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 C# Ab Burn down the mission F# If we're gonna stay alive C# Ab Watch the black smoke fly to heaven F# 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 C# 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 C#\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