[D-thingy]
E|-2-2--0-2--3-2--0-2--|
B|-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

D               A
don't stand so close to me
D                  A
don't be another tragedy
     Bm                                  G
I've burned everybody who had a hand to lend
  A                   D
a man burning at both ends
D               A
no one put me in this hell
D                  A
I lit a fire underneath myself
        Bm                                     G
now I'm blazing the same old trail back to you again
  A                   D
a man burning at both ends

G
a dangerous thing to know about
Bm
no painless way to put me out
Em
you either make a bed that's cold
A
or you're walking barefoot over coals

D              A
I regret the things I've done
D                 A
bitter words and fiery tongues
     Bm                                        G
and letters burned to smoke and then turned to wind
  A                   D
a man burning at both ends

G
a dangerous thing to know about
Bm
no painless way to put me out
Em
you either make a bed that's cold
A
or you're walking barefoot over coals
G
we ran barefoot through the reeds
Bm
wetted down and with the need
Em
the tide though high and getting higher
A
could not put out the man on fire

D                    A
look look look look look down your street for me
D                    A
look look look look look up your the window please
       Bm                                    G
you'll see a light where before no light had been
  A                   D
a man burning at both ends