Burn You Up, Burn You Down Chords & Lyrics by Peter Gabriel
Burn You Up, Burn You Down
guitar chords lyrics
Artist: Peter Gabriel & Afro Celt Sound System
Song: Burn you up, burn you down
Tabbed by: DJ
7th Aug 2013
Tuning: Standard
Bm = x24432 Em = 022000
Bm/A = x04432 Em/G = 322000
Em7 = x22030 Em/A = x02000
A = x02220 Em/B = x22000
G = 320033 Em7/D = xx0000
G/A = x00033 [ch]Em6/C#[/ch] = x42000
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Bm (Bm/A) Bm (Bm/A)
e|-----2---2-2--2-2-----|-----2---2-2--2-2-----| (Repeat)
B|-----3---3-3--3-3-----|-----3---3-3--3-3-----|
G|-----4---4-4--4-4-----|-----4---4-4--4-4-----|
D|-----4----------------|-----4----------------|
A|--0-h2-------------0--|--0-h2-------------0--|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
Em7 Bm Em7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bm (Bm/A) Bm (Bm/A)
e|-----2---2-2--2-2-----|-----2---2-2--2-2-----|
B|-----3---3-3--3-3-----|-----3---3-3--3-3-----|
G|-----4---4-4--4-4-----|-----4---4-4--4-4-----|
D|-----4----------------|-----4----------------|
A|--0-h2-------------0--|--0-h2-------------0--|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
Bm Bm/A
Straight as an arrow,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
You carry your intentions to the wind, | / / / / |
Bm Bm/A
Dogs all around you,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
But you cannot get the message to your friend, | / / / / |
A G Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
At every rendez - vous you keep on walking a - round, | / / / / |
A
Night-time in the city,
G (G/A) Bm Bm/A
And the rain keeps fall - ing down------,
(Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm
It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use!
Bm/A
Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use-----!)
Pilgrim knows the road to go,
Bm Bm/A
How many times we told you so-----?
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down! Burn you up & I'll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A
No rhyme or reason,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
No way to make it easy 'til it's done--------,
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, and I'll burn you down!)
A G Bm Bm/A
So you cross onto the other side of the street----,
(Burn you up & I'll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A A
(Burn you up & I'll burn you down!) You should know better,
G (G/A) Bm Bm/A
But you keep turning up the heat-----!
(Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm
It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use!
Bm Bm/A
Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Em Em/G Em/A Em/B
It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use-----!)
Oh - oh, ho - ha!
Em Em/G Em/A Em/B
(Hey - hey, hey - hey!)
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
Make me feel this! (Hey - hey, hey - hey!)
Em Em/G Em/A Em/B Em Em/G Em/A Em/B
Hey - ey, hey - hey! (Hey - hey, hey - hey!)
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
Make me feel it! (Ho - ho, ho - ho!)
Em Em7/D [ch]Em6/C#[/ch]
When they lose you, it can bruise you,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down, burn you up, & I'll burn you down!)
Em Em7/D [ch]Em6/C#[/ch]
Break me open, I need someone to see me,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down, burn you up, & I'll burn you down!)
Em Em7/D [ch]Em6/C#[/ch] Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
Make me feel it, make me feel! | / / / / | / / / / |
A G Bm Bm/A
In the city, and the rain is falling down------,
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!)
A G
You can make it happen... with your eyes,
Bm Bm/A
With your eyes a - lone--------!
(Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm
It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use!)
Break-------...
Bm Bm/A
...me------------ o----pen
(Let me tell you how it all works out!)
Bm Bm/A Bm
(Never thought we had so much time to lose)
Bm Bm/A
Make--------- me---------- feel--- it
(Just learning how to twist and shout!)
Bm Bm/A
Break-------- me------------ o----pen
(Let me tell you how it all works out!)
Bm Bm/A Bm
(Never thought we had so much time to lose)
Bm Bm/A Bm
Make--------- me---------- feel--- it!
(Just learning how to twist and shout!)
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A Bm
(Never thought we had so much time to lose!) | / / / / | / ||
