Burn Down The Mission

burn down the mission year : 1971 album : tumbleweed connection writers : elton john bernie taupin ( G Em7 bbc G Em7 bbc ) * G Em bbc you tell me there’s an angel in your tree D# gd ac# Dsus4 did he say he’d come to call on me G Em7sus4 bbc for things are getting desperate in our home C#dim7 gd D C F# Am7 living in the parish of the restless folks i know G F C G G G A B D E everybody now bring your family down to the riverside F C G G A B D look to the east to see where the fat stock hide F# C G G A C D behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps G c6g bbc it’s time we put the flame torch to their keep bbc C# G# burn down the mission F# if we’re gonna stay alive C# G# watch the black smoke fly to heaven F# see the red flame light the sky ebbb A# burn down the mission G# burn it down to stay alive ebbb A# it’s our only chance of living G# C# bbc take all you need to live inside [ F ebbb bbf F ( repeat 3x ) F D# bbd fc A# fa ebg F D# bbd fc A# fa ebg G F ce gd C F# C G F ce gd C F# C ] * * bbc dbab A#m A#m6 fc fa bbc A# oh______________________! ( G Em7 bbc G Em7 bbc ) * G Em bbc deep in the woods the squirrels are out today D# gd ac# Dsus4 my wife cried when they came to take me away G Em7sus4 bbc but what more could i do just to keep her warm C#dim7 gd D C F# Am7 G than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls ( Chorus ) F D# bbd fc A# fa ebg F D# bbd fc A# fa ebg G F ce gd C F# C G F ce gd C F# C ] * * ( gc fc C G ) * * ( repeat , fade ) * first time through : lower case letters are played as octaves , upper case letters as chords : G G A D D E A# A# A# A# G Em C C C C C