Status Quo – Burning Bridges (Guitar Tab)

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(Rossi/Bown)
  Guitar/synth intro (mostly synth):
   H       E       H/F#    F#  H   H/D#    E       H/F#     F#  H
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
H|-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----|
G|---6-4-3-------------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4-|
D|---------6-----6-4-----------------------6-----6-4-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
verse: H E Building dreams has always been my way C#m C# E/F# - F# Making time and living for the day H E Burning bridges never made me cry C#m C# E/F# - F# I could walk away with no goodbye H E Easy take or easy leave them all C#m C# E/F# - F# 'til you scratch the writing on the wall chorus: E H-F# It's on and off and on again E H Going on and then E Taking all I got again H/D# C#/F F# Bleeding me leaving me dry E H-F# You're hanging on for what you can E H Dragging out the pain E Taking all I give again H/D# C#/F F# Fakin it making me cry
  synth/guitar:
     H                         F#      H         E
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5---------4-4-------5-5-|
G|---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6---4-----6-4-------|
D|-4-------4-------4-----------------4-----------6-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

     H/F#    F#  H                             F#
E|---------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2---------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5-----|
G|-------------4-4---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6-|
D|-6-4-------------4-------4-------4-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

     H         E       H/F#    F#  H    F#
E|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-------5-5-----4-4-2-2------4-2--4-2--4-2-|
G|---4-----6-4-------------------4-4----------------|
D|-4-----------6-----6-4----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

     C#    F#                 C#    F#   H       E
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-6-6-4-6-7--4-2--4-2--4-2-6-6-4-6-7----4---------5-5-|
G|-----------------------------------------6-4-3-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------6-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

     H/F#    F#  H    H/D#   E       H/F#     F#  H
E|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2------|
G|-------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4--|
D|-6-4-----------------------6-----6-4--------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
verse: One day someday I may slide away Turn around and call it all a day Even though I fooled myself for years I can't escape this ringing in my ears chorus: It's on and off and on again Going on and then Taking all I got again Bleeding me leaving me dry You're hanging on for what you can Dragging out the pain Taking all I give again Fakin it making me cry
 synth/guitar:
     H                         F#      H         E
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5---------4-4-------5-5-|
G|---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6---4-----6-4-------|
D|-4-------4-------4-----------------4-----------6-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

     H/F#    F#  H                             F#
E|---------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2---------4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5-----|
G|-------------4-4---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6-|
D|-6-4-------------4-------4-------4-----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

     H         E       H/F#    F#  H    F#
E|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-------5-5-----4-4-2-2------4-2--4-2--4-2-|
G|---4-----6-4-------------------4-4----------------|
D|-4-----------6-----6-4----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

     C#    F#                 C#    F#   H       E
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-6-6-4-6-7--4-2--4-2--4-2-6-6-4-6-7----4---------5-5-|
G|-----------------------------------------6-4-3-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------6-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

     H/F#    F#  H    H/D#   E       H/F#    F#  H
E|--------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2------|
G|-------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4--|
D|-6-4-----------------------6-----6-4--------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

     H                         F#      H         E
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-----4-4-----4-4---4-5---------4-4-------5-5-|
G|---4-------4-------4-----6-----6-6---4-----6-4-------|
D|-4-------4-------4-----------------4-----------6-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

     H/F#    F#  H           E       H/F#    F#  H
E|---------------------------------------------------|
H|-----4-4-2-2-----2-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----2-|
G|-------------4-4-----6-4-3-------------------4-4---|
D|-6-4-----------------------6-----6-4---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

   H/D#    E       H/F#    F#  H
E|-------------------------------|
H|-4---------5-5-----4-4-2-2-----|
G|---6-4-3-------------------4-4-|
D|---------6-----6-4-------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

     E                           H         E           A
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
H|-----9-9-----9-9-----9-9----9-10-----------9-9---------10-10-|
G|---9-------9-------9-----11------11-11---9-----11-9----------|
D|-9-------9-------9---------------------9------------11-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

     E/H      H   E
E|------------------|
H|------9-9-7-7-----|
G|--------------9-9-|
D|-11-9-------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

     E                           H         E           A
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
H|-----9-9-----9-9-----9-9----9-10-----------9-9---------10-10-|
G|---9-------9-------9-----11------11-11---9-----11-9----------|
D|-9-------9-------9---------------------9------------11-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

     E/H      H       E         A          E/H     H  E
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
H|------9-9-7-7-----7-9-----------10-11------9-9-7-7-----|
G|--------------9-9-----11-9-8-----------------------9-9-|
D|-11-9------------------------11-------11-9-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

   E/G#      A          E/H   H   E
E|------------------------------------|
H|-9-----------10-10------9-9-7-7-----|
G|---11-9-8-----------------------9-9-|
D|----------11-------11-9-------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|