David Byrne - Burning down the house
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Capo: 3
Artist: David Byrne
Song: Burning down the house
Tabbed by: DJ
17th Mar 2014
This is based on a live performance with St.Vincent,
David sings it a tone lower than his original Talking Heads versions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GOhipwlWRM
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
D = xx0232
C = 332010
E7 = 022130
(F) = 133211
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(Intro riff four times:)
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Ah------, D watch out, D C you might get what you're after,
D Cool babies,D C strange, but not a stranger,
D I'm Dan..C. or - din - a - ry gDuy, buE7rning down the hCouse!
D Hold tight, D C wait 'til the party's over,
D Hold tight, D C we're in for nasty weather,
D There hDas C...got to be a wDay, buE7rning down the hoCuse!
HeDre's your ticket, pack your bags, tCime for jumping overboard,
(F) D C
Transportation is here,
(F) D C
Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(F) D C (F)
Fighting fire with fire! Huh!
D All wet, D C hey, you might need a raincoat,
D Shake - down, D C dreams walking in broad daylight,
D Three hundred.D.. sCix-ty five de - grDees, buE7rning down the hoCuse!
No viDsible means of support, and yCou have not seen nothing yet,
(F) D C
Everything's stuck to - gether,
(F) D C
I don't know what you expect star - ing into that TV set,
(F) D C
Fighting fire with fire! Well, go ahead!
| D/ / / D/ | C/ / / / | D/ / / D/ | C/ / / / |
| D/ / / D/ | C/ / / / | D BurE7ning down the hoCuse!
D My house, D C it's out of the ordinary,
D That's right, D C don't want to hurt nobody,
SoDme things sure cDan...C sweep me off my fDeet, buE7rning down the hCouse!
* HeDre's your ticket, pack your bags, tCime for jumping overboard,
(F) D C
Transportation is here,
(F) D C
Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(F) D C (F)
Fighting fire with fire! Huh!
| D/ / / D/ | C/ / / / | D/ / / D/ | C/ / / / |
| D/ / / D/ | C/ / / / | D/ / E7/ / | C/ / / / |
D D C (F) D D C (F)
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D D C (F) D E7 C
| / / / / | / / / / | Burning down the house! :||(Three times)
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* This is the verse that David probably meant to sing,
instead of repeating a previous verse...
DIt was once upon a place, some - tiCmes I listen to myself,
(F) D C
Gonna come in first place,
(F) D C
People on their way to work, baby, what did you expect?
(F) D C
Gonna burst into flame! Go ahead!