Bunsen Burner Chords by John Otway

Tempo:
66.075 bpm
Chords used:

C

Bb

F

Cm

Gb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bunsen Burner chords
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There's a rare isotope of hydrogen that gets us into heavy water.
[Gb]
[Cm] Whaaaaaaat?
It's a molecular splashup!
What can we do with it?
I'm an alchemist, maybe!
I can turn heavy metal into gold.
I can make an unstable compound
and mercury [Cm] explode!
I can make you glow.
I can make you prosperous.
[C] I [Eb] [Cm] can make you effervesce.
[D] Science tells us [C] learn the chemicals [Bb] locked within the [C] brain.
So let me be your Bunsen burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your [Cm] naked flame.
You're gonna turn bright red
when I do my litmus test on you.
A syphilis.
I said it is.
A what-apple-it-is.
Good.
Check out what's in the test tube, baby.
You're my little fishnet.
You're my favorite piece of apparatus
in my [F] chemistry [C] set.
Science tells us learn the chemicals locked within the brain.
So let me be your Bunsen burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [Cm] flame.
[Eb] [Cm] You [C] [Cm]
are the kind of carbon that I can date.
You're the element that makes me passionate.
In the chemistry experiment I'm gonna try in my brain.
So I can hold to the Bunsen [C] burner.
Feel the [Cm] heat of the naked flame.
Science tells us learn the chemical [Gb] reaction in the [C] brain.
So let me be your Bunsen burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your [F] naked flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] I know what I'm doing.
[C] I am a chemist.
This is quite [F] interesting.
[Bb] Have you tried [C] cobalt and bondage?
Right, fine.
Put these two [N] together.
Key:  
C
3211
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
Gb
134211112
C
3211
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
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To learn John Otway - Bunsen Burner chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - C, F, Bb and C. Ease into the song by practicing at 33 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 66 BPM. With an eye on the song's key Db Minor, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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There's a rare isotope of hydrogen that gets us into heavy water.
[Gb] _ _
[Cm] Whaaaaaaat?
It's a molecular splashup!
_ What can we do with it?
I'm an alchemist, maybe!
I can turn heavy metal into gold.
I can make an unstable compound
and mercury [Cm] explode!
I can make you glow.
I can make you prosperous. _
_ [C] I [Eb] _ [Cm] can make you effervesce.
[D] Science tells us [C] learn the chemicals [Bb] locked within the [C] brain.
So let me be your Bunsen burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your [Cm] naked flame.
You're gonna turn bright red
when I do my litmus test on you.
A syphilis.
I said it is.
A what-apple-it-is.
Good. _
Check out what's in the test tube, baby.
You're my little fishnet. _
You're my favorite piece of apparatus
in my [F] chemistry [C] set.
Science tells us learn the chemicals locked within the brain.
So let me be your Bunsen burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [Cm] flame. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] You [C] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ are _ the kind of carbon that I can date.
You're the element that makes me passionate.
In the chemistry experiment I'm gonna try in my brain.
So I can hold to the Bunsen [C] burner.
Feel the [Cm] heat of the naked flame.
Science tells us learn the chemical [Gb] reaction in the [C] brain.
So let me be your Bunsen burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your [F] naked flame.
[Bb] Let me be your Bunsen [C] burner.
Let me be your naked [F] flame.
[Bb] I know what I'm doing.
[C] I am a chemist.
_ This is quite [F] interesting.
_ [Bb] Have you tried [C] cobalt and bondage?
Right, fine.
Put these two [N] together. _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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