Burning Down the House Tom Jones and The Cardigans 4-TRACKS CD 1999 Originally written and recorded by Talking Heads in 1983 INTRO F# E F# E Fighting fire with fire F# E Watch out you might get what you're after F# E Cool babies strange but not a stranger F# E F# I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy Ab E Burning down the house F# E Hold tight wait till the party's over F# E Hold tight we're in for nasty weather F# E F# There has got to be a way Ab E Burning down the house F# E Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard F# E The transportation is here F# E Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E All wet hey you might need a raincoat F# E Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight F# E F# Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees Ab E Burning down the house F# E It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself F# E Gonna come in first place F# E People on their way to work baby what did you except F# E Gonna burst into flame F# E Fighting fire with fire F# E Fighting fire with fire Ab E Burning down the house F# E My house out of the ordinary F# E That's right Don't want to hurt nobody F# E F# Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Ab E Burning down the house F# E Watch out you might get what you're after F# E Cool babies strange but not a stranger F# E F# I'm an ord-in-ar-y guy Ab E Burning down the house BRIDGE F# E Three hundred sixty - five degrees Ab E Burning down the house F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E Gonna burst into flame F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E Fightin' fire with fire F# E F# Gonna burst into flame Ab E F# Burning down the house Ab E Burning down the house F# E No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet F# E Everything's stuck together F# E I don't know what you expect staring into your TV set F# E F# Fightin' fire with fire Ab E F# Burning down the house Ab E F# Burning down the house
