OneRepublic - Burning Bridges: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Burning Bridges" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C#                       D#m
You and I were meant to be
               A#m
Aint no doubt about it
          F#
No way to hide that sort of thing
C#                             D#m
Now I'm waiting for something better
A#m           F#
Aint nothing better worth imagining

C#            D#m
I, I keep on running
             A#m
I'm building bridges that
                  F#
I know you never wanted
            C#
Look for my heart
             D#m
You stole it away
         A#m                               F#
Now I'll never sing the road that I could take

Chorus:
        C#             D#m             A#m F#
Listen, I want you to burn my bridges down
        C#             D#m             A#m F#
I said, I want you to burn my bridges down
           C# D#m
Set me on Fire
A#m     F#
You set me
          C#  D#m  A#m
Set me on Fire
        F#
You can burn my bridges down

Send this out to sea
You send it where you wanted
You can take your no for no or not at all
There’s no filling up your
spaces with fictionary places
Imaginary faces they don’t work at all

I, I keep on running
I’m building bridges that
I know you never wanted
Look for my heart
You stole it away
Now I’ll never sing the road that I could take

Chorus

I want you to burn my bridges down, down
I want you to burn my bridges down
Set me on fire
You set me
Set me on fire, set me on fire
Set me on fire
I want you to burn my bridges down (down)
I said, I want you to burn
my bridges down, down, down
Set me on fire, set me on fire


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F#

Guitar chord F#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

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