If the House Burns Down Tonight Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Ashes from the [Am]flames[C]
The truth is what re[G]mains
The truth is [Em]what [D]you save
From the [B]fire
And you [Em]fight for what [G]you [Em]love[C]
Don't matter if it [G]hurts
You find out what it's [D]worth
And you let the rest [G]burn

[Verse 2]
[G]The sun[Em]set burns like [Am]gasoline
Touch me and make sure
that [G]I'm not dreaming
[Em]I see her face and [Am]my heart skips beats
But I still [C]get the feeling [Am]that we're
half [G]asleep [C]an [G]d
There's [Em]a spark in the corner
of my [Am]baby's eye
Like a distant [C]star [Am]that won't
burn [G]quiet[C][G]
And I might [Em]not know w[Am]hat
I want from this life
But I know I want more than
the start[C]ing [G]line

[Verse 3]
So [G]give me the fire
[Em]

[Verse 4]
I [G]can hear the motor running
down the interstate
And all the distractions fade away
An[C]d if the house burns down tonight
I got everything I need with you by my side
I [G]see the smoke piling up in
the rear view mirror
Yeah but I ain't ever seen it any clearer
[C]If the house burns down tonight
I got everything I need when
I got you by my [Em]side
And let the rest [C]burn
And let [G]the rest burn
And let the rest burn
I've [Em]given

[Verse 5]
too much of my heart [Am]away
My [C]soul's holding on
like a [D]house [G]divided
Like a [Em]match it burns down
like a masquerade
[Am]And I had [C]to let it go when the fire ig ni[G]te[C]d
[G]

[Verse 6]
[Em]One heart, two h[C]ands,
your life is all you [G]hold
(your life [C]is all [G]you hold)
[Em]To hold, hold ti[C]ght and let the bitter g[G]o
Yeah let [Am]it go[Em], and give me the fire
The [G]smoke

[Verse 7]
tries choking the pacific sun
We rocket down the road like
we're shot out of guns
And if [C]the house burns down tonight
I got everything I need
with you by my side
[G]Holding you and the wheel
and it occurs to me
We're driving down the edge of eternity
And [C]if the house burns down tonight
I got everything I need when I
got you by my [Em]side
And let the rest [D]burn
And let the rest [G]burn
[C][D]

[Verse 8]
[G]
Put your hand in mine and
Put your heart in driv[C]ing
We got everything we need yeah
We got everything [D]we need [G]yeah
Left it all behind us
What we need will find [C]us

[Verse 9]
We got [C]everything we need yeah
We got everything we [D]need [Em]yeah

[Verse 10]
Can you [Em]hear that motor [D]running
Can you hear that motor [C]running
There ain't no stopping us now
There ain't no slowing [Em]us down

[Verse 11]
Can you [Em]hear that motor [D]running
Can you hear that motor [C]run,
run, run
[Em]

[Verse 12]
[D]
[G]And all those lies that
mattered most to me
Were draining me dry
making a ghost of me
And [C]if the house burns down tonight
I got everything I need, everything I need
[G]There's a fire coming that
we all will go through
You possess your possessions
or they possess you
And [C]if the house burns down tonight
I got everything I need when
I got you by my [Em]side

[Verse 13]
And let the rest [D]burn[G]

[Verse 14]
Ashes from the [C]flames,
the truth is what remain[G]s