• Song:

    Burn Your Name

  • Artist:

    Powderfinger

  • Album:

    Burn Your Name

Powderfinger - Burn Your Name

Tuning - EADGBe (Standard)

Tabbed by: Hamish M

I am pretty sure this is 100% correct 

Intro & Verse/Pre Chorus (Darren): 

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----8----5-----5-------6-----8----6-----6--|
G|--5-----5----------5-------7-----7----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--5------------------|
B|-----8--6--5---------|
G|--------------5-5-5--|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Intro (Ian):

Ian mucks around with the riff in the intro and verse in live version

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5h7p5-7-7-7h9p7-9-9-9h10p9-10--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Verse:
 I was stumbling right by
 Like a wreck I came to you
 So I staggered through the night
 Seeking out your rescue blues

Pre Chorus (Ian):

He mucks around with the chords (wah effect live version)
       C                    Dm
 Gonna burn your name right across the sky
      C                     F
 So I never forget what the feeling's like
       C                    Dm
 Gonna burn your name right across the sky
      C                     F
 So I never forget what the feeling's like

Pre Chorus (Darren):

Same riff as intro - 

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----8----5-----5-------6-----8----6-----6--|
G|--5-----5----------5-------7-----7----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--5------------------|
B|-----8--6--5---------|
G|--------------5-5-5--|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Chorus (Ian and Darren):
        C            G
 I want every single soul to know
        Am                    F
 That I love you for what you are
      C                    G                           Am          F
 So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart

Riff (Ian):

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5h7p5-7-7-7h9p7-9-9-9h10p9-10--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Verse (Darren):

Same riff as intro, verse 1 and pre chorus - 

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----8----5-----5-------6-----8----6-----6--|
G|--5-----5----------5-------7-----7----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--5------------------|
B|-----8--6--5---------|
G|--------------5-5-5--|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Verse (Ian):

Same as Pre Chorus:

    C             Dm        C         F
 So tomorrow will arrive
       C              Dm          C            F
 And I burst a broken light
       C                  Dm            C            F
 And a spell will hold us back
 C               Dm           C            F
 Shattering like glass

Chorus (Both guitars):

        C            G
 I want every single soul to know
        Am                    F
 That I love you for what you are
      C                    G                           Am          F
 So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart

        C            G
 I want every single soul to know
        Am                    F
 That I love you for what you are
      C                    G                           Am          F
 So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart

Bridge : 

 (Burn your name right across the sky
 So I never forget what the feeling's like) x4

After second time through Ian starts playing the riff:

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5h7p5-7-7-7h9p7-9-9-9h10p9-10--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Chorus (Both guitars):

         C            G
 I want every single soul to know
        Am                    F
 That I love you for what you are
      C                    G                           Am          F
 So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart        C            G
 

 I want every single soul to know
        Am                    F
 That I love you for what you are
      C                    G                           Am          F
 So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart

Outro (Both guitars):

       C    G    Am   F
 Gonna burn your name
       C    G    Am   F
 Gonna burn your name



Please comment corrections

Sounds really good with a light overdrive effect
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