Burned Is The House chords by 
Alkaline Trio 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
A
D
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D
A
D
Verse 1
A
It's like we
both have just arrived here
Like we've just stepped off
D
a plane in a new town
Bm
and the sun was out.
D
A
I was talking,
you would point your ear at me
D
like I was making some sweet sound
you said, "make it loud"
Verse 2
Bm
But we can never come back here again
D
we can only hope...
to for get.
A
Verse 3
Walked through a cemetery archway
D
into a wood that hung so hap pily alone
but the words were all wrong.
A
You traded all my ill affections
D
for directions to a party across town.
You bring the house down.
Verse 4
Bm
But we can never go back there again
D
we can only hope.
Verse 5
So...
A
Burned is the house.
D
Gone is the street.
F#m
E
Here is the same disap pointing retreat.
F#m
A
D
And I need it like hell if I'd lie to myself
F#m
A
D
to think I could live that life over again.
A
Where the cuts were like guilt
D
and the taste for your eyes
F#m
I say, "we're up when I
E
couldn't just say goodnight"
F#m
A
D
If you cry me a river you can baptize me in
F#m
A
I say, "I guess that's it,
D
E
now I've fucking seen everything"
A
Woah's
Verse 6
D
A
F#m
You were the first real choice I would make,
E
D
E
but we all make mis takes, so...
A
D
Verse 7
A
Jumped over board because
the water's always greener
D
when the sun shines on the sea
Bm
Would you drown for me?
A
It's just as deep as you can make it
you tread water when you could
D
stand on your knees
Bm
but don't pray to me.
D
Bm
Cause when the lamp ray's taken all it can
D
it will keep you dead.
Verse 8
But but,
A
Burned is the house.
D
Gone is the street.
F#m
E
Here is the same disap pointing retreat.
F#m
A
D
And I need it like hell if I'd lie to myself
F#m
A
D
to think I could live that life over again.
A
Where the cuts were like guilt
D
and the taste for your eyes
F#m
I say, "we're up when I couldn't
E
just say goodnight"
F#m
A
D
If you cry me a river you can baptize me in
F#m
A
I say, "I guess that's it, yeah,
D
E
A
I've fucking seen everything now"
Interlude 1
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F#m
E
D
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F#m
E
D
Verse 9
A
Woah's
D
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You were the first real
F#m
choice I would make,
E
D
You were the only one that I would take
E
A
Now you'll take til I go.
D
Verse 10
A
F#m
You were the first real choice I would make,
E
D
but we all make mis takes,
so...
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ChordsA D Bm F#m E
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