VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by NoteNest
To learn Tom Jones - Burning Down The House chords with lyrics, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence: B, E, B, F#, E, F#, Ab, E. Start with a comfortable 54 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 110. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: B.
F# _ _ _ _
E _ _ _ _ .
_
C# Fighting fire with
B fire.
_ .
F# _ What shall?.
E _ You might get what
F# shall after.
True,
E babies, strange but not
F# a stranger.
_ _
E I'm better than ordinary
F# guy
G# burning
E down the house.
_ _ .
F# _ Hold tight.
E _ Wait till the flood
F# is over.
Hold
E tight.
We're in for nasty
F# weather.
Never
E stop to be
F# awake.
E Burning down the house.
_ _ .
F# Here's your ticket, pack your
E bags.
Time for jumping
B.
overboard.
_ Transportation is here.
_ .
E Close enough but not too far.
B Baby, you know where you
E are.
Fighting fire with fire.
_
B _ .
F# _ Wow.
_
E Yeah, you might need
F# a raincoat.
Shake down.
E _ Them's walking in broad
F# daylight.
_ _ _
E 336
F#.
5 degrees.
G# Burning
E down the house.
_ _ .
F# E There were wars upon the place.
Sometimes I listen
B to myself.
E Gonna come in first place.
B _ .
F# E People on their way to work.
B What did you hear today?.
E Gonna burst into _
B flames.
F# _ Fighting
E fire with fire.
_ _ .
Bm _ _ _ _
Em _ _ _
F# _ .
_ Fighting
E fire with fire.
_ _ .
F# _ _
G# Burning down the
B house.
F# _ .
My house.
E It's not all that
F# ordinary.
That's right.
E _ Don't wanna
F# hurt nobody.
Something
E sure can sweep me
F# off my feet.
D#m Burning
E down the house.
F# _ Watch out.
E You might get
F# what you have now.
Cool, baby.
E _ Strange but not a
F# stranger.
_
E _ .
I'm gonna _
A _
F# _ _ _
D#m _ .
go.
_ _
E _ 365 _ .
F# degrees.
G# Burning
E down the house.
_ _ .
F# _ _
G# _ _
E _ _ _ _ .
F# _ Fighting
G# fire _
E with fire.
Fighting
A# _ .
F# _ _
G# fire
E with _ _ _ .
F# fire.
G# My
E _ _
F# house.
_ _ _
G# _
E _ _ _
F# _ .
_ _
E _ You have not
F# seen nothing yet.
_
E Everything's stuck together.
_ _ .
F# E I don't know what you expect.
Staring into your
B TV set.
Fighting
E fire with fire.
B _ _ .
F# _ _ _ _
E _ _ _
B _ .
_ _ _
E _ _ _ _
B _ .
F# _ _ _ _
E _ _ _
B _ .
F# _ _ _ _
E _ _
F# _ _ .
_ _ _ _
E _ _ _ _ .
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .