Chords for Ben Harper, Burn One Down, Live at Hollywood Bowl!!!
Tempo:
105.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
A
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
A little further than this to Bob Marley.
It was the only time post-Whalers that Peter Tosh and Bob Marley were ever on the same
stage together because [B] Tosh came out on the encore.
[Ab] [E] He was doing a gig in town.
He was in town [Ab] opening for the Rolling Stones that same weekend [G] and nobody knew Peter [C] was
in the building.
[Gb] And it was get up stand up and they kicked him to get up stand up on the encore.
And all of a sudden it came to Peter's part that he wrote, Sick and Tired of the Bullshit
Games, [E] dying to go to heaven in Jesus name.
[G] And he came out out of nowhere and everybody just freaked because no one knew he [Gb] was in the building.
None of the band knew.
Bob didn't know.
And here [C] comes Peter in this robe and these glasses and you know and just takes Bob's
bike and Bob's like take it.
Big ass spliff were being passed down like as if everyone, [Db] as if they were being served
up as everybody walked in.
[G] Here's your spliff.
Here's your joint.
And I didn't know what they were and I went home and I was like, Mom, what are the funny little cigarettes?
She was like, ah, she freaked.
[C] She was like, what did your dad smoke those?
[G] I was like, I didn't mean to drop down.
I felt so bad.
I didn't know what they were.
You know, nine year old kid.
I want to say one thing.
[A] I know some people [N] who smoke a lot of herb.
Okay.
And I know people who don't smoke herb and they're so wound up tight they need to take a hit.
Right?
But you got to know your own destiny and not allow yourself to stand in the way of
your own destiny because everyone's destiny is greatness.
[E]
[C] [Ab] So if you're not where you want to be [Db] in your life, you [Eb] may need to put it down.
[Bb] But if you're uptight, real tight, you know what I mean?
Just [C] pass it [C] over here.
[A] [G]
Yeah.
[A] Oh, [G] now let us burn one from end to end [D] [C] and pass it over to me, my friend.
[G] Burn it long, we burn it [E] slow to light me up [C] before I go.
[G] If you don't like my fire, [E] then don't come around cause [A] I'm gonna burn one [G] down.
[Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn one down.
[G]
[A]
[A] [G]
Oh, my choice, my choice.
[A] Now, [G] my choice is what I choose to do.
And if [Em] I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't [C] bother you.
[G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
And if [Em] you're causing no harm, you're alright with me.
[A] If you [G] don't like my fire, [Em] oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna [D] burn one down, down, [G] down.
[Em] Yes, we are gonna [D] burn one [C] down.
Oh, [G]
[A]
[C] now [Am]
burn one down.
[C] I have a gift from the earth.
[Bm] And what's [Em] from the earth is of [C] the greatest worth.
[Am] So [G] before you knock it, try it, try [Em] it first, and you'll see it's a blessing, no, [C] not a curse.
If [A] you [G] don't like my fire, oh, [Em] don't come around cause we are gonna [D] burn it [A] down.
[G] [Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn [C]
[Gm]
[A] [G] one down.
[G]
[Em] [G]
If you don't like my fire, oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna burn it down.
[Am] [G]
[C] [Cm]
[N]
[C]
I'm gonna burn one down.
[F]
[G] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[C] [F]
I'm [G] [C] gonna burn one down.
[F] I'm gonna burn one
[G] down.
[Ab]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[F]
I'm gonna burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one down.
I'm
[Bb]
[Gm] [F]
[A] [B] [C]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] [C] [E]
[C] [C] [N]
[Bb] [G] [Bb]
[G] [N]
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[N]
gonna
[C] [B]
[C] [B]
[Bb]
[Abm]
[C]
[Ab] [C]
burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one [N]
down.
I'm gonna [G]
burn one down.
Nice singing, y'all.
Oh, my choice is what I [A] choose to do.
[G] If I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you.
[G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
If you're causing [A] no harm, you're [Gm] alright with me.
Yeah.
[Am] [G] [B]
[A] [G]
[F] [E]
[Gb]
It was the only time post-Whalers that Peter Tosh and Bob Marley were ever on the same
stage together because [B] Tosh came out on the encore.
[Ab] [E] He was doing a gig in town.
He was in town [Ab] opening for the Rolling Stones that same weekend [G] and nobody knew Peter [C] was
in the building.
[Gb] And it was get up stand up and they kicked him to get up stand up on the encore.
And all of a sudden it came to Peter's part that he wrote, Sick and Tired of the Bullshit
Games, [E] dying to go to heaven in Jesus name.
[G] And he came out out of nowhere and everybody just freaked because no one knew he [Gb] was in the building.
None of the band knew.
Bob didn't know.
And here [C] comes Peter in this robe and these glasses and you know and just takes Bob's
bike and Bob's like take it.
Big ass spliff were being passed down like as if everyone, [Db] as if they were being served
up as everybody walked in.
[G] Here's your spliff.
Here's your joint.
And I didn't know what they were and I went home and I was like, Mom, what are the funny little cigarettes?
She was like, ah, she freaked.
[C] She was like, what did your dad smoke those?
[G] I was like, I didn't mean to drop down.
I felt so bad.
I didn't know what they were.
You know, nine year old kid.
I want to say one thing.
[A] I know some people [N] who smoke a lot of herb.
Okay.
And I know people who don't smoke herb and they're so wound up tight they need to take a hit.
Right?
But you got to know your own destiny and not allow yourself to stand in the way of
your own destiny because everyone's destiny is greatness.
[E]
[C] [Ab] So if you're not where you want to be [Db] in your life, you [Eb] may need to put it down.
[Bb] But if you're uptight, real tight, you know what I mean?
Just [C] pass it [C] over here.
[A] [G]
Yeah.
[A] Oh, [G] now let us burn one from end to end [D] [C] and pass it over to me, my friend.
[G] Burn it long, we burn it [E] slow to light me up [C] before I go.
[G] If you don't like my fire, [E] then don't come around cause [A] I'm gonna burn one [G] down.
[Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn one down.
[G]
[A]
[A] [G]
Oh, my choice, my choice.
[A] Now, [G] my choice is what I choose to do.
And if [Em] I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't [C] bother you.
[G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
And if [Em] you're causing no harm, you're alright with me.
[A] If you [G] don't like my fire, [Em] oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna [D] burn one down, down, [G] down.
[Em] Yes, we are gonna [D] burn one [C] down.
Oh, [G]
[A]
[C] now [Am]
burn one down.
[C] I have a gift from the earth.
[Bm] And what's [Em] from the earth is of [C] the greatest worth.
[Am] So [G] before you knock it, try it, try [Em] it first, and you'll see it's a blessing, no, [C] not a curse.
If [A] you [G] don't like my fire, oh, [Em] don't come around cause we are gonna [D] burn it [A] down.
[G] [Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn [C]
[Gm]
[A] [G] one down.
[G]
[Em] [G]
If you don't like my fire, oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna burn it down.
[Am] [G]
[C] [Cm]
[N]
[C]
I'm gonna burn one down.
[F]
[G] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[C] [F]
I'm [G] [C] gonna burn one down.
[F] I'm gonna burn one
[G] down.
[Ab]
[C]
[F]
[D]
[F]
I'm gonna burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one down.
I'm
[Bb]
[Gm] [F]
[A] [B] [C]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] [C] [E]
[C] [C] [N]
[Bb] [G] [Bb]
[G] [N]
[Gm]
[C] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[N]
gonna
[C] [B]
[C] [B]
[Bb]
[Abm]
[C]
[Ab] [C]
burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one [N]
down.
I'm gonna [G]
burn one down.
Nice singing, y'all.
Oh, my choice is what I [A] choose to do.
[G] If I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you.
[G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
If you're causing [A] no harm, you're [Gm] alright with me.
Yeah.
[Am] [G] [B]
[A] [G]
[F] [E]
[Gb]
Key:
G
C
A
Em
D
G
C
A
A little further than this to Bob Marley.
It was the only time post-Whalers that Peter Tosh and Bob Marley were ever on the same
stage together because [B] Tosh came out on the encore.
[Ab] _ _ [E] He was doing a gig in town.
He was in town [Ab] opening for the Rolling Stones that same weekend [G] and nobody knew Peter [C] was
in the building.
[Gb] And it was get up stand up and they kicked him to get up stand up on the encore.
And all of a sudden it came to Peter's part that he wrote, Sick and Tired of the Bullshit
Games, [E] dying to go to heaven in Jesus name.
[G] And he came out out of nowhere and everybody just freaked because no one knew he [Gb] was in the building.
None of the band knew.
Bob didn't know.
And here [C] comes Peter in this robe and these glasses and you know and just takes Bob's
bike and Bob's like take it.
Big ass spliff were being passed down like as if everyone, [Db] as if they were being served
up as everybody walked in.
[G] Here's your spliff.
Here's your joint.
And I didn't know what they were and I went home and I was like, Mom, what are the funny little cigarettes?
She was like, ah, she freaked.
[C] She was like, what did your dad smoke those?
[G] I was like, I didn't mean to drop down.
I felt so bad.
I didn't know what they were.
You know, nine year old kid. _
I want to say one thing.
[A] I know some people [N] who smoke a lot of herb.
Okay. _ _ _
And I know people who don't smoke herb and they're so wound up tight they need to take a hit.
Right? _ _ _
_ _ But you got to know your own destiny and not allow yourself to stand in the way of
your own destiny because everyone's destiny is greatness.
[E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] So if you're not where you want to be [Db] in your life, _ you [Eb] may need to put it down.
[Bb] But if you're uptight, real tight, you know what I mean?
Just [C] pass it [C] over here.
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
Yeah.
_ [A] _ Oh, [G] now let us burn one from end to end [D] _ [C] and pass it over to me, my friend.
_ [G] Burn it long, we burn it [E] slow to light me up [C] before I go.
[G] If you don't like my fire, [E] then don't come around cause [A] I'm gonna burn one [G] down.
_ [Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn one _ down.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, _ my choice, my choice.
[A] Now, [G] my choice is what I choose to do.
And if [Em] I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't [C] bother you.
_ [G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
And if [Em] you're causing no harm, you're alright with me.
[A] If you [G] don't like my fire, [Em] oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna [D] burn one down, down, [G] down.
[Em] Yes, we are gonna [D] burn one [C] _ _ down.
Oh, _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] now [Am] _ _ _
_ burn one down.
[C] I have a gift from the earth.
[Bm] And what's [Em] from the earth is of [C] the greatest worth.
[Am] _ So [G] before you knock it, try it, try [Em] it first, and you'll see it's a blessing, no, [C] not a curse.
If [A] you [G] don't like my fire, oh, [Em] don't come around cause we are gonna [D] burn it [A] down.
[G] _ [Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ one down. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
If you don't like my fire, _ _ _ oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna burn it down. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm gonna burn one down.
[F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
I'm _ _ _ [G] [C] gonna burn one down.
_ _ _ [F] I'm gonna burn one _
_ _ _ _ [G] down.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ _ gonna burn one down. _ _
I'm gonna burn _ _ _ _ _ _ one down.
_ I'm _ _ gonna _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ burn one _ _ down.
I'm _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [C] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
gonna _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one [N] _
down.
I'm gonna [G] _ _
burn one down.
Nice singing, y'all. _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, my choice is what I [A] choose to do.
[G] If I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you.
[G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
If you're causing [A] no harm, you're [Gm] alright with me.
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
It was the only time post-Whalers that Peter Tosh and Bob Marley were ever on the same
stage together because [B] Tosh came out on the encore.
[Ab] _ _ [E] He was doing a gig in town.
He was in town [Ab] opening for the Rolling Stones that same weekend [G] and nobody knew Peter [C] was
in the building.
[Gb] And it was get up stand up and they kicked him to get up stand up on the encore.
And all of a sudden it came to Peter's part that he wrote, Sick and Tired of the Bullshit
Games, [E] dying to go to heaven in Jesus name.
[G] And he came out out of nowhere and everybody just freaked because no one knew he [Gb] was in the building.
None of the band knew.
Bob didn't know.
And here [C] comes Peter in this robe and these glasses and you know and just takes Bob's
bike and Bob's like take it.
Big ass spliff were being passed down like as if everyone, [Db] as if they were being served
up as everybody walked in.
[G] Here's your spliff.
Here's your joint.
And I didn't know what they were and I went home and I was like, Mom, what are the funny little cigarettes?
She was like, ah, she freaked.
[C] She was like, what did your dad smoke those?
[G] I was like, I didn't mean to drop down.
I felt so bad.
I didn't know what they were.
You know, nine year old kid. _
I want to say one thing.
[A] I know some people [N] who smoke a lot of herb.
Okay. _ _ _
And I know people who don't smoke herb and they're so wound up tight they need to take a hit.
Right? _ _ _
_ _ But you got to know your own destiny and not allow yourself to stand in the way of
your own destiny because everyone's destiny is greatness.
[E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] So if you're not where you want to be [Db] in your life, _ you [Eb] may need to put it down.
[Bb] But if you're uptight, real tight, you know what I mean?
Just [C] pass it [C] over here.
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
Yeah.
_ [A] _ Oh, [G] now let us burn one from end to end [D] _ [C] and pass it over to me, my friend.
_ [G] Burn it long, we burn it [E] slow to light me up [C] before I go.
[G] If you don't like my fire, [E] then don't come around cause [A] I'm gonna burn one [G] down.
_ [Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn one _ down.
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, _ my choice, my choice.
[A] Now, [G] my choice is what I choose to do.
And if [Em] I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't [C] bother you.
_ [G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
And if [Em] you're causing no harm, you're alright with me.
[A] If you [G] don't like my fire, [Em] oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna [D] burn one down, down, [G] down.
[Em] Yes, we are gonna [D] burn one [C] _ _ down.
Oh, _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] now [Am] _ _ _
_ burn one down.
[C] I have a gift from the earth.
[Bm] And what's [Em] from the earth is of [C] the greatest worth.
[Am] _ So [G] before you knock it, try it, try [Em] it first, and you'll see it's a blessing, no, [C] not a curse.
If [A] you [G] don't like my fire, oh, [Em] don't come around cause we are gonna [D] burn it [A] down.
[G] _ [Em] Yes, I'm gonna [D] burn [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ one down. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _
If you don't like my fire, _ _ _ oh, don't come around cause I'm gonna burn it down. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm gonna burn one down.
[F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
I'm _ _ _ [G] [C] gonna burn one down.
_ _ _ [F] I'm gonna burn one _
_ _ _ _ [G] down.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm _ _ _ gonna burn one down. _ _
I'm gonna burn _ _ _ _ _ _ one down.
_ I'm _ _ gonna _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ burn one _ _ down.
I'm _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [C] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
gonna _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ burn one down.
I'm gonna burn one [N] _
down.
I'm gonna [G] _ _
burn one down.
Nice singing, y'all. _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, my choice is what I [A] choose to do.
[G] If I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you.
[G] Your choice is who you choose to be.
If you're causing [A] no harm, you're [Gm] alright with me.
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _