Switchfoot – If The House Burns Down Tonight (Guitar)

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Artist: Switchfoot Album: Where The Light Shines Through Song: If The House Burns Down Tonight [Intro]
G              Cmaj7
Ashes from the flames

                    G
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

                       D
You find out what it’s worth

                         G
And you let the rest burn
[Verse 1]
     Em
The sunset burns like gasoline

      C                                 G
Touch me and make sure that I’m not dreaming

  Em                                 
I see her face and my heart skips beats 

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

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

       C                               G
Like a distant star that won’t burn quiet

      Em                 
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]
      G
I can hear the motor running down the interstate 

    G
And all the distractions fade away

           C 
And if the house burns down tonight

      C
I got everything I need with you by my side

          G
I see the smoke piling up in the rear view mirror

G
Yeah but I ain’t ever seen it any clearer 

       C
If the house burns down tonight

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

                 C
And let the rest burn 

                 G
And let the rest burn 

                G
And let the rest burn 
[Verse 2]
     Em
I’ve given too much of my heart away 

   C                                   G
My soul’s holding on like a house divided

       Em
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]
    G                  
The smoke tries choking the pacific sun

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

           C
And if the house burns down tonight

      C
I got everything I need with you by my side

        G
Holding you and the wheel and it occurs to me 

      G
We’re driving down the edge of eternity 

           C
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

                        D
Can you hear that motor running
C N.C. Can you hear that motor run, run, run [Chorus]
    G
And all those lies that mattered most to me

     G
Were draining me dry making a ghost of me

           C
And if the house burns down tonight

      C
I got everything I need, everything I need 

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

       G
You possess your possessions or they possess you

           C
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