[Verse 1]
E A
I am born in the reeds, I'm an idea of magnitude
E B7
Giving birth to itself ad infinitum
C#m A
I am Jefferson's torch in a bright, stellar majesty
[Chorus]
E B A
Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning
C#m B A E
Yes I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning for thee
[Verse 2]
E A
We were measured in the dark by timetabled tragedy
E B
There's a real turn of age in disaster
C#m A
Now I'm firing a well our politicians gave to ruin
[Chorus]
E B A
'Till I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning
C#m B A E
Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, yes I'm burning for thee
[Bridge]
A E
River run run run run run run run river through me
A
Through the mud mud mud mud mud
C#m B F#m
Let me feel, let me feel, let me feel you
[Interlude]
E - B - C#m - A - F#m - E - B
F#m - F#m - A - A - F#m - F#m - C#m - B - F#m - F#m - A - A
[Chorus]
E B A
Oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning
C#m B A E
Yes I'm burning, oh I'm burning, oh I'm burning for thee
[Bridge]
A E
River run run run run run run run river through me
A
Through the mud mud mud mud mud
C#m B F#m
Let me feel, let me feel, let me feel you
[Interlude 2]
E - B - C#m - A - F#m - E - B
[Verse 3]
E A
Now come out from your cups, find your love in the doorways
E B
Have a care to fill the vessel of your heart
C#m
Hold me tight through the storms
A
And the winds of revolution
[Chorus]
E B A
And always burning, oh he's burning, oh he's burning
C#m B A
Oh he's burning, yes he's burning, oh he's burning
C#m B A E
Oh he's burning, yes he's burning, oh he's burning for thee
[Interlude 3]
E - B - C#m - A - F#m - E - B