Burning Down The House

(capo 2nd)

E D E                  D
    Fighting fire with fire!

E         D
Watch out you might get what you're 
after,
E            D
cool babies, strange but not a 
stranger.
E      D        E    D       A
I'm an ordinary guy, burning 
        E      D
down the house.

E           D
Hold tight! Wait till the party's 
over!
E           D
Hold tight! We're in for nasty 
weather.
E         D           E    D    
There has got to be a way, 
   A        E
burning down the house.

E                                 
Here's your ticket pack your bag: 
D
time for jumpin' overboard,
E                     D
the transportation is here.
E                             D
Close enough but not too far, maybe 
you know where you are,
E                  D
fightin' fire with fire.

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E        D
All wet, hey you might need a 
raincoat,
E          D
shakedown, dreams walking in broad 
daylight,
E             D            E     
three hundred sixty five degrees,
 D       A        E
 burning down the house.

E                            D
It was once upon a place sometimes I
 listen to myself,
E                   D
gonna come in first place.
E                            D
People on their way to work, baby 
what did you expect,
E                D
gonna burst into flame.
E                  D     E D
Fightin' fire with fire,
E                  D     E D    
fightin' fire with fire,   
   A        E
burning down the house.

E         D
My house, out of the ordinary
E             D
that's right, don't want to hurt 
nobody.
E                    D           
Some things sure can sweep me off
    E     D       A        E
 my feet, burning down the house.

E         D
Watch out you might get what you're 
after,
E           D
cool babies strange but not a 
stranger,
E       D        E    D       
I am an ordinary guy, burning 
A        E
down the house.

     E       D            E      
Threehundred sixty-five degrees, 
D       A        E
burning down the house.
                   D             
Fighting fire with fire (fighting 
           E
fire with fire),
                 D               
gonna burst into flames (fighting 
           E
fire with fire)
                   D             
Fighting fire with fire (fighting 
           E
fire with fire),
                 D       E         D
gonna burst into flames, my house!

   E                            D
No visible means of support and you 
have not seen nothin' yet,
E                    D
Everything's stuck together.
E                            D
I don't know what you expect staring
 into your TV set,
E                  D     E      
fighting fire with fire, burning
          D
 down the house.