David Byrne - Burnt By The Sun Chords

[Intro]

Em C (x2)

[Verse 1]

Em                    C
Atom-smashers in the cocktail lounge tonight
Em                     C
Opera singers in the graveyard keeping time
        Em            C
And the DJ mixes them all
         Em                   C
And the music rhymes but it crawls
         Em               C
And the music comes from hydrogen bombs
Em                   C
Rock bands died when amateurs won
Em               C
Data in a hurry, using the new rubble
Em                      C
Wipe it up baby, gonna get yourself in trouble

[Chorus]

         Bm           Em
We were burnt by the sun
        Bm           A
Having way too much fun
  F        G       C    Am
Sleepless downtown overload
         G#7                 B7
Does the daylight bring you down?

[Instrumental]

Em C (x2)

[Verse 2]

Em                        C
Money pours down and it drowns the little man
Em                                  C
Parking lot attendants stuff their pockets with their hands
          Em                    C
And the children laugh in your face
          Em                 C
They can see what you have erased
      Em                        C
When dogs make love they don't look at themselves
Em                              C
Checking out each other by the way that they smell
Em                        C
Rubbing and a'scratching, itching all the time
Em                          C
Stop me if I talk too much, do another line

[Chorus]

         Bm           Em
We were burnt by the sun
        Bm           A
Having way too much fun
      F         G     C      Am
The church of private enterprise
         G#7                B7
Did the daylight bring you down?

[Interlude]

Em C (x4)

[Verse 3]

Em          C
I love salt, I love sweets
Em                        C
I know there's danger but I fall asleep
     Em                     C
The curves, the gasps, the love of life
Em                   C
Headlines, gum box, faceless paradise
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Life rafts bobbing at the bottom of the pier
Em                         C
Wood burns faster if it's soaked in gasoline
Em                              C
All these towns look the same, everybody's clean
Em                             C
Roll 'em out, cheap and fast, kiss me when I fall

[Chorus]

         Bm           Em
We were burnt by the sun
        Bm           A
Having way too much fun
  F        G       C    Am
Sleepless downtown overload
       G#7              B7
Did I stay outside too long?

[Instrumental]

Em C (x2)

[Outro]

Em        C
Alcohol, razor-blades
Em                  C
All the clouds are miles away
Em             C
Take me down, far away
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday
Em        C
Alcohol, razor-blades
Em                  C
All the clouds are miles away
Em             C
Take me down, far away
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday
Em                  C
All the clouds are miles away
Em                  C
All the clouds are miles away
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday
Em             C
Everyone's on holiday

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