Burn Your Name Chords & Tabs
Powderfinger - Burn Your Name
Tuning - EADGBe (Standard)
Tabbed by: Hamish M
I am pretty sure this is 100% correct
Intro & Verse/Pre Chorus (Darren):
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----8----5-----5-------6-----8----6-----6--|
G|--5-----5----------5-------7-----7----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--5------------------|
B|-----8--6--5---------|
G|--------------5-5-5--|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Intro (Ian):
Ian mucks around with the riff in the intro and verse in live version
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5h7p5-7-7-7h9p7-9-9-9h10p9-10--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Verse:
I was stumbling right by
Like a wreck I came to you
So I staggered through the night
Seeking out your rescue blues
Pre Chorus (Ian):
He mucks around with the chords (wah effect live version)
C Dm
Gonna burn your name right across the sky
C F
So I never forget what the feeling's like
C Dm
Gonna burn your name right across the sky
C F
So I never forget what the feeling's like
Pre Chorus (Darren):
Same riff as intro -
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----8----5-----5-------6-----8----6-----6--|
G|--5-----5----------5-------7-----7----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--5------------------|
B|-----8--6--5---------|
G|--------------5-5-5--|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Chorus (Ian and Darren):
C G
I want every single soul to know
Am F
That I love you for what you are
C G Am F
So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart
Riff (Ian):
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5h7p5-7-7-7h9p7-9-9-9h10p9-10--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Verse (Darren):
Same riff as intro, verse 1 and pre chorus -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/powderfinger/burn_your_name_tab.html ]
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5-----8----5-----5-------6-----8----6-----6--|
G|--5-----5----------5-------7-----7----------7-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|--5------------------|
B|-----8--6--5---------|
G|--------------5-5-5--|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Verse (Ian):
Same as Pre Chorus:
C Dm C F
So tomorrow will arrive
C Dm C F
And I burst a broken light
C Dm C F
And a spell will hold us back
C Dm C F
Shattering like glass
Chorus (Both guitars):
C G
I want every single soul to know
Am F
That I love you for what you are
C G Am F
So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart
C G
I want every single soul to know
Am F
That I love you for what you are
C G Am F
So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart
Bridge :
(Burn your name right across the sky
So I never forget what the feeling's like) x4
After second time through Ian starts playing the riff:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5-5-5h7p5-7-7-7h9p7-9-9-9h10p9-10--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Chorus (Both guitars):
C G
I want every single soul to know
Am F
That I love you for what you are
C G Am F
So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart C G
I want every single soul to know
Am F
That I love you for what you are
C G Am F
So I sound the bells that praise your precious heart
Outro (Both guitars):
C G Am F
Gonna burn your name
C G Am F
Gonna burn your name
Please comment corrections
Sounds really good with a light overdrive effect