Intro: C C/H Am Am/G C C/H Am  Am/G

Verse:
Am               G           F                C
Yesterday she thanked me for oiling the front door

     Dm               C                  F            G
This morning when she wakes she won't be thankful anymore

Am                    G                  F               C
She'll never know how much I cared, just that I couldn't stay

         Dm             C            F           G
And I'll never know the reason why I always run away.

Chorus:
        Am       F   G  C
Burning bridges, one by one.

         Am          F  G C
What I'm doing can't be undone

        Am            G                  F                  C
And I'm always hoping someday, I'm gonna stop this running 'round

     Dm                         C   F   Dm  G            C 
But every time the chance comes up, another bridge goes down


Verse:
Am                      G               F               C
Last night we talked of old times, and families and hometowns

    Dm               C             F                 G
She wondered if we'd both agree on where we'd settle down

Am                       G                     F         C
And I told her that we'd cross that bridge whenever it arrives

    Dm            C                           F            G
But now I see her through the flames standing on the other side


Chorus:
     Am                   
Like ashes on the water I drift away in sorrow

        Dm                               G
Knowing that the day my lesson's finally learned.

        Am                          Am
I'll be standing at a river staring out across tomorrow
        Am                                       Dm            G
And the bridge I'll need to get there, will be a bridge that I have burned