Artist: Peter Gabriel & Afro Celt Sound System
Song: Burn you up, burn you down
Tabbed by: DJ
7th Aug 2013
Tuning: Standard
Bm = x24432 Em = 022000
Bm/A = x04432 Em/G = 322000
Em7 = x22030 Em/A = x02000
A = x02220 Em/B = x22000
G = 320033 Em7/D = xx0000
G/A = x00033 Em6/C# = x42000
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Bm (Bm/A) Bm (Bm/A)
e|—–2—2-2–2-2—–|—–2—2-2–2-2—–| (Repeat)
B|—–3—3-3–3-3—–|—–3—3-3–3-3—–|
G|—–4—4-4–4-4—–|—–4—4-4–4-4—–|
D|—–4—————-|—–4—————-|
A|–0-h2————-0–|–0-h2————-0–|
E|———————-|———————-|
Em7 Bm Em7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bm (Bm/A) Bm (Bm/A)
e|—–2—2-2–2-2—–|—–2—2-2–2-2—–|
B|—–3—3-3–3-3—–|—–3—3-3–3-3—–|
G|—–4—4-4–4-4—–|—–4—4-4–4-4—–|
D|—–4—————-|—–4—————-|
A|–0-h2————-0–|–0-h2————-0–|
E|———————-|———————-|
Bm Bm/A
Straight as an arrow,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
You carry your intentions to the wind, | / / / / |
Bm Bm/A
Dogs all around you,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
But you cannot get the message to your friend, | / / / / |
A G Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
At every rendez – vous you keep on walking a – round, | / / / / |
A
Night-time in the city,
G (G/A) Bm Bm/A
And the rain keeps fall – ing down——,
(Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm
It doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use!
Bm/A
Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
It doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use—–!)
Pilgrim knows the road to go,
Bm Bm/A
How many times we told you so—–?
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I’ll burn you down! Burn you up & I’ll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A
No rhyme or reason,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
No way to make it easy ’til it’s done——–,
(Burn you up, & I’ll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, and I’ll burn you down!)
A G Bm Bm/A
So you cross onto the other side of the street—-,
(Burn you up & I’ll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A A
(Burn you up & I’ll burn you down!) You should know better,
G (G/A) Bm Bm/A
But you keep turning up the heat—–!
(Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm
It doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use!
Bm Bm/A
Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Em Em/G Em/A Em/B
It doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use—–!)
Oh – oh, ho – ha!
Em Em/G Em/A Em/B
(Hey – hey, hey – hey!)
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
Make me feel this! (Hey – hey, hey – hey!)
Em Em/G Em/A Em/B Em Em/G Em/A Em/B
Hey – ey, hey – hey! (Hey – hey, hey – hey!)
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
Make me feel it! (Ho – ho, ho – ho!)
Em Em7/D Em6/C#
When they lose you, it can bruise you,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I’ll burn you down, burn you up, & I’ll burn you down!)
Em Em7/D Em6/C#
Break me open, I need someone to see me,
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I’ll burn you down, burn you up, & I’ll burn you down!)
Em Em7/D Em6/C# Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A
Make me feel it, make me feel! | / / / / | / / / / |
A G Bm Bm/A
In the city, and the rain is falling down——,
(Burn you up, & I’ll burn you down!)
Bm Bm/A
(Burn you up, & I’ll burn you down!)
A G
You can make it happen… with your eyes,
Bm Bm/A
With your eyes a – lone——–!
(Let me tell you how it all works out,
Bm Bm/A Bm
I never thought we had so much time to lose,
Bm/A
Just learning how to twist and shout,
Bm Bm/A Bm
It doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use!)
Break——-…
Bm Bm/A
…me———— o—-pen
(Let me tell you how it all works out!)
Bm Bm/A Bm
(Never thought we had so much time to lose)
Bm Bm/A
Make——— me———- feel— it
(Just learning how to twist and shout!)
Bm Bm/A
Break——– me———— o—-pen
(Let me tell you how it all works out!)
Bm Bm/A Bm
(Never thought we had so much time to lose)
Bm Bm/A Bm
Make——— me———- feel— it!
(Just learning how to twist and shout!)
Bm Bm/A Bm Bm/A Bm
(Never thought we had so much time to lose!) | / / / / | / ||