4 Chords used in the song: Am, C, Dm, F
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Strumming pattern: du-xu-du-xu
[Verse 1]
Am
Used to keep it cool
Used to be a fool
C Dm
All about the bounce in my step
Am
Watch it on the news
Whatcha gonna do?
C Dm
I could hit refresh and forget
Am
Used to keep it cool
[Trumpet solo]
A|----0--0-3-7-7-3-0-----0-0-3-7-7-3----|
E|-0-3-3--------------0-3-3-------------| x2
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
# If you don't want to play the trumpet solo just play chords Am C Dm F #
[Verse 2]
Am
Should I keep it light?
Stay out of the fight?
C Dm
No one's gonna listen to me
Am
If I write a song
Preaching what is wrong
C Dm
Will they let me sing on TV?
Am
Should I keep it light?
[Instrumental]
A|----0--0-3-7-7-3-0-----0-0-3-7-7-3----|
E|-0-3-3--------------0-3-3-------------| x2
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
Is that right?
[Chorus]
Am
Way up way up we go
C
Been up and down that road
Dm
Way up way up, oh no
F
We gon burn the whole house down
Am
Watch me stand in the line
C
You're only serving lies
Dm
You've got something to hide
F
We gon burn the whole house down
[Trumpet solo]
A|----0--0-3-7-7-3-0-----0-0-3-7-7-3----|
E|-0-3-3--------------0-3-3-------------| x2
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
We gon burn the whole house down
[Verse 3]
Am
Yeah, used to let it go
Walk into the show
C Dm
Gawking at the tricks up your sleeve
Am
Too good to be true
Fool, I'm in a room
C Dm
Full of entertainers and thieves
Am
Used to let it go
[Trumpet solo]
A|----0--0-3-7-7-3-0-----0-0-3-7-7-3----|
E|-0-3-3--------------0-3-3-------------| x2
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
Woah, oh no
[Chorus]
Am
Way up way up we go
C
Been up and down that road
Dm
Way up way up, oh no
F
We gon burn the whole house down
Am
Watch me stand in the line
C
You're only serving lies
Dm
You've got something to hide
F
We gon burn the whole house down
[Trumpet solo]
A|----0--0-3-7-7-3-0-----0-0-3-7-7-3----|
E|-0-3-3--------------0-3-3-------------| x2
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
We gon burn the whole house down
[Instrumental] x2
Am C Dm
[Bridge]
Am
Should I hang my head low?
C
Should I bite my tongue?
Dm F
Or should I march with every stranger from Twitter to get shit done?
Am
Used to hang my head low
C
Now I hear it loud
Dm F
Every stranger from Twitter is gonna burn this down
[Chorus]
[Quiet]
Am
Way up way up we go
C
Been up and down that road
Dm
Way up way up, oh no
F
We gon burn the whole house down
[Louder]
Am
Watch me stand in the line (whoa oh)
C
You're only serving lies (yeah)
Dm
You've got something to hide
F
We gon burn the whole house down
[Trumpet Solo]
A|----0--0-3-7-7-3-0-----0-0-3-7-7-3----|
E|-0-3-3--------------0-3-3-------------| x2
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
(Woah oh, yeah)
(We gon burn the whole house down)
(We burn it down, we burn it down)
(We gon burn the whole house down)
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About this song: Burn The House Down
‘Burn The House Down’ is a song by the indie pop band AJR. It was used as the theme song for director Morgan Spurlock’s documentary, Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken. They wrote it once they watched it and said"We were blown away after watching the film, and we immediately connected with Morgan’s passion as an underdog trying to shed light on this corrupt giant… We wanted to create a song that captured that passion. If enough underdogs band together Read more on Last.fm.