Elton John – Burn Down The Mission chords

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\CYou tell me there's an angel in your tree

Eb		G\D	        A\C#  Dsus4Did he say he'd come to call on me

G			Em7sus4         Bb\CFor things are getting desperate in our home

	      C#dim7	    G\D	     D	     C G\B Am7Living in the parish of the restless folks I know


G	      F			 C		  G   G G a b  d eEverybody now bring your family down to the riverside

F			  C		    G    g a b  dLook to the east to see where the fat stock hide

  G\B		     C		 	G      G a c  dBehind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps

     G		     C6\G		  Bb\CIt's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Bb\C


Db	      AbBurn down the mission

GbIf we're gonna stay alive

Db		      AbWatch the black smoke fly to heaven

	GbSee the red flame light the sky


Eb\Bb	      BbBurn down the mission

	AbBurn it down to stay alive

	 Eb\Bb		BbIt's our only chance of living

	     Ab		    Db   Bb\CTake all you need to live inside

[F  Eb\Bb  Bb\F  F(REPEAT 3x)

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\CDeep in the woods the squirrels are out today

Eb			G\D  		 A\C#  Dsus4My wife cried when they came to take me away

G		      Em7sus4             Bb\CBut what more could I do just to keep her warm

     C#dim7		 G\D	  D	  C    G\B Am7 GThan 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