JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Burning Down the House" adalah lagu funk rock dari band Talking Heads.
Lagu ini dirilis pada 1983 sebagai singel utama dari album kelima mereka, Speaking in Tongues.
Singel ini menjadi lagu hit Talking Heads yang berhasil mencapai posisi kesembilan dalam Billboard Hot 100.
Tak hanya itu, lagu ini juga banyak dinyanyikan ulang oleh musisi lainnya seperti Tom Jones bersama The Cardigans dan Jeff Ruso.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu And She Was oleh Talking Heads
Berikut ini lirik serta chord lagu "Burning Down the House" dari Talking Heads.
[Intro]
G G F
Watch out you might get what you're after
G G F
Cool babies strange but not a stranger
G F G
I'm an ordinary guy
A7 F
Burning down the house
[Verse]
G G F
Hold tight wait till the party's over
G G F
Hold tight We're in for nasty weather
G F G
There has got to be a way
A7 F
Burning down the house
G G F
Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard
G G F
The transportation is here
G F G
Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are
A7 F
Fightin' fire with fire
G G F
All wet hey you might need a raincoat
G G F
Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight
G F G
Three hundred sixty-five degrees
A7 F
Burning down the house
G G F
It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
G G F
Gonna come in first place
G F G
People on their way to work baby what did you except
A7 F
Gonna burst into flame
A7 F
Burning down the house
G G F
My house S'out of the ordinary
G G F
That's might Don't want to hurt nobody
G F G
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
A7 F
Burning down the house
G G F
No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin' yet
G G F
Everything's stuck together
G F G
I don't know what you expect starring into the TV set
A7 F
Fighting fire with fire