Note: This song modulates a halfstep from verse to verse (Bb - B - C)!
INTRO: Bb Bb Bb Bb F F7
VERSE:
Bb |Ab / Eb /
Friends all tried to warn me but I held my head up high,
F |Eb / Bb /
All the time they warned me but I only passed them by,
Bb Cm
They all tried to tell me but I guess I didn't care,
F |Bb / F /
I turned my back and left them standing there.
CHORUS:
Bb Cm
All the burning bridges that have fallen after me,
F Bb
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories,
Eb Bb
Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door,
F |Bb / Gb /
Burning bridges lost forevermore.
VERSE:
B |A / E /
Joey tried to help me find a job a while ago,
Gb |E / B /
When I finally got it I didn't want to go,
B Dbm
The party Mary gave for me when I just walked away,
Gb |B / Gb /
Now there's nothing left for me to say.
CHORUS:
B Dbm
All the burning bridges that have fallen after me,
Gb B
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories,
E B
Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door,
Gb |B / G /
Burning bridges lost forevermore.
VERSE:
C |Bb / F /
Years have passed and I keep thinking what a fool I've been,
G |F / C /
I look back into the past and think of way back then,
C Dm
But I know that I lost everything I thought that I could win,
G |C / G /
I guess I should have listened to my friends.
CHORUS:
C Dm
All the burning bridges that have fallen after me,
G C
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories,
F C
Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door,
G C
Burning bridges lost forevermore,
G C G C
Burning bridges lost forevermore.