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Billie Eilish - &Burn Chords

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ChordsAm, C, Dm, Em, F, G
Strumming↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

  • Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram
  • Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram
  • Guitar Dm chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-1Guitar Dm chord diagram
  • Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram
  • Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram
  • Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram

[Opening]
[Am]Lips meet teeth and tongue
[Am]My heart skips eight beats at once
[Am]If we were meant to be, we would [C]have been by now
[Am]See what you wanna [Dm]see, all I see is him right now
Him right now

[chorus]
[Em]I’ll sit and [Am]watch your car [F]burn
With the fire [G]that you [Am]started in me
[F]But you nev[C]er came b[Dm]ack to ask it o[Em]ut
[Em]Go ahead and [Am]watch my [G]heart [F]burn
With the [G]fire that you [Am]started in me
[F]But I’ll [C]never let you [Dm]back to put it out
(Thanks)

[verse 2]
[Am]Your love feels so fake
[Am]My demands aren’t high to make
[Am]If I could get to [Dm]sleep, I would have [Am]slept by now
Your [Am]lies will never keep, I [G]think you need to blow ’em out
[C](Blow them out)

[chorus]
[Em]I’ll sit and [Am]watch your car [F]burn
With the fire [G]that you [Am]started in me
[F]But you nev[C]er came b[Dm]ack to ask it o[Em]ut
[Em]Go ahead and [Am]watch my [G]heart [F]burn
With the [G]fire that you [Am]started in [Dm]me
[F]But I’ll [C]never let you [Dm]back to put it out
(Out)

[verse 3]
[Am]7-4-2008
I still remember that
[Am]Heaven sent a present my way
I won’t forget your laugh
[Am]Packing everything when you leave
You know you coming back
[Am]Wanna see me down on my knees
But that was made for a ring
[Am]I try to wait for the storm to calm down
But that’s [F]stubborn baby, leading a war
We droned down on [Dm]each other
Tryin’ to even the score
We all been found [F]guilty in the [Em]court of aorta

[verse 4]
And I’ll watch your car burn
With the fire that you [Am]started in me
[F]But you never [Dm]came back to ask it [G]out
Go ahead and [Am]watch my heart [F]burn
With the fire that you [Am]started in [F]me
But I’ll [Dm]never let you back to put it out

[Closing]
[Am]Watch your car, [F]watch your car burn
I won’t forget your laugh
Go ahead and [Am]watch my heart, [F]watch my heart burn
You know you coming back, you know you coming back
[Am]Watch your car, [F]watch your car burn
(Go ahead and watch my heart, watch my heart burn)
Tryin’ to even the score
Go ahead and [Am]watch my heart, [F]watch my heart burn
Found guilty in the [Em]court of [Am]aorta

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ArtistBillie Eilish
AlbumDon't Smile at Me
GenresPop
Year2017
KeyAm

How to play &Burn on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Billie Eilish - &Burn on guitar requires 6 chords and 14 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

&Burn uses these transitions most often: Am → F (13), Em → Am (6), and G → Am (5). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Am - C chord transition.

1. Am → C chord transition

Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram
Guitar C chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-0-1-0Guitar C chord diagram

To move from Am to C;

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 3.
Am to C

2. Am → Dm chord transition

Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram
Guitar Dm chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-1Guitar Dm chord diagram

To move from Am to Dm;

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 3.
Am to Dm

3. Dm → Em chord transition

Guitar Dm chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-1Guitar Dm chord diagram
Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram

To move from Dm to Em;

  1. While playing Dm, lift your index finger from E string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
Dm to Em

4. Em → Am chord transition

Guitar Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-0-0-0Guitar Em chord diagram
Guitar Am chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-1-0Guitar Am chord diagram

To move from Em to Am;

  1. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Place index finger on B string fret 1.
Em to Am

5. Am → F chord transition

To move from Am to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.

6. F → G chord transition

To move from F to G;

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

7. G → Am chord transition

To move from G to Am;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.

8. F → C chord transition

To move from F to C;

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
  4. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.

9. C → Dm chord transition

To move from C to Dm;

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

10. G → C chord transition

To move from G to C;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.

11. C → Em chord transition

To move from C to Em;

  1. While playing C, lift your index finger from B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 2.

12. Dm → F chord transition

To move from Dm to F;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 3 to A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 3.

13. F → Em chord transition

To move from F to Em;

  1. While playing F, first lift your index finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 2.

14. Dm → G chord transition

To move from Dm to G;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

&Burn chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in &Burn.

  • &Burn includes 67 chord transitions, 14 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • &Burn contains 6 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how &Burn connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After Am, the most likely next chords across Chordier are F (26%), G (21%), and C (16%).
    • Am → F: 26%
    • Am → G: 21%
    After F, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (40%), G (21%), and Am (11%).
    • F → C: 40%
    • F → G: 21%
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