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