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Burned Is The House

Alkaline Trio
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Into repeat
Asus4
e|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--------|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0---
B|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---3--------|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-3---
G|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--------|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2---
D|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--------|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2---
A|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--------|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0---
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------
e|-0-0-0-0--0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0---|
B|-3-3-3-3--3---3--3-3-5---5--5-5-0---0--0-0-3---3--3-3---|
G|-2-2-2-2--2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2--.|
D|-2-2-2-2--0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0--.|
A|-0-0-0-0--0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 It's like we both  have just arrived here
 Like we've just stepped off a
 plane in a new town
 and the sun was out.
 I was talking,  you would point your ear at me
 like I was making some sweet sound
 you said, "make it loud"
 But we can never  come back here again
 we can only  hope... to forget.
 Walked through a cemetery  archway
 into a wood that hung so happily alone
 but the words were all wrong.
 You traded all  my ill affections
 for directions to a party across town.
 You bring the house down.
 But we can never  go back there again
 we can only  hope.
 So...
Burned  is the house.
Gone  is the street.
Here  is the same disappointing  retreat.
 And I need  it like hell if I'd lie  to myself
 to think  I could live that life over  again.
 Where the cuts  were like guilt
 and the taste  for your eyes
 I say, "we're  up when I
 couldn't just  say goodnight"
 If you cry  me a river  you can  baptize me in
 I say, "I  guess that's it,  now I've
fucking  seen everything"
Woah's
 You were the first  real choice I would make,
 but we all  make mistakes, so...
 (Like the beginning)
 Jumped overboard because the
 water’s always greener
 when the sun shines on the sea
 Would you drown for me?
 It's just as deep as you can make it
 you tread water when you could
 stand on your knees
 but don't pray to me.
 Cause when the lamp ray's taken all it can
 it will keep you dead.
 But but,
 Burned is the house.
 Gone is the street.
 Here is the same disappointing retreat.
 And I need it like hell if I'd lie to myself
 to think I could live that life over again.
 Where the cuts were like guilt
 and the taste for your eyes
 I say, "we're up when I
 couldn't just say goodnight"
 If you cry me a river you can baptize me in
 I say, "I guess that's it, yeah,
 I've fucking seen everything now"
Woah's
 You were the first real choice I would make,
 You were the only one that I would take
 Now you'll take til I go.
 You were the first real choice I would make,
 but we all make mistakes, so...
Chords
D
e|-0-----0------0-----2------0----2----2----2---------------------------|
B|-2-----3------3-----2------0----3----2----3---------------------------|
G|-2-----2------2-----2------2----4----2----2---------------------------|
D|-2-----2------0-----0------2----4----2----0---------------------------|
A|-0-----0------0-----0------2----2----4----0---------------------------|
E|---------------------------0---------2--------------------------------|

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Readable chord sheet for Burned Is The House by Alkaline Trio

Into                                    repeat
       [A]                                                [Asus4]
e|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--------|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0---
B|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---3--------|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-3---
G|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--------|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2---
D|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--------|-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2--2--2-2-2---
A|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--------|-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0---
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------

e|-0-0-0-0--0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0---|
B|-3-3-3-3--3---3--3-3-5---5--5-5-0---0--0-0-3---3--3-3---|
G|-2-2-2-2--2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---2--2-2--.|
D|-2-2-2-2--0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0--.|
A|-0-0-0-0--0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0---0--0-0---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

It's like we [A]both have just arrived here

Like we've just stepped off a
plane in a new [Dmaj7]town
and the sun was [Esus4]out.
I was [A]talking, you would point your ear at me
like I was making some sweet [Dmaj7]sound
you said, "make it [Esus4]loud"
But we can [Bm]never come back here again
we can [Dsus2]only hope... to for[A]get.[Asus4]
Walked through a [A]cemetery archway
into a wood that hung so happily [Dmaj7]alone
but the words were all [Esus4]wrong.
You traded [A]all my ill affections
for directions to a party across [Dmaj7]town.

You bring the house [Esus4]down.
But we can [Bm]never go back there again
we can [Dsus2]only hope.

So...
[A]Burned is the house.
[Dsus2]Gone is the street.
[F#m7]Here is the same disa[E]ppointing retreat.
And I [A]need it like hell if I'd [Dsus2]lie to myself
to [F#m7]think I could live that life [E]over again.
Where the [A]cuts were like guilt
and the [Dsus2]taste for your eyes
I say, "[F#m7]we're up when I
couldn't [E]just say goodnight"
If you [F#m7]cry me a [A]river you [D]can baptize me in
I say, "[F#m7]I guess that's i[A]t, now I've
[D]fucking seen [E]everything"

[A]Woah's       [Dsus2]
You were the [A]first real choice I would [F#m7]make,
but we [E]all make mist[Dsus2]akes,  [E]so...

(Like the beginning)
Jumped overboard because the
water’s always greener
when the sun shines on the sea
Would you drown for me?
It's just as deep as you can make it
you tread water when you could
stand on your knees
but don't pray to me.
Cause when the lamp ray's taken all it can
it will keep you dead.

But but,

Burned is the house.
Gone is the street.
Here is the same disappointing retreat.
And I need it like hell if I'd lie to myself
to think I could live that life over again.
Where the cuts were like guilt
and the taste for your eyes
I say, "we're up when I
couldn't just say goodnight"
If you cry me a river you can baptize me in
I say, "I guess that's it, yeah,
I've fucking seen everything now"

[A]         [F#m7]    [E]    [Dsus4]
[A]         [F#m7]    [E]    [Dsus4]
[A]Woah's [D]

You were the first real choice I would make,
You were the only one that I would take
Now you'll take til I go.

You were the first real choice I would make,
but we all make mistakes, so...

Chords
   [A]   [Asus4]  [Dsus2]  [Dmaj7] [Esus4] [Bm]  [F#m7]   [D]
e|-0-----0------0-----2------0----2----2----2---------------------------|
B|-2-----3------3-----2------0----3----2----3---------------------------|
G|-2-----2------2-----2------2----4----2----2---------------------------|
D|-2-----2------0-----0------2----4----2----0---------------------------|
A|-0-----0------0-----0------2----2----4----0---------------------------|
E|---------------------------0---------2--------------------------------|

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