heliocentric@breathe.com
3rd December 2000, 3.03pm
Shaun Hand, 16, Birmingham.
BURN IT DOWN
(Rowland)
From 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels', (Parlophone, 1980)
Tune guitar down 1/2 tone
(you could put a capo at the first fret or play in standard but
the strings sound slightly looser to me)
E > Eb
A > Ab
D > Db
G > Gb
B > Bb
E > Eb
Chords used:
Eb: 022100 F: 244322
Db: xx0232 F7: 242322
Cm: x46654 Bbm: x2443x
Bb: x2444x
Ab: x02220
EbEbDbBb
I'll only ask you once more
EbDbBb
You only want to believe
EbAbBbF
This man is looking for someone to hold his hand.
EbAbBbF
He doesn't quite fully understand the meaning.
Eb
Never heard about Oscar Wilde,
Ab
Never talked about Brendan Behan,
Bb
Never think about Sean O'Casey,
F7
Don't care about George Bernard Shaw
Eb
Don't care about Samuel Beckett,
Ab
Won't talk about Eugene O'Neil,
BbF7
Edna O'Brien and Lawrence Stern.
Huh!
BbmF
Shut it - you don't understand it,
BbmF
Shut it - that's not the way I planned it,
BbmFBb
Shut it - shut your mouth til you know the truth
EbEbDbBb
I'll only ask you once more
EbDbBb
It must be so hard to see
EbAbBbF
This man is waiting for someone to hold him down
EbAbBbF
He don't quite ever understand the meaning
BbmF
Shut it - you don't understand it,
BbmF
Shut it - that's not the way I planned it,
BbmFBb
Shut it - shut your fucking mouth til you know the truth
Bb (horns only)
CmAbEbCmAbFb
(instrumental)
Eb
Won't think about Oscar Wilde,
Ab
Don't know about Brendan Behan,
Bb
Can't think about Sean O'Casey,
F7
Woooaaaaaaaaaaaah George Bernard Shaw,
Eb
Can't talk about Samuel Beckett,
Ab
Doesn't talk about Eugene O'Neil,
Bb
Won't think about Edna O'Brien
F7
Can't think about Lawrence Stern.
EbAbBbF7
Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, Sean O'Casey, George Bernard Shaw,
EbAbBbF7
Samuel Beckett, Eugene O'Neil, Edna O'Brien and Lawrence Stern.
(repeat and fade)