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Elton John - Burn Down The Mission chords
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BURN DOWN THE MISSION Year: 1971 Album: TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin (G Em7 Bb\C G Em7 Bb\C)* G Em Bb\C You tell me there's an angel in your tree Eb G\D A\C# Dsus4 Did he say he'd come to call on me G Em7sus4 Bb\C For things are getting desperate in our home C#dim7 G\D D C G\B Am7 Living in the parish of the restless folks I know G F C G G G A B D e Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside F C G G A B D Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide G\B C G G A C D Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps G C6\G Bb\C It's time we put the flame torch to their keep Bb\C Db Ab Burn down the mission Gb If we're gonna stay alive Db Ab Watch the black smoke fly to heaven Gb See the red flame light the sky Eb\Bb Bb Burn down the mission Ab Burn it down to stay alive Eb\Bb Bb It's our only chance of living Ab Db Bb\C Take all you need to live inside [F Eb\Bb Bb\F F (REPEAT 3x) [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/elton-john/204043.html ] F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G G F C\e G\D C G\B C G F C\e G\D C G\B C]** Bb\C Db\Ab Bbm Bbm6 F\C F\A Bb\C Bb Oh______________________! (G Em7 Bb\C G Em7 Bb\C)* G Em Bb\C Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today Eb G\D A\C# Dsus4 My wife cried when they came to take me away G Em7sus4 Bb\C But what more could I do just to keep her warm C#dim7 G\D D C G\B Am7 G Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls (CHORUS) F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G G F C\e G\D C G\B C G F C\e G\D C G\B C]** (G\C F\C C G)** (REPEAT, FADE) *FIRST TIME THROUGH: Lower case letters are played as octaves, upper case letters as chords: G G A D D e Bb Bb Bb Bb G Em C C C C C  |