BURN DOWN THE MISSION

Year:  1971
Album:  TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

(G  Em7  Bb\C   G  Em7  Bb\C)*


    G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)    Bb\C
You tell me there's an angel in your tree

Eb (x43121@3)G\D	        A\C#  Dsus4Did (xx0233@1)he say he'd come to call on me

G (320003@1)	Em7sus4         Bb\C
For things are getting desperate in our home

	      C#dim7	    G\D	     D (xx0232@1)    CG\B (x32010@1)Am7Living (x02010@1)in the parish of the restless folks I know


G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)	 C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1) GG AB  De
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside

F (133211@1)	  C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)  GA B (x2444x@1)DLook (xx0232@1)to the east to see where the fat stock hide

  G\B		     C (x32010@1) 	G (320003@1)    GA C (x32010@1)DBehind (xx0232@1)four walls of stone the rich man sleeps

     G (320003@1)     C6\G		  Bb\C
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Bb\C


Db (x43121@1)     AbBurn (xx1114@1)down the mission

GbIf (244322@1)we're gonna stay alive

Db (x43121@1)      AbWatch (xx1114@1)the black smoke fly to heaven

	GbSee (244322@1)the red flame light the sky


Eb\Bb	      BbBurn (x1333x@1)down the mission

	AbBurn (xx1114@1)it down to stay alive

	 Eb\Bb		BbIt's (x1333x@1)our only chance of living

	     Ab (xx1114@1)    Db (x43121@1) Bb\C
Take all you need to live inside

[F  Eb\Bb  Bb\F  F
(REPEAT 3x)

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

G (320003@1)FC\e (133211@1) G\D  C (x32010@1)G\B C (x32010@1)G  F C\e  G\D  C  G\B C]**


Bb\C  Db\Ab  Bbm Bbm6  F\C  F\A  Bb\C  Bb
      Oh______________________!

(G  Em7  Bb\C   G (320003@1)Em7  Bb\C)*  


	    G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)  Bb\C
Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today

Eb (x43121@3)	G\D  		 A\C#  Dsus4My (xx0233@1)wife cried when they came to take me away

G (320003@1)      Em7sus4             Bb\C
But what more could I do just to keep her warm

     C#dim7		 G\D	  D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)  G\B Am7G
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

(CHORUS)

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

G (320003@1)FC\e (133211@1) G\D  C (x32010@1)G\B C (x32010@1)G  F C\e  G\D  C  G\B C]**


(G\C  F\C C  G)**
(REPEAT, FADE)


*FIRST TIME THROUGH:
Lower case letters are played as octaves, upper case letters as chords:

G (320003@1)GA D (xx0232@1)De Bb (x1333x@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)BbG      Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1) CC   C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)