VERSE 1:
[G] Watch out,
[G] [F] you might get what you're after
[G] Cool
[G] babies,
[G] [F] strange but not a stranger
[G] I'm
[G] an
[F] ordinary
[G] guy
[A7] Burning down the
[F] house
VERSE 2:
[G] Hold tight,
[G] [F] wait till the party's over
[G] Hold
[G] tight,
[G] [F] we're in for nasty weather
[G] There
[G] has
[F] got to be a
[G] way
[A7] Burning down the
[F] house
CHORUS 1:
[G] Here's your ticket pack your bag:
[F] time for jumpin' overboard
[G] The transportation is
[F] here
[G] Close enough but not too far,
[F] maybe you know where you are
[G] Fightin' fire with
[F] fire
VERSE 3:
[G] All wet,
[G] [F] hey you might need a raincoat
[G] Shake
[G] down,
[G] [F] dreams walking in broad daylight
[G] Three hun-
[G]-dred
[F] sixty five deg-
[G]-rees
[A7] Burning down the
[F] house
CHORUS 2:
[G] It was once upon a place,
[F] sometimes I listen to myself
[G] Gonna come in first
[F] place
[G] People on their way to work,
[F] baby what did you expect
[G] Gonna burst into
[F] flames
INTERLUDE:
[A7] Burning down the
[F] house
VERSE 4:
[G] My house
[G] [F] s'out of the ordinary
[G] That's
[G] right,
[G] [F] don't wanna hurt nobody
[G] Some things sure
[G] can
[F] sweep me off my
[G] feet
[A7] Burning down the
[F] house
CHORUS 3:
[G] No visible means of support and
[F] you have not seen nothin' yet
[G] Everything's stuck
[F] together
[G] I don't know what you expect,
[F] staring into the TV set
[G] Fighting fire with
[F] fire
