BURN DOWN THE MISSION
Year: 1971
Album: TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Writers: Elton John Bernie Taupin
(G Em7 BbC G Em7 BbC)*
G Em BbC
You tell me there's an angel in your tree
EbGD AC# Dsus4
Did he say he'd come to call on me
GEm7sus4 BbC
For things are getting desperate in our home
C#dim7 GD D C GB 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
GB C G G A C D
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
G C6G BbC
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep
BbC
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
EbBb Bb
Burn down the mission
Ab
Burn it down to stay alive
EbBbBb
It's our only chance of living
Ab Db BbC
Take all you need to live inside
[F EbBb BbF F
(REPEAT 3x)
F Eb BbD FC Bb FA EbG
F Eb BbD FC Bb FA EbG
G F Ce GD C GB C
G F Ce GD C GB C]**
BbC DbAb Bbm Bbm6 FC FA BbC Bb
Oh______________________!
(G Em7 BbC G Em7 BbC)*
G Em BbC
Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
EbGD AC# Dsus4
My wife cried when they came to take me away
G Em7sus4 BbC
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
C#dim7 GD D C GB Am7 G
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls
(CHORUS)
F Eb BbD FC Bb FA EbG
F Eb BbD FC Bb FA EbG
G F Ce GD C GB C
G F Ce GD C GB C]**
(GC FC 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
