Biography:
David Byrne (Dumbarton, Scotland, May 14, 1952) was a founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, and non-fiction. He has received Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe awards and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
David Byrne was born in Dumbarton, Scotland.
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Other songs:
- Glass, Concrete And Stone
- One Fine Day
- Toe Jam
- Astronaut
- Burning Down The House
- Burnt By The Sun
- Dirty Old Town
- Everybodys Coming To My House
- Everyones In Love With You
- Finite Alright
- Gasoline And Dirty Sheets
- Girls On My Mind
- God Draws Straight
- Home
- Life Is Long
- Like Humans Do
- Miss America
- My Big Nurse
- My Love Is You
- Outside Of Space And Time
- Pirates
- Strange Overtones
- The Forest Awakes
- The Gates Of Paradise
- The Great Intoxication
- This Is That
- Who
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Song: Burning down the house (Live)
Artists: David Byrne & St. Vincent
Composers: David Byrne, Chris Frantz,
Jerry Harrison & Tina Weymouth
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
17th Mar 2014
This is based on a live performance with St.Vincent, where David
sings it a whole tone lower than his original Talking Heads
versions.
Video of the live performance at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GOhipwlWRM
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 C = 332010 E7 = 022130 (F) = 133211
In this live performance David doesn't play the F to D chord
changes which are used on the original 'Talking Heads' versions.
I think it sounds better with it, but I've put it in brackets,
so it's your choice. As is whether you repeat Verse 3 again
as the last verse, or use the Verse 7 from the album version.
*******************************************************************
(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!
Artists: David Byrne & St. Vincent
Composers: David Byrne, Chris Frantz,
Jerry Harrison & Tina Weymouth
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
17th Mar 2014
This is based on a live performance with St.Vincent, where David
sings it a whole tone lower than his original Talking Heads
versions.
Video of the live performance at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GOhipwlWRM
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 C = 332010 E7 = 022130 (F) = 133211
In this live performance David doesn't play the F to D chord
changes which are used on the original 'Talking Heads' versions.
I think it sounds better with it, but I've put it in brackets,
so it's your choice. As is whether you repeat Verse 3 again
as the last verse, or use the Verse 7 from the album version.
*******************************************************************
(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!
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