Talking Heads – Burning Down The House (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Christopher Frantz / David Byrne / Jerry Harrison / Tina Weymouth From: "Speaking in Tongues" (1983) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] / [Outro]
[ G7 ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

A|----5-----------|----5—-[3]------|
E|--3-------------|--3-------------|
C|5---------------|5---------------|
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]
G7
Keyboard arpeggio, freely)
[Verse]
G           F
 Watch out,  you might get what you're after

G             F
 Boom babies,  strange but not a stranger

G        F        G
  I'm an ordinary guy

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

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

G           F           G
  There has got to be a way

A7               F
Burning down the house
[Middle 8]
G
Here's your ticket pack your bag

F                           Bb
Time for jumpin' overboard

G                      F      Bb
 The transportation is here

G
Close enough but not too far,

F                           Bb
Maybe you know where you are

G                      F      Bb
 Fightin' fire with fire
[Verse]
G         F
 All wet!  Hey you might need a raincoat

G           F
 Shakedown!  Dreams walking in broad daylight

G              F            G
 Three hundred sixty-five degrees

A7               F
Burning down the house
[Middle 8]
G
It was once upon a place

    F                         Bb
Sometimes I listen to myself

G                    F       Bb
 Gonna come in first place

G
People on their way to work

    F                         Bb
And baby what did you except

G                 F       Bb
 Gonna burst into flame
[Solo] | G | F | G | F | | G | F | G A7 | F | [Verse]
G          F
 My house   is out of the ordinary

G               F
 That's right!   Don't wanna hurt nobody

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

A7               F
Burning down the house
[Middle 8]
   G
No visible means of support

    F                              Bb
And you have not seen nothin' yet

G                     F       Bb
 Everything's stuck together

    G
And I don't know what you expect

   F                      Bb
Staring into the TV set

G                   F       Bb
 Fighting fire with fire,  aaah
[Outro] | G | F | G | F | | G | F | G | F | | G | F | G | F | | G | F | G | F | | G | F Bb | G | F Bb |
| G | F    Bb | G | F    Bb |
(repeat and fade)