Burnin' and Lootin Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays570

Burnin' and Lootin by Bob Marley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Bm, E, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			"Burnin´ and Lootin´" - Burnin´ (1972)
Bob Marley & The Wailers		
                        
                G      Bm                   G        Bm                    
                        
Intro:	E:------3--------2----------(2)------3--------2----------(2)------
	B:------3--------3-------(3)---------3--------3-------(3)---------
	G:------4----2-0-4----(4)------------4----2-0-4----(4)------------
	D:--2-4-5--------4-(4)-----------2-4-5--------4-(4)---------------
	A:------5--------2-------------------5--------2-------------------
	E:------3--------2-------------------3--------2-------------------
             
                 G       Bm                     E             

         E:------3--------2----------(2)--------0-----------
	B:------3--------3-------(3)-----------0-----------
	G:------4----2-0-4----(4)--------------1-----------
	D:--2-4-5--------4-(4)-------------2-0-2-----------
	A:------5--------2---------------------2-----------
	E:------3--------2---------------------0-----------



	
           Am  Dm  Am  Am (x2)


                          Am       Dm        Am        Am
		This morning I woke up in a curfew

            Am        Dm          E            E
		Oh god  I was a prisoner too - yeah

                Am              Dm               Am           Am
		Could not recognise the faces standing over me
 
              Am              Dm                       E            E
		They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality - eh

              Am               Dm                  Am           Am
		How many rivers do we have to cross

               Am         Dm              E                 E
		Before we can talk to the boss

               Am           Dm           Am                 Am
		All that we got seems lost

                Am             Dm             E             E
		We must have really paid the cost (That's why we gonna be)




	
                   Am            Dm          Am               Am        
		Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (Say we gonna burn and loot)

 		   Am            Dm          Am                Am
		Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (One more thing)
       Chorus:
                   Am            Dm          Am                Am		
		Burnin all pollution tonight  (Oh yeah  yeah)

                   Am            Dm           Am               Am	
		Burning all illusions tonight (Oh stop them)




              Am            Dm               Am               Am
		Give me the food and let me grow

             Am             Dm             E             E
		Let the roots man take a blow

              Am            Dm               Am               Am
		All them drugs gonna make you slow now

              Am             Dm                E             E
		It's not the music of the ghetto


     		Weeping and a-wailing tonight (Ooh can't stop the tears)
		
      Chorus:	Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight (We've been suffering all these long  long years)
		
		Weeping and a-wailing tonight


		Give me the food and let me grow
		Let the roots man take a blow
		All them drugs gonna make you slow now
		It's not the music of the ghetto
      
		We gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (To survive  yeah)
		
		Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (Save your babies lives)
		
      Chorus:	Burning all pollution tonight
		Burning all illusions tonight

		Burnin and lootin tonight
		Burnin and lootin tonight



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Contribuição: David C. M. T. de Aquino([email protected])
    	

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