BURN DOWN THE MISSION Year:  1971 Album:  TUMBLEWEED CONNECTION Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin (    \       \)*     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 Everybody now bring your family down to the riverside Look to the east to see where the fat stock hide 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 Burn down the mission If we’re gonna stay alive Watch the black smoke fly to heaven See the red flame light the sky Eb\Bb       Bb Burn down the mission 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)    \  \   \ \    \  \   \ \    \  \    \    \  \    \ ]**       Oh______________________!         (    \       \)*       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 Than burn burn burn burn down the mission walls (CHORUS)                             \  \   \ \    \  \   \ \    \  \    \    \  \    \ ]** (G\C  F\C C  G)** (REPEAT FADE) *FIRST TIME THROUGH: Lower case letters are played as octaves upper case letters as chords: