Talking Heads – Burning Down The House (Guitar Intro Tab)
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Song: Burning down the house
Artist: Talking heads
Composers: David Byrne, Chris Frantz,
Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth
Album: Speaking in tongues
Tabbed by DJ 29th Mar 2015
I would recommend using the voicings in the text
column numbers below.
Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the
information at the bottom of the tab.
G = 355433 G5 = 355xxx Bb = 688766
F = 133211 F5 = 133xxx A = 577655
Am7 = x02010 Bb5 = 688xxx
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[Intro Synth Riff] (See tablature at bottom of page)
[Verse 1]
G G G F Ah,...watch out, ...you might get what you're after, G G G F Cool babies, ...strange, but not a stranger, G G F G Am7 F I'm an or-di-nar-y guy, burning down the house!
[Verse 2]
G G G F Hold tight, ...wait 'til the party's over, G G G F Hold tight, ...we're in for nasty weather, G G F G Am7 F There has got to be a way, burning down the house!
[Verse 3]
G5 Here's your ticket, pack your bags, F5 Time for jumping overboard, Bb5 G5 F5 Transportation is here, Bb5 G5 Close enough, but not too far, F5 Baby, you know where you are, Bb5 G5 F5 Bb5 Fighting fire with fire! Huh!
[Verse 4]
G G G F All wet, ...hey, you might need a raincoat, G G G F Shake - down, ...dreams walking in broad daylight, G G F G Three hun - dred six - ty five de - grees, Am7 F Burning down the house!
[Verse 5]
G5 Uhhh, it was once upon a place, F5 Some - times I listen to myself, Bb5 G5 F5 Gonna come in first place, Bb5 G5 People on their way to work, F5 Baby, what did you expect? Bb5 G5 F5 Bb5 Gonna burst into flame! Uhh!
[Break 1]
G F G F | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F | / / / / | / / / / | G Am7 F (F)(F/E)(F/A) Burning down the house
[Verse 6]
G G F My house, ...it's out of the ordinary, G G G F That's right, ...don't want to hurt nobody, G G F G Some things sure can sweep me off my feet, Am7 F Burning down the house!
[Verse 7]
G5 No visible means of support, F5 And you have not seen nothing yet, Bb5 G5 F5 Everything's stuck to - gether, Bb5 G5 I don't know what you expect... F5 ...Star - ing into the TV set, Bb5 G5 F5 Bb5 Fighting fire with fire! Ahhh!
[Break 2]
G F G F | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F G F | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F G F | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G F G Am7 F | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Coda - Repeats]
G5 F5 Bb5 G5 F5 Bb5 ||: / / / / | / / / /__/ | / / / / | / / / /__/ :||
[Live ending]
G G F Bb G A F | / / / / | / / / /_/ | Burning down the house! ===================================================== (Intro Riff] Repeats x4 e |-------------------------------------| B |-------------------------------------| G |-------------------------------------| D |-0-0-3-0--5-0-0-0--3-0-5-0--0-0-3-0--| A |-------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------| /_/_/_/ /_/_/_/ /_/_/_/ /_/_/_/ e |-------------------------------------| B |-------------------------------------| G |----------------------------5-3------| D |-0-0-3-0--5-0-0-0--3-0-5-0------5-3--| A |-------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------| /_/_/_/ /_/_/_/ /_/_/_/ /_/_/_/ [Linking riff end of Break 1] (F)(F/E)(F/A) e |--------------| B |--------------| G |--------------| D |--p3--2--0----| p = pull-off note A |--------------| E |--------------| =====================================================
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