Talking Heads – Burning Down The House (Guitar)

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[Verse]
G           G  F
  Watch out,     you might get what you're after

G      G    G  F
  Cool babies,   strange but not a stranger

G           G  F        G
        I'm an ordinary guy

A7               F
Burning down the house
[Verse]
G             G  F
  Hold tight,      wait till the party's over

G      G     G  F
  Hold tight,    we're in for nasty weather

G          G   F           G
     There has got to be a way

A7               F
Burning down the house
[Chorus]
G                                  F
Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard

G                      F
The transportation is here

G                              F
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are

G                    F
Fightin' fire with fire
[Verse]
G         G  F
  All wet,     hey you might need a raincoat

G      G   G  F
  Shakedown,    dreams walking in broad daylight

G          G    F            G
  Three hundred sixty five degrees

A7               F
Burning down the house
[Chorus]
G                         F
It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself

G                   F
Gonna come in first place

G                            F
People on their way to work, baby what did you expect

G                F
Gonna burst into flame
[Interlude]
A7               F
Burning down the house
[Verse]
G          G  F
  My house      s'out of the ordinary

G        G    G  F
  That's right,    don't wanna hurt nobody

G                G   F               G
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet

A7               F
Burning down the house
[Chorus]
G                               F
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet

G                  F
Everything's stuck together

G                             F
I don't know what you expect, staring into the TV set

G                  F
Fighting fire with fire