Down the Burning Ropes

James Vincent McMorrow - Down the Burning Ropes: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Down the Burning Ropes" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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Learn Down the Burning Ropes Guitar Chords and Lyrics by James Vincent McMorrow

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Down the Burning Ropes" smoothly on your guitar.

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When the hills let go
Slowly fade into the water like some ancient lover
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On a ship filled with ghosts
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It's something to behold

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When the paper thin girls
With twisting little braids in their hair,
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They take off their coats and throw
Pebbles and stones from the side of the boat,
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Crying out
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The stones they float, the stones they float
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Oh my God, the stones they float,
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the stones they float

Down the burning ropes
Past the places where the steal
beams meet concrete skies
You make your bed under the moonlight
I think it's time we said goodbye

Cause nothing moves in the warm air
And words that once would cut like a knife
They just hang in the cloud and you're
Pushed by the lord
But you're pulled by the crowds and
You're overboard, you're overboard
Oh my God, she's overboard

My love she's overboard
She's overboard
My love she's overboard

There's not a shell unbroken
In the valley where my heartache and the timbers lay
It's not the time to be hanging around here
You know what some might say

That people get too reckless
That even with the simplest of crimes
They leave, blood behind
As I clean the knife for the very last time
I think she knows, I think she knows
Oh my God, I think she knows
I think she knows



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If you are also interested in learning how to play "Down the Burning Ropes" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Down the Burning Ropes" by James Vincent McMorrow.

James Vincent McMorrow - Down the Burning Ropes: Guitar Chords

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