Burn You Up Burn You Down chords

Peter Gabriel

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      Bm           (Bm/A) Bm              (Bm/A) 
e|-----2---2-2--2-2-----|-----2---2-2--2-2-----| (Repeat) 
B|-----3---3-3--3-3-----|-----3---3-3--3-3-----| 
G|-----4---4-4--4-4-----|-----4---4-4--4-4-----| 
D|-----4----------------|-----4----------------| 
A|--0-h2-------------0--|--0-h2-------------0--| 
E|----------------------|----------------------| 

  Em7            Bm            Em7 
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  /  | 


      Bm           (Bm/A) Bm              (Bm/A) 
e|-----2---2-2--2-2-----|-----2---2-2--2-2-----| 
B|-----3---3-3--3-3-----|-----3---3-3--3-3-----| 
G|-----4---4-4--4-4-----|-----4---4-4--4-4-----| 
D|-----4----------------|-----4----------------| 
A|--0-h2-------------0--|--0-h2-------------0--| 
E|----------------------|----------------------| 


   Bm                  Bm/A 
Straight as an arrow, 
      Bm                 Bm/A     Bm   Bm/A   Bm       Bm/A 
You carry your intentions to the wind,      |  /  /  /   /  | 
 Bm                  Bm/A 
Dogs all around you, 
          Bm                  Bm/A       Bm    Bm/A   Bm      Bm/A 
But you cannot get the message to your friend,     |  /  /  /   /  | 


A                      G                            Bm    Bm/A  Bm       Bm/A 
    At every rendez - vous you keep on walking a - round,     |  /  /  /   /  | 
  A 
Night-time in the city, 
         G               (G/A) Bm                              Bm/A 
And the rain keeps fall - ing down------, 
                              (Let me tell you how it all works out, 

Bm                                 Bm/A     Bm 
    I never thought we had so much time to lose, 
                               Bm/A 
Just learning how to twist and shout, 
Bm                                    Bm/A     Bm 
    It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use! 
                                 Bm/A 
Let me tell you how it all works out, 
Bm                                  Bm/A     Bm 
     I never thought we had so much time to lose, 
                               Bm/A 
Just learning how to twist and shout, 
Bm                                   Bm/A      Bm                      Bm/A 
    It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use-----!) 
                                              Pilgrim knows the road to go, 
     Bm                    Bm/A 
How many times we told you so-----? 

 Bm                           Bm/A   Bm                         Bm/A 
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down! Burn you up & I'll burn you down!) 


Bm                   Bm/A 
No rhyme or reason, 
   Bm                  Bm/A      Bm                           Bm/A 
No way to make it easy 'til it's done--------, 
                                (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) 

  Bm                            Bm/A 
(Burn you up, and I'll burn you down!) 


A                         G                 Bm                         Bm/A 
   So you cross onto the other side of the street----, 
                                          (Burn you up & I'll burn you down!) 

  Bm                         Bm/A      A 
(Burn you up & I'll burn you down!)        You should know better, 

         G             (G/A) Bm                                   Bm/A 
But you keep turning up the heat-----! 
                                 (Let me tell you how it all works out, 

Bm                                 Bm/A     Bm 
    I never thought we had so much time to lose, 
                               Bm/A 
Just learning how to twist and shout, 
Bm                                   Bm/A     Bm 
   It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use! 

Bm                                    Bm/A 
     Let me tell you how it all works out, 
Bm                                  Bm/A    Bm 
     I never thought we had so much time to lose, 
                                Bm/A 
Just learning how to twist and shout, 
Bm                                    Bm/A     Em  Em/G  Em/A  Em/B 
    It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use-----!) 
                                               Oh - oh,   ho - ha! 
 Em    Em/G   Em/A   Em/B 
(Hey  - hey,  hey  - hey!) 

 Bm          Bm/A     Bm                Bm/A 
Make me feel this!   (Hey - hey,  hey - hey!) 

Em   Em/G  Em/A  Em/B    Em   Em/G  Em/A   Em/B 
Hey - ey,  hey - hey!  (Hey - hey,   hey  - hey!) 

 Bm          Bm/A     Bm            Bm/A 
Make me feel it!     (Ho - ho,  ho - ho!) 


 Em       Em7/D    Em6/C# 
When they lose you, it can bruise you, 

 Bm                           Bm/A  Bm                           Bm/A 
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down, burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) 

 Em      Em7/D Em6/C# 
Break me open,   I need someone to see me, 

  Bm                          Bm/A   Bm                          Bm/A 
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down, burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) 

 Em     Em7/D    Em6/C#                  Bm       Bm/A    Bm      Bm/A 
Make me feel it,        make me feel! |  /  /  /   /  |  /  /  /   /  | 


A                        G              Bm                          Bm/A 
   In the city, and the rain is falling down------, 
                                       (Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) 

  Bm                          Bm/A 
(Burn you up, & I'll burn you down!) 

 A                                    G 
You can make it happen... with your eyes, 
                    Bm                                   Bm/A 
With your eyes a - lone--------! 
                        (Let me tell you how it all works out, 

Bm                                 Bm/A     Bm 
    I never thought we had so much time to lose, 
                               Bm/A 
Just learning how to twist and shout, 
Bm                                   Bm/A     Bm 
   It doesn't matter much which damn beat you use!) 
                                             Break-------... 

Bm                                   Bm/A 
            ...me------------   o----pen 
   (Let me tell you how it all works out!) 

Bm                               Bm/A     Bm 
   (Never thought we had so much time to lose) 

Bm                                   Bm/A 
Make---------  me----------  feel---  it 
    (Just learning how to twist and shout!) 


Bm                                   Bm/A 
Break--------  me------------   o----pen 
   (Let me tell you how it all works out!) 

Bm                               Bm/A     Bm 
   (Never thought we had so much time to lose) 

Bm                                   Bm/A      Bm 
Make---------  me----------  feel---  it! 
    (Just learning how to twist and shout!) 

Bm                               Bm/A             Bm        Bm/A   Bm 
   (Never thought we had so much time to lose!) |  /  /  /   /  |   /  ||