Burning Down The House (Raitt)
Bonnie Raitt Version

Quoted Lines Are Duets

INTRO: A
Play intro riff for 8 bars

A             G
"Watch out" - You might get what you're after
A               G
"Cool babies"  Your strange but not a stranger
A       G	 A	
"I'm an ordinary girl"
B7              G
"And Im burning down the house"

"Hold tight" - Wait till the party's over
"Hold tight" - We're in for nasty weather
"There has got to be a way"
"Burning down the house"

Here's your ticket pack your bag  Its time for jumping overboard
"Transportation is here"
Close enough but Im not too far  Bet youre wondering where you are
"Fighting fire with fire"

SLIDE BREAK with lyrics Burning down the house

"All wet" - and you might need a raincoat
"Shakedown"  my dreams are walking in broad daylight
"Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees"
"And were burning down the house"

SYNTH/SLIDE BREAK

"My house"  Is out of the ordinary
"That's right" - Don't really want to hurt nobody
"Some things sure can sweep me off my feet"
"Burning down the house"

SLIDE BREAK TWICE TO END