Burn Down The House

Intro: Cm G x2

Verse 1:
Cm                      G
Gather around with your hammers and 
hatchets.
Cm                              G
We’ll show these senators where the 
true power is.
F                              G
We’ll hit the streets with the fire 
in our hands.
                F                  
We’ll throw ‘em down to the ground 
              G
and beat them with their own crowns.
Cm                   G           
Burn down the house.
Cm              G


Verse 2:
Cm                                
Grab your family, grad your 
   G
friends, grab the children in the 
street.
Cm                      G
Tell ‘em we’re gonna go down where 
the devils meet.
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F                         G
We’re gonna climb up that mountain 
of gold
            F                    
Shove their faces in the dirt and 
          G
scream, “This is our world.”
    Cm                  G          
And burn down the house.
Cm           G


Solo: Cm G Cm G F G F G Cm G Cm G

Verse 3:
Cm                      
Get the fat-cats in their 
  G
well-primed mansions.
Cm                           G
Drag them out with all their hot 
shot has beens.
F                            G
Bring them here to show them how we 
survive
         F                         
With the mud and the blood and the 
G
lemons we drive.

Verse 4:
Cm                           G
Have them breathe in the air that 
they live above.
Cm                     G
Then tell them this is where we keep
 the people we love.
F                            G
This is the place we have to spend 
our lives
         F                         
With the beasties and the demons 
      G
and the monsters that reside
Cm                          G
In the place we call home.
              Cm            G
Burn down the House.