BURN DOWN THE MISSION

Year:  1971
Album:  TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

(G  Em7  Bb\C   G  Em7  Bb\C)*


    G		       Em	     Bb\C
You tell me there's an angel in your tree

Eb		G\D	        A\C#  Dsus4
Did he say he'd come to call on me

G			Em7sus4         Bb\C
For things are getting desperate in our home

	      C#dim7	    G\D	     D	     C G\B Am7
Living in the parish of the restless folks I know


G	      F			 C		  G   g g a b  d e
Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside

F			  C		    G    g a b  d
Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide

  G\B		     C		 	G      g a c  d
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps

     G		     C6\G		  Bb\C
It's time we put the flame torch to their keep

Bb\C


Db	      Ab
Burn down the mission

Gb
If we're gonna stay alive

Db		      Ab
Watch the black smoke fly to heaven

	Gb
See the red flame light the sky


Eb\Bb	      Bb
Burn down the mission

	Ab
Burn it down to stay alive

	 Eb\Bb		Bb
It's our only chance of living

	     Ab		    Db   Bb\C
Take all you need to live inside

[F  Eb\Bb  Bb\F  F
(REPEAT 3x)

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C

G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C]**


Bb\C  Db\Ab  Bbm Bbm6  F\C  F\A  Bb\C  Bb
      Oh______________________!

(G  Em7  Bb\C   G  Em7  Bb\C)*  


	    G	      Em		  Bb\C
Deep in the woods the squirrels are out today

Eb			G\D  		 A\C#  Dsus4
My wife cried when they came to take me away

G		      Em7sus4             Bb\C
But what more could I do just to keep her warm

     C#dim7		 G\D	  D	  C    G\B Am7 G
Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls

(CHORUS)

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

F  Eb Bb\D  F\C  Bb F\A Eb\G

G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C

G  F C\E  G\D  C  G\B C]**


(G\C  F\C C  G)**
(REPEAT, FADE)


*FIRST TIME THROUGH:
Lower case letters are played as octaves, upper case letters as chords:

g  g a d  d e Bb     Bb  Bb  Bb
G      Em     c   c c   c    c

SECOND TIME THROUGH:

Improvise on the octaves\ chords played before.  See live versions of the song for suggestions.


**Improvise this part.  It's a great one to have fun.  

Three different live versions officially exist of this song.  Listen to these for ideas.