We,
(G)we don’t have to wor ry ’bout noth ing.
’Cause we got the fire,
and we (G)burn ing one hell of a some thing.
They,
they gon na see us from out er space, out er space.
Light it up,
like we’re the stars of the hu man race, hu man race.
When the light’s turn ing down, they don’t know what they heard.
Strike the match, play it loud, giv ing love to the world.
We’ll be rais ing our hands, shin ing up to the sky.
’Cause we got the (D)fire, fire, fire.
Yeah, we got the (Bm)fire, fire, fire.
And we gon na let it (Bm)burn, burn, burn, burn.
We gon na let it (D)burn, burn, burn, burn.
Gon na let it (Bm)burn, burn, burn, burn.
We gon na let it (D)burn, burn, burn, burn.
We don’t wan na (Bm)leave,
no.
We just wan na be right now, right, r r right now.
And what we see
is ev ’ry bod y’s on the (D)floor act in’ cra zy, get tin’ lo (A)co ’til the lights out.
Mu sic’s on, I’m wak in’ up.
We start the fire, and we’re burn in’ on.
And it’s o ver now, we got the love, there’s no sleep ing now, no sleep ing now.
When the light’s (D)burn, burn, burn, burn.
When the light’s turn ing down, they don’t know what they heard.
Strike the match, play it loud, giv ing love to the world.
We gon na let it (Bm)burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn.
(Bm)Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn.
We can light it (Bm)up, up, up so they can’t put it (D)out, out, out.
We can light it (Bm)up, up, up so they can’t put it (D)out, out, out.
We can light it (Bm)up, up, up so they can’t put it (D)out, out, out.
We can light it (Bm)up, up, up so they can’t put it (D)out, out, out.
When the light’s turn ing down, they don’t know what they heard.
Strike the match, play it loud, giv ing love to the world.
We’ll be rais ing our hands, shin ing up to the sky.
’Cause we got the (D)fire, fire, fire.
Yeah, we got the (Bm)fire, fire, fire.
And we gon na let it (Bm)burn, burn, burn, burn.
We gon na let it (D)burn, burn, burn, burn.
Gon na let it (Bm)burn, burn, burn, burn.
We gon na let it (D)burn, burn, burn, burn.
When the light’s turn ing down, they don’t know what they heard.
Strike the match, play it loud, giv ing love to the world.
We’ll be rais ing our hands, shin ing up to the sky.
’Cause we got the (Bm)fire, fire, fire.
Yeah, we got the (D)fire, fire, fire.
And we gon na let it (Bm)burn.
This page shows “Burn” by Ellie Goulding in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of B at 170 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.