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