(Intro  - Riff x4)
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[Verse 1]
          D             D  C
Ah------,    watch out,        you might get what you're after,
D               D  C
    Cool babies,      strange, but not a stranger,
D       D   C          D     E7               C
    I'm an... ordinary guy,  burning down the house!

[Verse 2]
D               D  C
    Hold tight,        wait 'til the party's over,
D               D  C
    Hold tight,        we're in for nasty weather,
D         D    C              D    E7               C
    There has  ...got to be a way, burning down the house!

[Verse 3]
D                                   C
Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard,
(F)  D                     C
         Transportation is here,
(F)  D                              C
     Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(F)  D                      C     (F)
         Fighting fire with fire!  Huh!

[Verse 4]
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   All wet,          hey, you might need a raincoat,
D                 D   C
   Shake - down,        dreams walking in broad daylight,
D                 D   C               D
   Three hundred   ...sixty five de - grees,
E7               C
Burning down the house!

[Verse 5]
   D                             C
No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothing yet,
(F)  D                           C
         Everything's stuck to - gether,
(F)  D                                   C
     I don't know what you expect star - ing into that TV set,
(F)  D                       C
          Fighting fire with fire!   Well, go ahead!

[Break 1]
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   D        D     C              D   E7               C
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |      Burning down the house!

[Verse 6]
D             D   C
   My house,         it's out of the ordinary,
D                D   C
   That's right,        don't want to hurt nobody,
D                D   C                   D
Some things sure can  ...sweep me off my feet,
E7               C
Burning down the house!

[* Verse 7]
D                                   C
Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard,
(F)  D                     C
         Transportation is here,
(F)  D                              C
     Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are,
(F)  D                      C     (F)
         Fighting fire with fire!  Huh!

[Break 2]
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[Coda]
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   D        D     C       (F)   D  E7               C
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |    Burning down the house! :||[x3]

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* This is the missing verse that David probably meant to sing,
instead of repeating Verse 2...

[Verse 7]
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It was once upon a place, some - times I listen to myself,
(F)  D                       C
         Gonna come in first place,
(F)  D                            C
     People on their way to work, baby, what did you expect?
(F)  D                    C
         Gonna burst into flame!   Go ahead!