Deep Purple
Burn
"Burn" (1974)
Burn
! (Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
! Key: B flat
Intro:
> Gm
The sky is red, I don't understand;
> F/G
past midnight I still see the land.
> Gm
People are sayin' the woman is damned,
> C Gm
she makes you burn with a wave of her hand.___
The city's ablaze, the town's on fire;
> F/G
the woman's flames are reachin' higher.
> Gm
We were fools, we called her "liar";
> Bb F C Gm Eb C Gm
All I hear is "Burn!"_____________
I didn't believe she was devil's sperm;
she said, "Curse you all, you'll never learn!
When I leave there's no return!"
The people laughed till she said, "Burn!"___
Warning came, no one cared;
earth was shakin', we stood and stared.
When it came no one was spared;
Still I hear "Burn!"______________
> Dm Bb
You know we had no time,
> Am Bb
we could not even try,______
> Dm Bb/D C/D Gm
You know we had no time.
The sky is red, I don't understand;
past midnight, I still see the land.
People are sayin' the woman is damned;
she makes you burn with a wave of her hand.
Warning came, no one cared;
earth was shakin, we stood and stared.
When it came no one was spared.
Still I hear "Burn!"
! Chords typed in from an old songbook of the album "Burn" (1974) by:
! RIFF SUGGESTION 1:
! "Thanks for the post...since the guitar riff was omitted, here it is
! (from memory, so no guarantee!)
[e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g------5-3-0-5------3-3--0-5--0-3-------5-3-0-5----5-3-0----
d------5-3-0-5------3-3--0-5--0-3-------5-3-0-5----5-3-0-3--
a--------------------------------------------------------3--
e---3-------------3------------------3-------------------1--]
! "Use pull-offs and hammer-ons....this is basically a two finger riff."
RIFF SUGGESTION 2:
! "Sorry, but I think your riff is slightly incorrect. I think this is more
! accurate:
! (also from memory, no guarantees)"
[e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-5--0-3------3-2-0-5------3-2-0----
d------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-5--0-3------3-2-0-5------3-2-0-3--
a--------------------------------------------------------3--
e---3-------------3------------------------------3------(1)-]
! RIFF SUGGESTION 3:
! "Well just to give my two cents' worth, I think the riff should be played
! like this:
[e-----------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------
g---0--3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-5----3------3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0----
d---0--3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-5----3------3-2-0-5----0-3-2-0-3--
a--------------------------------------------------------3--
e-----------------------------------------------------------]
! "...but I know I play a whole load of Purple riffs differently to the way the
! b'stard in black does (I know he plays Space Truckin' differently to me)"