BbFA G
\ \ \ Eb\
G FCE GD C GBC
\ \ \
G FCE GD C GBC
\ \ \ ]**
BbC DbAbBbmBbm6FC A C Bb
\ \ \ F\ Bb\
Oh______________________!
G Em7BbC G Em7 C
( \ Bb\)*
G Em BbC
\
Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
Eb GD AC#Dsus4
\ \
My wife cried when they came to take me away
G BbC
Em7sus4 \
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
GD D C BAm7G
C#dim7 \ G\
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls
(CHORUS)
F EbBbD C Bb A G
\ F\ F\ Eb\
F EbBbD C Bb A G
\ F\ F\ Eb\
G FCE D C BC
\ G\ G\
G FCE D C BC
\ G\ G\ ]**
C FCC G
(G\ \ )**
(REPEAT, FADE)
*FIRST TIME THROUGH:
Lower case letters are played as octaves, upper case letters as chords:
G G A D D E Bb Bb Bb Bb
G Em C C C C C

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BURN DOWN THE MISSION
Year:  1971
Album:  TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
(G  Em7  Bb\C   G  Em7  Bb\C)*
Bb\C
F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G
F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G
G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C
G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C]**
(G  Em7  Bb\C   G  Em7  Bb\C)*  
(CHORUS)
F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G
F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G
G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C
G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C]**
*FIRST TIME THROUGH:
Lower case letters are played as octaves, upper case letters as chords:
G  G A D  D E Bb     Bb  Bb  Bb
G      Em     C   C C   C    C

Burn Down The Mission Chords by Elton John

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