Talking Heads, Burning Down the House (1979)
Key: :[G#] (w: David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) (BPM: 103) US#6
VERSE 1:
[G#] Watch out,
[G#] [F#] you might get what you're after
[G#] Cool
[G#] babies,
[G#] [F#] strange but not a stranger
[G#] I'm
[G#] an
[F#] ordinary
[G#] guy
[A#7] Burning down the
[F#] house
VERSE 2:
[G#] Hold tight,
[G#] [F#] wait till the party's over
[G#] Hold
[G#] tight,
[G#] [F#] we're in for nasty weather
[G#] There
[G#] has
[F#] got to be a
[G#] way
[A#7] Burning down the
[F#] house
CHORUS 1:
[G#] Here's your ticket pack your bag:
[F#] time for jumpin' overboard
[G#] The transportation is
[F#] here
[G#] Close enough but not too far,
[F#] maybe you know where you are
[G#] Fightin' fire with
[F#] fire
VERSE 3:
[G#] All wet,
[G#] [F#] hey you might need a raincoat
[G#] Shake
[G#] down,
[G#] [F#] dreams walking in broad daylight
[G#] Three hun-
[G#]-dred
[F#] sixty five deg-
[G#]-rees
[A#7] Burning down the
[F#] house
CHORUS 2:
[G#] It was once upon a place,
[F#] sometimes I listen to myself
[G#] Gonna come in first
[F#] place
[G#] People on their way to work,
[F#] baby what did you expect
[G#] Gonna burst into
[F#] flames
INTERLUDE:
[A#7] Burning down the
[F#] house
VERSE 4:
[G#] My house
[G#] [F#] s'out of the ordinary
[G#] That's
[G#] right,
[G#] [F#] don't wanna hurt nobody
[G#] Some things sure
[G#] can
[F#] sweep me off my
[G#] feet
[A#7] Burning down the
[F#] house
CHORUS 3:
[G#] No visible means of support and
[F#] you have not seen nothin' yet
[G#] Everything's stuck
[F#] together
[G#] I don't know what you expect,
[F#] staring into the TV set
[G#] Fighting fire with
[F#] fire
