Burn
(Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Coverdale)
Title track from the album "Burn", 1974
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Key: B flat
Intro: Gm
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!"
Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord & Ian Paice
RIFF SUGGESTION 1:
(from Scott Hannon (hannon@umbc.edu)):
"Thanks for the post...since the guitar riff was omitted, here it is (from memory, so no guarantee!)
"Use pull-offs and hammer-ons....this is basically a two finger riff."
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RIFF SUGGESTION 2:
(from Tomas (etxtlm@sta.ericsson.se))
"Sorry, but I think your riff is slightly incorrect. I think this is more accurate:(also from memory, no guarantees)"
"...but I know I play a whole load of Purple riffs differently to the way theb''stard in black does (I know he plays Space Truckin'' differently to me)"
Riff suggestion no. 4!
ranscribed by Robbit@mindspring.com
Foreword:
Okay, I''ve seen this written many ways and I do believe that Ritchie does play variations on this riff. Version #2 is one of these variations, which is played at the very open of the song. What makes this tricky is that the G bass note is fretted with the thumb. But if you''re familiar with other Blackmore riffs like "Can''t Happen Here", "Man On The Silver Mountain" and "Spotlight Kid", then this interpretation should make sense to you.
