Status Quo, Burning Bridges (1988)
Key: :[G#] (w: Francis Rossi, Andy Brown)

INTRO:
[G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#] : [x2]
[G# open] [G# open]

VERSE 1:
[G#] Burning bridges never made me [C#] cry ^[/C]
[A#m] I could walk a-[A#]-way with no good-[C#]-bye [D#]
[G#] Easy take or easy leave them [C#] all ^[/C]
[A#m] 'Til you scratch the [A#] writing on the [C#] wall [D#]

CHORUS 1:
It's [C#] on, and off, and on again ^[G#]^[D#]
[C#] Going on and [G#] then
[C#] Taking all I [C#] got again
[G#/C] Bleeding me, [A#/D] leaving me [D#] dry

CHORUS 2:
You're [C#] hanging on for what you can ^[G#]^[D#]
[C#] Dragging out the [G#] pain
[C#] Taking all I [C#] give again
[G#/C] Fakin it, [A#/D] making me [D#] cry [D#]

INSTRUMENTAL:
[G#] [D#] [G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[G#] [D#] [G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[D#] ^[A#]^[D#] // [D#] ^[A#]^[D# open]
[G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[G# open] [G# open]

VERSE 2:
[G#] One day someday I may slide a-[C#]-way ^[/C]
[A#m] Turn around and [A#] call it all a [C#] day [D#]
[G#] Even though I fooled myself for [C#] years ^[/C]
[A#m] I can't escape this [A#] ringing in my [C#] ears [D#]

REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:

INSTRUMENTAL 2:
[G#] [D#] [G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[G#] [D#] [G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[D#] ^[A#]^[D#] // [D#] ^[A#]^[D# open]
[G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[G#] [C#] [G#] ^[D#]^[G#]
[G# open]

SONG KEY CHANGE: [+5] [C#]

INSTRUMENTAL 3:
[C#] [G#] [C#] [F#] [C#] ^[G#]^[C#]
[C#] [G#] [C#] [F#] [C#] ^[G#]^[C#]
[C#] [F#] [C#] ^[G#]^[C#]
[C#] [F#] [C#] ^[G#]^[C# open]