Status Quo, Burning Bridges (1988)
Key: :[A] (w: Francis Rossi, Andy Brown)
INTRO:
[A] [D] [A] ^
[E]^
[A] :
[x2]
[A open] [A open]
VERSE 1:
[A] Burning bridges never made me
[D] cry ^
[/C#]
[Bm] I could walk a-
[B]-way with no good-
[D]-bye
[E]
[A] Easy take or easy leave them
[D] all ^
[/C#]
[Bm] 'Til you scratch the
[B] writing on the
[D] wall
[E]
CHORUS 1:
It's
[D] on, and off, and on again ^
[A]^
[E]
[D] Going on and
[A] then
[D] Taking all I
[D] got again
[A/C#] Bleeding me,
[B/D#] leaving me
[E] dry
CHORUS 2:
You're
[D] hanging on for what you can ^
[A]^
[E]
[D] Dragging out the
[A] pain
[D] Taking all I
[D] give again
[A/C#] Fakin it,
[B/D#] making me
[E] cry
[E]
INSTRUMENTAL:
[A] [E] [A] [D] [A] ^
[E]^
[A]
[A] [E] [A] [D] [A] ^
[E]^
[A]
[E] ^
[B]^
[E] //
[E] ^
[B]^
[E open]
[A] [D] [A] ^
[E]^
[A]
[A] [D] [A] ^
[E]^
[A]
[A open] [A open]
VERSE 2:
[A] One day someday I may slide a-
[D]-way ^
[/C#]
[Bm] Turn around and
[B] call it all a
[D] day
[E]
[A] Even though I fooled myself for
[D] years ^
[/C#]
[Bm] I can't escape this
[B] ringing in my
[D] ears
[E]
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2: