Burning Down The House chords by
Talking Heads

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

Gm

Gm

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Gm

Gm

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Gm

Gm

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Gm

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Gm

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Gm

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Gm

Gm

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Gm

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Chorus 1
G G 
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Watch out,
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you might get what you're after
F F 
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Cool babies, strange but not a stranger
F F 
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I'm an ordinary guy
A A 
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F F 
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Burning down the house
G G 
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F F 
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G G 
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Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over
F F 
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G G 
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Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather
F F 
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G G 
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There has got to be a way
A A 
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F F 
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Burning down the house

Verse 1
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Here's your ticket pack your bags
F F 
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Time for jumping overboard
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F F 
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The transportation is here
G G 
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Close enough but not too far
F F 
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Baby, you know where you are
G G 
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Fighting fire with fire

Chorus 2
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All wet, here you might need a raincoat
Shakedown,
F F 
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G G 
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dreams walking in broad daylight
F F 
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G G 
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Three hundred sixty five degrees
A A 
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F F 
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Burning down the house (Uh)

Verse 2
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It was once upon a place
F F 
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sometimes I listen to myself
G G 
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F F 
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Gonna come in first place
G G 
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People on their way to work
F F 
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and baby what did you expect
G G 
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F F 
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Gonna burst into flame (Uh)

Interlude 1

G

G

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F

F

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G

G

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F

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G

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Burning down the house

Chorus 3

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F

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G

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My house is out of the ordinary

F

F

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That's right, don't wanna hurt nobody

G

G

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F

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G

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Some things sure can sweep me off my feet

A

A

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F

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Burning down the house

Verse 3
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No visible means of support
F F 
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and you have not seen nothin' yet
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Everything's stuck together
G G 
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And I  don't know what you expect
F F 
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staring into the TV set
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Fighting fire with fire (Ah)

Outro 1

G

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