(Intro - Riff x4) E|----------------------|----------------------| B|----------------------|----------------------| G|----------------------|----------------------| D|----------------------|----------------------| A|--0-0--3-3--5-5--0-0--|--0-0--3-3--5-5--0-0--| E|----------------------|----------------------| E|----------------------|----------------------| B|----------------------|----------------------| G|----------------------|----------------------| D|----------------------|------------5-3-------| A|--0-0--3-3--5-5--0-0--|--0-0--3-3-------5-3--| E|----------------------|----------------------| [Verse 1] D D C Ah------, watch out, you might get what you're after, D D C Cool babies, strange, but not a stranger, D D C D E7 C I'm an... ordinary guy, burning down the house! [Verse 2] D D C Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over, D D C Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather, D D C D E7 C There has ...got to be a way, burning down the house! [Verse 3] D C Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard, (F) D C Transportation is here, (F) D C Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are, (F) D C (F) Fighting fire with fire! Huh! [Verse 4] D D C All wet, hey, you might need a raincoat, D D C Shake - down, dreams walking in broad daylight, D D C D Three hundred ...sixty five de - grees, E7 C Burning down the house! [Verse 5] D C No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothing yet, (F) D C Everything's stuck to - gether, (F) D C I don't know what you expect star - ing into that TV set, (F) D C Fighting fire with fire! Well, go ahead! [Break 1] D D C D D C | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D D C D E7 C | / / / / | / / / / | Burning down the house! [Verse 6] D D C My house, it's out of the ordinary, D D C That's right, don't want to hurt nobody, D D C D Some things sure can ...sweep me off my feet, E7 C Burning down the house! [* Verse 7] D C Here's your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumping overboard, (F) D C Transportation is here, (F) D C Close enough, but not too far, baby, you know where you are, (F) D C (F) Fighting fire with fire! Huh! [Break 2] D D C D D C | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D D C D E7 C | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [Coda] D D C (F) D D C (F) ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D D C (F) D E7 C | / / / / | / / / / | Burning down the house! :||[x3] ================================================================= * This is the missing verse that David probably meant to sing, instead of repeating Verse 2... [Verse 7] D C It was once upon a place, some - times I listen to myself, (F) D C Gonna come in first place, (F) D C People on their way to work, baby, what did you expect? (F) D C Gonna burst into flame! Go ahead!