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