Key: E5 , A5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe




Intro: C#5 - D5 - F#5 - D- x2


Verse 1:
C#5             E5      A5   B5
5-4-3-2-1 lets start a fire
C#5
Burn this town from inside out
E5   A5
Til no one's left alive
    B5         C#5      E5
And you can't feel the rhythm of
      A5                 B5    C#5
your steps when you hit the street
   E5         A5        B5    C#5 E5 A5
Sixteen's so far away from here
B5           C#5      E5      A5
when you're counting every step


Chorus:
C#5                          A5
5-4-3-2 what are you waiting for?
    F#5
The train is catching up
        D5
keep on running don't look back
          C#5
Cause its 10-(b9)8-7 everybody's
          D5
coming to burn this city
               F#5
burn this city down tonight
         D5
Leave it all behind


Verse 2:
C#5
All his life he lived
        E5    A5
in this same house
B5 C#5
  Same white fence surrounding 
E5      A5
him he swore he would get out
    B5  C#5             E5
But he can't cause his foot 
    A5                    B5   C#5
got caught in between in the rails
            E5            A5       B5
And all his friends were up ahead
C#5 E5          A5           B5
    They can't hear him yelling
C#5    E5         A5
yelling for some help
    B5    C#5      E5
And it's much too late 
   A5           B5   C#5 E5 A5
to call the doctor now
B5    C#5     E5
This town is full of 
A5          B5     C#5      E5     A5
sympathies we're drowning in it all


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:
C#5 D5
    Burn the city! Burn the City!
C#5 D5
    Burn the city! Burn the City!
C#5 D5
    Burn the city! Burn the City!
C#5 D5
    Burn the city! Burn the City!


sings in backup vocals:
Is that the sound of the gate 
coming down no flashing
lights no warning
5-4-3-2-1
(Repeat)


Breakdown: C#m(hold)


Outro:
C#5 D5 F#5
      When we press our ears to
              D5
the ground we feel the shake
C#5 D5          F#5
     Can't get up to put the 
D5
petals in their place
C#5 D5 F#5                          F#5
      5-4-3-2 What are you waiting for?
D5                               C#m(hold)
Burn this city burn this city tonight