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]