Band Website: http://www.hotspurmusic.com/
Tabbed using : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQtkreOGwGg
Tuning: 1/2 step down (live)
Standard (album version)
Intro: Em, G, Em, F# x2
Bm G A
Step one, Find something to burn,
F# Bm
Step two, Find a reason you,
G A
Can't keep your secrets deep inside,
F# Bm
Step 3, Find the light, and don't hold it in,
G
'Cause the night comes quick,
A F#
Tearing at your heart with the taste of her kiss,
Bm G
You've got to fight the feeling inside,
A F# F#
You've got to pull yourself away.
Em G
She keeps the matches under the mattress,
Em F#
She keeps a smoking gun by her side,
Em G
She keeps the cold and the fever it catches
Em F#
You should know better by now,
Bm
She'll burn you down.
Interlude:
Bm, G,A,F# x2
Same as Verse 1: (Different timing)
She's the spark, on the carpet that starts to ignite,
When a strong wind blows, in the middle of the night,
Like a sound, so loud, it's all you think about,
It's all you think about,
She's all you think about.
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Don't hold it in just let go,
You can't win,
You lose control,
And you've got to make the daring escape,
You've got to pull yourself away.
Same as Chorus 1:
She keeps the matches under the mattress,
She keeps a smoking gun by her side,
She keeps the cold and the fever it catches
You should know better by now,
She'll burn you down.
Em A
Don't you know your never going to make it out,
F#
You know your never gonna' stand your ground,
Bm
You know you feel it deep inside,
Em
You know you need this to survive
A
You know the only way to make it out,
F#
You know you see it in her eyes,
How to start a fire.
F#
(How to start a fire)
Interlude:
Em, G, Em, F# x8
Bm G
You should know better by now,
A F#
She's going to burn you to the ground,
Bm G
You should know better by now,
A F# F#
She'll burn you down.
Same as Chorus 1:
She keeps the matches under the mattress,
She keeps a smoking gun by her side,
She keeps the cold and the fever it catches
You should know better by now,
She'll burn you down.
Em F#
Em F#
She'll burn you down,
Em F#
You should know better by now,
Bm
She'll burn you down.