BURN DOWN THE MISSION
Year: 1971
Album: TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
(G Em7 Bb\C G Em7 Bb\C)*
G Em Bb\C
You tell me there's an angel in your tree
Eb G\D A\C# Dsus4
Did he say he'd come to call on me
G Em7sus4 Bb\C
For things are getting desperate in our home
C#dim7 G\D D C G\B Am7
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know
G F C G G G A B D E
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside
F C G G A B D
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide
G\B C G G A C D
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps
G C6\G Bb\C
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep
Bb\C
Db Ab
Burn down the mission
Gb
If we're gonna stay alive
Db Ab
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven
Gb
See the red flame light the sky
Eb\Bb Bb
Burn down the mission
Ab
Burn it down to stay alive
Eb\Bb Bb
It's our only chance of living
Ab Db Bb\C
Take all you need to live inside
[F Eb\Bb Bb\F F
(REPEAT 3x)
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
G F C\E G\D C G\B C
G F C\E G\D C G\B C]**
Bb\C Db\Ab Bbm Bbm6 F\C F\A Bb\C Bb
Oh______________________!
(G Em7 Bb\C G Em7 Bb\C)*
G Em Bb\C
Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today
Eb G\D A\C# Dsus4
My wife cried when they came to take me away
G Em7sus4 Bb\C
But what more could I do just to keep her warm
C#dim7 G\D D C G\B Am7 G
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls
(CHORUS)
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
F Eb Bb\D F\C Bb F\A Eb\G
G F C\E G\D C G\B C
G F C\E G\D C G\B C]**
(G\C F\C C G)**
(REPEAT, FADE)
*FIRST TIME THROUGH:
Lower case letters are played as octaves, upper case letters as chords:
G G A D D E Bb Bb Bb Bb
G Em C C C C C
