Jan222023

Billy Burke – Burn Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
   A

[Verse]
 D   G
Home
        D            G
It's a fragile place
        D
It's a million pound
    G
 gorilla
      D        G
In a tiny space

       D
And I know
G                    D      G
I ain't been around too much
   D
I know it's hard for
  G
 everyone
    A           A
To keep in touch

 Bm               G
Someone throws a match
       D     D A
 on a memory
        G
There's only one or
                  A
two ways it can turn

[Chorus]
                   D  A
It's either gonna burn
               Bm
Or it's gonna fade away
     A         D
And find that place
      G               Gm
Where no one gets to save
            D  A A D A
 the day again
   D        A            Bm   D
I know not everything is A OK

            G         Gm
That if it fades away
            D   G  D  G
It's gonna burn

[Verse]
 D   G
Blow
        D           G
Like a winded flame
          D
With the wet stuff on
      G
 the red stuff
        D       G  D
And go your way

      G             D         G
Boooooone dry and  blisteresd
         D
Doesn't matter if
      G
she misses you
 A                   A
You're gonna miss her

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 Bm          G
Even when together
       D    D A
 we're lonely
     G
But lonely's catching
             A
 up with me here

[Chorus]
                   D  A
It's either gonna burn
               Bm
Or it's gonna fade away
 A
Find that place
      G
Where no one gets to
  Gm             D A  A D A
 save the day again

   D        A
I know not everything
  Bm                   D
seems the same as it was
           G        Gm
But if it fades away
            Bm  A D  G  G  Bm
It's gonna buuuurn, mmm
       A     G  Gm
Burn, burn, burn

[Break]
D
No
         G
I can't save this place
       D
These embers all around us
     A
Are waiting to blow up
        G    G Gm
In our faces

[Chorus]
               D   A
So It's gonna burn
               Bm
Or it's gonna fade away
 A
Find that place
      G
Where no one gets to
  Gm             D  A A D A
save the day again

     D       A     D
And now not everything
   Bm            D
 burns the same
               G         Gm
When this one fades away
            D  G  D  G
It's gonna burn


[Outro]
 D  G
Home
 A                 D   G
Nothing takes its place
 D
Everything but you and
        A
 Gm    D
So why won't it let us burn

How to play Burn: key, chords and progression

These are Burn chords by Billy Burke on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Burn by Billy Burke is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 5 chords: A, D, G, Bm and Gm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – D – A – Bm (V – I – V – vi in D major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes E, A, D, F#m, Dm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Burn chords: questions

What key is Burn in?

Burn by Billy Burke is in the key of D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Burn?

Burn uses 5 chords: A, D, G, Bm, Gm.

What is the chord progression of Burn?

The main progression is A – D – A – Bm (V – I – V – vi).

Is Burn easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes E, A, D, F#m, Dm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 60% without a capo).

How to play Burn: key, chords and progression

Chord diagrams

Burn chords: questions

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