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Burn The House Down

AJR

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×○○
C×○○
D××○
F

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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                              Am  
Used to keep it cool 
 
Used to be a fool 
              C              D 
All about the bounce in my step 
                Am 
Watch it on the news 
 
Whatcha gonna do? 
               C            D 
I could hit refresh and forget 
 
Used to keep it cool 
 
( Am  C  D  F ) 
 
                 Am 
Should I keep it light? 
 
Stay out of the fight? 
               C         D 
No one's gonna listen to me 
             Am 
If I write a song 
 
Preaching what is wrong 
                 C        D 
Will they let me sing on TV? 
                  Am     C 
Should I keep it light? 
       D      F 
Is that right? 
 
Am 
Way up way up we go 
C 
Been up and down that road 
D 
Way up way up, oh no 
F 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
Am 
Watch me stand in the line 
C 
You're only serving lies 
D 
You've got something to hide 
F 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
 
( Am  C  D  F ) 
 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
 
( Am  C  D ) 
 
               Am 
Used to let it go 
 
Walk into the show 
               C                D 
Gawking at the tricks up your sleeve 
               Am 
Too good to be true 
 
But I'm in a room 
              C              D 
Full of entertainers and thieves 
               Am  C 
Used to let it go 
      D   F 
Woah, oh no 
 
(Whoa, oh no) 
 
Am 
Way up way up we go 
C 
Been up and down that road 
D 
Way up way up, oh no 
F 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
Am 
Watch me stand in the line 
C 
You're only serving lies 
D 
You've got something to hide 
F 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
 
( Am  C  D  F ) 
 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
 
( Am  C  D  F ) 
 
         Am 
Should I hang my head low? 
         C 
Should I bite my tongue? 
            D                              F 
Or should I march with every stranger from Twitter to get shit done? 
        Am 
Used to hang my head low 
      C 
Now I hear it loud 
       D                             F 
Every stranger from Twitter is gonna burn this down 
 
Am 
Way up way up we go 
C 
Been up and down that road 
D 
Way up way up, oh no 
F 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
 
Am 
Watch me stand in the line 
C 
You're only serving lies 
D 
You've got something to hide 
F 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
 
( Am  C  D  F ) 
 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
Am         C                D 
We burn it down, we burn it down 
F 
We gon' burn the whole house down 
 
Final Am  C  D  Am

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Chord set

Am · C · D · F

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.