Burn Down The House Chords

by Rust
KeyCm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays421

Burn Down The House by Rust is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Cm
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: Cm G x2 

verse 1: 
Cm                      G 
Gather around with your hammers and hatchets. 
Cm                              G   
We’ll show these senators where the true power is. 
F                              G 
We’ll hit the streets with the fire in our hands. 
                F                                G   
We’ll throw ‘em down to the ground and beat them with their own crowns. 
Cm                   G           Cm              G 
Burn down the house. 

verse 2: 
Cm                                   G 
Grab your family, grad your friends, grab the children in the street. 
Cm                      G                          
Tell ‘em we’re gonna go down where the devils meet. 
F                         G 
We’re gonna climb up that mountain of gold 
            F                              G 
Shove their faces in the dirt and scream, “This is our world.” 
    Cm                  G          Cm           G 
And burn down the house. 

Solo: Cm G Cm G F G F G Cm G Cm G  

verse 3: 
Cm                        G 
Get the fat-cats in their well-primed mansions. 
Cm                           G 
Drag them out with all their hot shot has beens. 
F                            G 
Bring them here to show them how we survive 
         F                         G 
With the mud and the blood and the lemons we drive.  

verse 4: 
Cm                           G  
Have them breathe in the air that they live above. 
Cm                     G 
Then tell them this is where we keep the people we love. 
F                            G 
This is the place we have to spend our lives 
         F                               G 
With the beasties and the demons and the monsters that reside 
Cm                          G 
In the place we call home. 
              Cm            G 
Burn down the House. 

Cm G Cm G F G F G - repeat and fade 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante