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Burn Down The Mission Chords

Music by: Elton John · 1970
Genre Rock Tone G major BPM 60 Views 476
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[Intro 1]
[G][Em][C]
[G][Em][C]

[Verse 1]
You [G]tell me there's an [Em]angel in your [C]tree
[Eb]Did he say he'd come[G]
to call [A]on [C]me
[G]For things are getting des[Em]perate
in our [C]home
Living in the [A]parish of the [G]restless [D]folks I
[C]know, [G]eve[Am]rybod[G]y now

[Pre-chorus 1]
[F]Bring your family dow[C]n
to the river[G]side
[F]Look to the east to [C]see
where the fat stock [G]hide
Behind four walls of [C]stone
the rich [G]man sleeps
It's time we put the [C]flame torch
to their [Bb]keep

[Chorus 1]
[Db]Burn down the miss[Ab]ion
[Gb]If we're gonna stay alive
[Db]Watch the black smoke fly [Ab]to heaven
See the [Gb]red flame light the sky
[Eb]Burn down the miss[Bb]ion
Burn it [Ab]down to stay alive
It's our [Eb]only chance of [Bb]living
Take all you [Ab]need to live in[Db]side[C]

[Bridge 1]
[F][Eb][Bb]
[F][Eb][Bb]
[F][Eb][Bb]
[F]
[Eb][Bb][F][Bb][F][Bb]
[F]
[Eb][Bb][F][Bb][F][Bb]
[G]
[F][C][G][C][G][C]
[G]
[F][C][G][C][G][C]
[Bb]
[Db]Ah a[Eb]h ah[F]
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][C]
[G][Em][C]

[Verse 2]
Deep in the [G]woods
the [Em]squirrels are out to[C]day
[Eb]My wife cried when they [G]came
to take me [A]away[C]
[G]But what more could I do[Em]
just to keep her [C]warm
Than [A]burn burn burn burn [G]down the [D]mission
[C]walls, [G]now[Am] eve[G]rybody

[Pre-chorus 2]
[F]Bring your family dow[C]n
to the river[G]side
[F]Look to the east to [C]see
where the fat stock [G]hide
Behind four walls of [C]stone
the rich man [G]sleeps
It's time we put the [C]flame torch
to their [Bb]keep

[Chorus 2]
[Db]Burn down the miss[Ab]ion Lord
[Gb]If we're gonna stay alive
[Db]Watch the black smoke fly [Ab]to heaven
See the [Gb]red flame light the sky
[Eb]Burn down the miss[Bb]ion Lord
[Ab]If we're gonna stay alive
It's our [Eb]only chance of [Bb]living
Take all you [Ab]need to live in[Db]side[C]

[Bridge 2]
[F][Eb][Bb]
[F][Eb][Bb]
[F][Eb][Bb]
[F]
[Eb][Bb][F][Bb][F][Bb]
[F]
[Eb][Bb][F][Bb][F][Bb]
[G]
[F][C][G][C][G][C]
[G]
[F][C][G][C][G][C]

[Outro 1]
[G][F][C]
[G][F][C]
[Repeat and fade]
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