Burn chords by Alkaline Trio

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Verse 1
E 
Em 
D 
C 
Em 
E 
C 
Em 
 (E major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (C major) There's a light (E minor) 
D 
C 
ning storm  (D major) each and  (C major) every night
Em 
C 
Crashing in (E minor) side you  (C major) like motorbikes
Em 
D 
C 
We  (E minor) toss and turn,  (D major) sleep so  (C major) loud
Em 
C 
Grind the  (E minor) teeth in  (C major) our empty mouths
Our empty
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 2
D 
There's a forest fire  (D major) burn
C 
 (C major) ing bright
Em 
Spreading quickly  (E minor) towards
C 
our last  (C major) rights
Em 
D 
C 
Nowhere  (E minor) to run,  (D major) pointless  (C major) to hide
Em 
Just lay  (E minor) there and scream,
C 
pretending  (C major) to try
Pretending
Em 
 (E minor) 

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Verse 3

Intending to burn,

pretending to fight it

Everyone learns faster on fire

Things took a turn, lost all desire

You live and you burn

Verse 4
B 
C 
 (B major)  (C major) 
Em 
D 
This impending  (E minor) doom is  (D major) left
C 
deep inside  (C major) 
Em 
And it's  (E minor) haunting you
C 
each and every  (C major) night
Em 
D 
C 
Like  (E minor) starving wolves,  (D major) count (C major) ing sheep
Em 
We  (E minor) close our eyes,
C 
pretending  (C major) to sleep
Descending
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 5
C 
Intending  (C major) to burn,
Em 
pretending to fight  (E minor) it
D 
C 
Em 
Everyone  (D major) learns  (C major) faster on  (E minor) fire
D 
C 
Em 
 (D major) Things took a  (C major) turn, lost all de (E minor) sire
D 
C 
D 
 (D major) You live and you  (C major) burn  (D major) 
You live and...

Verse 6
Em 
G 
C 
Like  (E minor) hell, we are  (G major) anxiously wait (C major) ing
D 
Em 
G 
C 
 (D major) Like  (E minor) hell burning  (G major) silently strong  (C major) 
Em 
G 
Some (E minor) how we fell  (G major) down
C 
by the way (C major) side
D 
C 
D 
 (D major) And some (C major) how this hell is  (D major) home

Verse 7
C 
Em 
As we  (C major) burn, pretending to fight  (E minor) it
D 
C 
Em 
 (D major) Everyone  (C major) learns faster on fire  (E minor) 
D 
C 
Em 
Thing (D major) s  took a  (C major) turn, lost all de (E minor) sire
D 
C 
D 
You  (D major) live and you  (C major) burn  (D major) 
You live and
Em 
G 
C 
Like  (E minor) hell, we are  (G major) anxiously wait (C major) ing
D 
Em 
G 
C 
 (D major) Like  (E minor) hell burning si (G major) lently strong  (C major) 
Em 
G 
C 
Some (E minor) how we fell  (G major) down by the way (C major) side
D 
C 
D 
 (D major) And some (C major) how this hell is  (D major) home
C 
D 
Right  (C major) now, this hell is my  (D major) home