Talking Heads, Burning Down the House (1979)
Key: :[F] (w: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) (BPM: 103) US#6
VERSE 1:
[F] Watch out,
[F] [D#] you might get what you're after
[F] Cool
[F] babies,
[F] [D#] strange but not a stranger
[F] I'm
[F] an
[D#] ordinary
[F] guy
[G7] Burning down the
[D#] house
VERSE 2:
[F] Hold tight,
[F] [D#] wait till the party's over
[F] Hold
[F] tight,
[F] [D#] we're in for nasty weather
[F] There
[F] has
[D#] got to be a
[F] way
[G7] Burning down the
[D#] house
CHORUS 1:
[F] Here's your ticket pack your bag:
[D#] time for jumpin' overboard
[F] The transportation is
[D#] here
[F] Close enough but not too far,
[D#] maybe you know where you are
[F] Fightin' fire with
[D#] fire
VERSE 3:
[F] All wet,
[F] [D#] hey you might need a raincoat
[F] Shake
[F] down,
[F] [D#] dreams walking in broad daylight
[F] Three hun-
[F]-dred
[D#] sixty five deg-
[F]-rees
[G7] Burning down the
[D#] house
CHORUS 2:
[F] It was once upon a place,
[D#] sometimes I listen to myself
[F] Gonna come in first
[D#] place
[F] People on their way to work,
[D#] baby what did you expect
[F] Gonna burst into
[D#] flames
INTERLUDE:
[G7] Burning down the
[D#] house
VERSE 4:
[F] My house
[F] [D#] s'out of the ordinary
[F] That's
[F] right,
[F] [D#] don't wanna hurt nobody
[F] Some things sure
[F] can
[D#] sweep me off my
[F] feet
[G7] Burning down the
[D#] house
CHORUS 3:
[F] No visible means of support and
[D#] you have not seen nothin' yet
[F] Everything's stuck
[D#] together
[F] I don't know what you expect,
[D#] staring into the TV set
[F] Fighting fire with
[D#] fire
