Chords for Elton John - Burn Down The Mission (1970) Live on BBC TV - HQ

_ _ _ _ _ _ Thank you very much.
I'd like to thank you all for coming along tonight because this next song is gonna be the last number
I won't have chance afterwards.
Thank you very much for being a nice audience
Before we do do the next number.
I'd like to introduce on bass guitar D Murray and on drums Nigel
I've got the biggest kid in the world Olsen and
my new band and _
We're gonna do a number called burn down the mission.
Thank you very much _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] You tell me [Em] there's an angel in your [C]
tree
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Did he say [G] he'd come to call [Db] on me yeah
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Things are getting [Em] desperate in [C] our home
_ _ _ _ Living [Db] in the Paris of [G] the restless folks.
I [C] know
_ _ [G] _ _ Everybody [F] now bring your pound [C] _ to the [G] riverside _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Look to the Easter [C] see where the fat [G] stock hides
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_ [C] _ the rich [G] man's leave
_ _ _ _ _ It's time we put [C] the flame torch to [Bb] their key
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ If [Gb] we're gonna stay alive
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What's the black [Ab] smoke?
_ _ [Gb] See the red flame light the sky
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Burn down [Bb] the mission Lord
[Ab] If we're gonna stay alive
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_ _ [Bb] Take _ _ [Ab] all you need
_ _ _ To live [Db] in a side
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_ _ We're in [N] concert with Cat Stevens tomorrow night at the same time here on BBC four with a performance from
1971 next tonight David Aronofitch examines the political impact of
1973 in me and the three-day week
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