Chords for SWITCHFOOT - If The House Burns Down Tonight - LIVE [Official Music Video]

[G] It's what's called if the house burns down tonight. _ _
♪ Ashes from the flames, the truth is what remains.
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♪ The truth is [D] what is saved from the fire.
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♪ [Em] And you fight for [D] what [C] you love.
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♪ Don't matter [G] if it hurts, you find out [D] what it's worth.
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♪ And you let the rest [G] _ burn. _ _ _ _
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♪ Start stepping as that [Am] gasoline touch me.
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♪ And make [C#] sure that [G] I'm not dreaming.
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[E] ♪ I [A] see her face and my [Am] heart skips beats.
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♪ But it looks like it's the feeling that we're half [G]-receiving.
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_ ♪ [Em] Yeah, there's a spark in the corner of my baby's [C] eye.
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♪ Like a distant thought, just a hope for [G] _ quietness.
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_ _ ♪ And you might not know what I want from this [C] life.
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[G] _ ♪ So give me the fire.
Yeah, give me the fire.
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♪ I can hear the motor running down the interstate.
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♪ And all the distractions fade away.
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♪ And if the house burns down tonight.
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♪ I'll try to be [G] with you by my side.
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♪ Or the smoke piling up into the view mirror.
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♪ Rather I have a seat in any [C] theater.
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♪ And if the house burns down tonight.
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♪ Then it means you're probably by [Em] my side.
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♪ Let the rest burn.
_ Yeah.
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♪ I've given too much of my heart away.
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♪ My soul is holding up like a house on fire.
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_ _ ♪ [Em] Like a match that goes down like a [C] masquerade.
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♪ And I had to let it go when the fire [G] got it.
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♪ One hug _ [C] to end your life is [G] all you want.
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♪ Your life is all you want.
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♪ [Em] To hold _ [C] tight and let the [G] pain go.
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♪ Yeah, let it go.
But bring me the fire.
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♪ Like a long shot stroke in the Pacific sun.
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♪ We'll be watching down the road like we're shot at a gun.
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♪ And if the house burns down tonight.
I got it with Benny.
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♪ With you by my side.
[G] I'm riding on the blue wheel.
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♪ Little close to me.
We're driving down the edge of eternity.
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♪ [C] And if the house burns down tonight.
Benny.
If I [Em] got you by my side.
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♪ You can let [D] the rest burn.
Let [G] the rest burn. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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♪ Put your hand in mine.
Put your heart into [C] it.
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♪ We got everything we need.
Let the old hide us.
What we need gonna [C] find us.
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♪ We got [D] everything we need.
[C] We got [Em] everything we need.
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♪ Can you hear that [G] motor on?
Can you hear that motor [C] on?
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♪ Ain't [G] no stopping us now.
Ain't no [Em] stopping us now.
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♪ Can you hear that [C] motor on?
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♪ All [C#m] those _
[G] lies that matter [Am] most to me.
[G] Let's change the time that came to come to me.
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♪ And if the house burns down tonight.
I got everything.
It's time to turn it [G] up.
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♪ There's a fire coming that we all run through.
We possess you.
Possess it.
They possess [C] you.
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♪ And if the house burns down tonight.
I got everything.
If I got you by [Em] my side.
You can let [D] the rest burn. _ _
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♪ From [C] the flames.
The truth is what remains.
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