Status Quo, Burning Bridges (1988)
Key: :[B] (w: Francis Rossi, Andy Brown)
INTRO:
[B] [E] [B] [F#][B] :
[x2]
[B open] [B open]
VERSE 1:
[B] Burning bridges never made me
[E] cry
[/D#]
[C#m] I could walk a-
[C#]-way with no good-
[E]-bye
[F#]
[B] Easy take or easy leave them
[E] all
[/D#]
[C#m] 'Til you scratch the
[C#] writing on the
[E] wall
[F#]
CHORUS 1:
It's
[E] on, and off, and on again
[B][F#]
[E] Going on and
[B] then
[E] Taking all I
[E] got again
[B/D#] Bleeding me,
[C#/F] leaving me
[F#] dry
CHORUS 2:
You're
[E] hanging on for what you can
[B][F#]
[E] Dragging out the
[B] pain
[E] Taking all I
[E] give again
[B/D#] Fakin it,
[C#/F] making me
[F#] cry
[F#]
INSTRUMENTAL:
[B] [F#] [B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[B] [F#] [B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[F#] [C#][F#] [F#] [C#][F# open]
[B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[B open] [B open]
VERSE 2:
[B] One day someday I may slide a-
[E]-way
[/D#]
[C#m] Turn around and
[C#] call it all a
[E] day
[F#]
[B] Even though I fooled myself for
[E] years
[/D#]
[C#m] I can't escape this
[C#] ringing in my
[E] ears
[F#]
REPEAT CHORUS 1 & 2:
INSTRUMENTAL 2:
[B] [F#] [B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[B] [F#] [B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[F#] [C#][F#] [F#] [C#][F# open]
[B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[B] [E] [B] [F#][B]
[B open]
SONG KEY CHANGE: [+5] [E]
INSTRUMENTAL 3:
[E] [B] [E] [A] [E] [B][E]
[E] [B] [E] [A] [E] [B][E]
[E] [A] [E] [B][E]
[E] [A] [E] [B][E open] 