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