Biography:
XTC were a rock band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky new wave/punk riffs to lushly-arranged progressive pop. They also drew heavily from vintage pop rock and psychedelia from the 1960s, genres which they began to explore more deeply after creating The Dukes of Stratosphear side-project. While XTC failed to maintain significant commercial success after the 1980s
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[1st verse]
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
In the main square, and I saw there
Am D7
The fire eating the text
G
Books are burning
D
In the still air
E
And you know where they burn books
Am D7
People are next
[1st Chorus]
Em A F G/F
I believe the printed word should be forgiven
Em A F G
Doesn't matter what it said
Em A F G/F
Wisdom hotline from the dead back to the living
Bb F C D
Key to the larder for your heart and head
[2nd Verse]
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
In our own town, watch us turn 'round
Am D7
And cast our glances elsewhere
G
Books are burning
D
In the playground
Em Am D7
Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair
[2nd Chorus]
Em A F G/F
I believe the printed word is more than sacred
Em A F G
Beyond the gauge of good or bad
Em A F G
The human right to let your soul fly free and naked
Bb F C D
Above the violence of the fearful and sad
[Bridge]
E G
The church of matches
Bb F7 D7
Anoints in ignorance with gasoline
E G
The church of matches
Bb F7 Dsus4
Grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams
D7
It's quite obscene
[3rd Verse]
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
More each day now, and I pray now
Am D7
You boys will tire of these games
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
I hope somehow, this will allow
Am D7
A phoenix up from the flames
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
In the main square, and I saw there
Am D7
The fire eating the text
G
Books are burning
D
In the still air
E
And you know where they burn books
Am D7
People are next
[1st Chorus]
Em A F G/F
I believe the printed word should be forgiven
Em A F G
Doesn't matter what it said
Em A F G/F
Wisdom hotline from the dead back to the living
Bb F C D
Key to the larder for your heart and head
[2nd Verse]
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
In our own town, watch us turn 'round
Am D7
And cast our glances elsewhere
G
Books are burning
D
In the playground
Em Am D7
Smell of burnt book is not unlike human hair
[2nd Chorus]
Em A F G/F
I believe the printed word is more than sacred
Em A F G
Beyond the gauge of good or bad
Em A F G
The human right to let your soul fly free and naked
Bb F C D
Above the violence of the fearful and sad
[Bridge]
E G
The church of matches
Bb F7 D7
Anoints in ignorance with gasoline
E G
The church of matches
Bb F7 Dsus4
Grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams
D7
It's quite obscene
[3rd Verse]
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
More each day now, and I pray now
Am D7
You boys will tire of these games
G
Books are burning
D E/G#
I hope somehow, this will allow
Am D7
A phoenix up from the flames
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