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Burn

Deep Purple
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
 The  sky is red, I don't understand;
 past  midnight I still see the land.
 People  are sayin' the woman is damned,
 she  makes you burn with a wave of her hand.___
 The city's ablaze, the town's on fire;
 the  woman's flames are reachin' higher.
 We  were fools, we called her "liar";
 All  I hear  is "Burn!"_____________
 I didn't believe she was devil's sperm;
 she said, "Curse you all, you'll never learn!
 When I leave there's no return!"
 The people laughed till she said, "Burn!"___
 Warning came, no one cared;
 earth was shakin', we stood and stared.
 When it came no one was spared;
 Still I hear "Burn!"______________
   You know we had no time,
   we could  not even try,______
   You know  we had  no time.
 The sky is red, I don't understand;
 past midnight, I still see the land.
 People are sayin' the woman is damned;
 she makes you burn with a wave of her hand.
 Warning came, no one cared;
 earth was shakin, we stood and stared.
 When it came no one was spared.
 Still I hear "Burn!"
 "Thanks for the post...since the guitar riff was omitted, here it is
 (from memory, so no guarantee!)
e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g------5-3-0-5------3-3--0-5--0-3-------5-3-0-5----5-3-0----
d------5-3-0-5------3-3--0-5--0-3-------5-3-0-5----5-3-0-3--
a--------------------------------------------------------3--
e---3-------------3------------------3-------------------1--
 "Use pull-offs and hammer-ons....this is basically a two finger riff."
 "Sorry, but I think your riff is slightly incorrect. I think this is more
 accurate:
 (also from memory, no guarantees)"
e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-5--0-3------3-2-0-5------3-2-0----
d------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-5--0-3------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-3--
a--------------------------------------------------------3--
e---3-------------3------------------------------3------(1)-
 "Well just to give my two cents' worth, I think the riff should be played
 like this:
>e-----------------------------------------------------------
>b-----------------------------------------------------------
>g---0--3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-5----3------3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0----
>d---0--3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-5----3------3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-3--
>a--------------------------------------------------------3--
>e-----------------------------------------------------------
 "...but I know I play a whole load of Purple riffs differently to the way the
 b'stard in black does (I know he plays Space Truckin' differently to me)"

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Readable chord sheet for Burn by Deep Purple

[Gm]

T[Gm]he sky is red, I don't understand;

p[F/G]ast midnight I still see the land.

P[Gm]eople are sayin' the woman is damned,

s[C]he makes you burn with a wave of her hand._[Gm]__
The city's ablaze, the town's on fire;

t[F/G]he woman's flames are reachin' higher.

W[Gm]e were fools, we called her "liar";

A[Bb]ll I [F]hear[C] is "Burn[Gm]!"______[Eb]______[C]_     [Gm]

I didn't believe she was devil's sperm;
she said, "Curse you all, you'll never learn!
When I leave there's no return!"
The people laughed till she said, "Burn!"___
Warning came, no one cared;
earth was shakin', we stood and stared.
When it came no one was spared;
Still I hear "Burn!"______________

 [Dm]    You know we had no tim[Bb]e,

 [Am]     we coul[Bb]d not even try,______

 [Dm]     You [Bb/D]know we h[C/D]ad no t[Gm]ime.

The sky is red, I don't understand;
past midnight, I still see the land.
People are sayin' the woman is damned;
she makes you burn with a wave of her hand.
Warning came, no one cared;
earth was shakin, we stood and stared.
When it came no one was spared.
Still I hear "Burn!"

"Thanks for the post...since the guitar riff was omitted, here it is
(from memory, so no guarantee!)

e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g------5-3-0-5------3-3--0-5--0-3-------5-3-0-5----5-3-0----
d------5-3-0-5------3-3--0-5--0-3-------5-3-0-5----5-3-0-3--
a--------------------------------------------------------3--
e---3-------------3------------------3-------------------1--

"Use pull-offs and hammer-ons....this is basically a two finger riff."

"Sorry, but I think your riff is slightly incorrect. I think this is more
accurate:
(also from memory, no guarantees)"

e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-5--0-3------3-2-0-5------3-2-0----
d------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-5--0-3------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-3--
a--------------------------------------------------------3--
e---3-------------3------------------------------3------(1)-

"Well just to give my two cents' worth, I think the riff should be played
like this:

>e-----------------------------------------------------------
>b-----------------------------------------------------------
>g---0--3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-5----3------3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0----
>d---0--3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-5----3------3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-3--
>a--------------------------------------------------------3--
>e-----------------------------------------------------------

"...but I know I play a whole load of Purple riffs differently to the way the
b'stard in black does (I know he plays Space Truckin' differently to me)"

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