Tom Jones – Burning Down The House (Guitar)
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-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
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Originally written and recorded by Talking Heads in 1983
(Guitar riff during Verse 2a, Verse 3, Outro B)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------2---------------------------2----------------|
A|-----2h4-----4h6h7--4h6h7---------2----------6b7r6-----|
E|--2-------------------------2h4---------------------7--|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------4----2(0)---|
G|---------------------------------------------4----2h3----|
D|----------2---------------------------2------4----2h4----|
A|-----2h4-----4h6h7--4h6h7---------2----------------------|
E|--2------------------------2h4---------------------------|[Intro]
| F# | E | F# -
F# E B (Fill 1) Fighting fire with fire (Fill 1) e|---------------| B|--4----2(2)~---| G|--4----2h3~----| D|--4----2h4~----| A|---------------| E|---------------|
[Verse 1]
F# E Watch out you might get what you're after F# E B (Fill 1) Cool babies strange but not a stranger F# E F# B I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy G# E B (Fill 1) Burning down the house F# E Hold tight wait till the party's over F# E (Fill 1) Hold tight we're in for nasty weather F# E F# There has got to be a way G# E Burning down the house
[Verse 2a]
F# E Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard F# E B The transportation is here F# E Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are F# E B Fightin' fire with fire
[Verse 2b]
F# E All wet hey you might need a raincoat F# E B (Fill 1) Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight F# E F# Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees G# E Burning down the house
[Verse 3]
F# E It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself F# E B Gonna come in first place F# E People on their way to work baby what did you except F# E B Gonna burst into flame F# E (Fill 2) B (Fill 1) Fighting fire with fire (Fill 2) e|----------12---------------------10----------------| B|--12b14--------10b12-----10b12---------7--------7--| G|------------------------------------------9b11-----| D|---------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------| F# E Fighting fire with fire G# E (Fill 1) Burning down the house
[Verse 4]
F# E My house out of the ordinary F# E B (Fill 1) That's right Don't want to hurt nobody F# E F# Some things sure can sweep me off my feet G# E B (Fill 1) Burning down the house F# E Watch out you might get what you're after F# E B (Fill 1) Cool babies strange but not a stranger F# E F# I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy G# E Burning down the house
[Bridge]
F# E Three hundred sixty - five degrees G# E Burning down the house F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E Gonna burst into flame F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E F# Gonna burst into flame G# E F# Burning down the house G# (Fill 3) E Burning down the house (Fill 3) e|-----------------------------------| B|--7--------7--------7--------10----| G|-----9b11-----9b11-----9b11-(11)---| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|
[Outro A]
F# E No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet F# E (Fill 4) Everything's stuck together (Fill 4) e|---------10--| B|--10b12------| G|-------------| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------|
[Outro B]
F# E I don't know what you expect staring into your TV set F# E F# Fightin' fire with fire G# E F# Burning down the house G# E F# Burning down the house