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]