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Burning Love
(Dennis Linde)

Copyright EMI Songs Ltd

Original by Arthur Alexander in 1972

RCA studio session - March 27-29, 1972 - RCA's Studio B - Nashville
March 28, 7 pm-4 am

BPA3 1157-06

August 1972 Single A side RCA 74-0769 Burning Love / It's A Matter Of Time

November 1972 LP RCA Camden CAS 2595 Burning Love And Hits From His Movies
Re-mixed version:

September 24, 2002 CD RCA BMG 07863 68079-2 Elvis 30 N° 1 Hits
Outtakes:

A:B test: December 10, 2002 DVD Audio RCA BMG BMG 07863 65053-9 Elvis 30 Nr 1 Hits

Take 2: March 1, 2001 CD FTD 74321 84214-2 6363 Sunset
Takes 3 (fs) and 4: March 23, 2009 CD FTD 88697 48444-2 CD Standing Room Only

Take 4: July 29, 1997 CD RCA 07863-67469-2 Platinum A Life In Music

Re-recording sessions - Second session - Young 'un Sound Studio - Murfreesboro
October 15, 1980
KWA5 8563

November 25, 2000 CD FTD 74321 81233-2 Too Much Monkey Business

Lord Almighty I feel my temperature risin'
Higher and higher it's burning through to my soul
Girl, girl, girl, you're gonna set me on fire
Mmm, my brain is flamin' I don't know which way to go
Your kisses lift me higher like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky with burning love, Mmm

Ooh-hoo-hoo, I feel my temperature risin'
Help me I'm flamin', It must be a hundred and nine
Burnin', burnin', burnin' and nothing can cool me, Yeh
I just might turn to smoke but I feel fine
'Cos your kisses lift me higher like the sweet song of a choir
And you light my morning sky with burning love

It's comin' closer, the flames are now lickin' my body
Won't you help me I feel like I'm slippin' away
It's hard to breathe, my chest is a heavin'
Lord have mercy I'm burnin' the whole world away
Your kisses lift me higher like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky with burning love

I'm just a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burnin' love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burnin' love
A hunk, a hunk of burnin' love
A hunk, a hunk of burnin' love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burnin' love
A hunk, a hunk of burnin' love
A hunk, a hunk of burnin' love

(Lead is A/D on the A Chord)

A                     D                 E                 A

Lord Almighty, feel my temperature rising, yeah,

                               D                      E                  A

Higher and higher, it's burning through to my soul, yeah,

                                D                  E              A

Girl, girl, girl, girl, you're going set me on fire,

                                D                      E                      A

My brain is flaming, I don't know which way to go, yeah...

                F#m     E              D                  F#m              E      D

Cos your Kisses lift me higher, like a sweet song of a choir,)

                F#m              E          D                              A                     ) CHORUS

And you light my morning sky, with burning love.                )

A                                    D                         E             A

It's coming closer, the flames are now licking my body,

                                            D                      E          A

Please won't you help me, I feel like I'm slipping away, yeah,

                                D              E                  A

It's hard to breathe, and my chest is a heaving,

                                D              E                  A

Lord almighty, I'm burning a hole where I lay, yeah,

(CHORUS)

(REPEAT CHORUS CHORDS ONLY, no vocals)

A                      D                                      E              A

It's coming closer, the flames are now licking my body,

                                          D                          E          A

Please won't you help me, I feel like I'm slipping away, yeah,

                                D                  E              A

It's hard to breathe, and my chest is a heaving,

                                    D          E                  A

Lord almighty, I'm burning a hole where I lay, yeah,

(CHORUS)

A                                                      D                              A                                D

I'm just a hunk a hunk of burning love!!!! I'm just a hunk a hunk of burning love!!!!

A                                                      D                              A                                D

I'm just a hunk a hunk of burning love!!!! I'm just a hunk a hunk of burning love!!!!

                                                                                A          A

(Repeat last two lines until........... I'm Just a HUNK, HUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bass Tab Burning Love

Intro Verse 1 Chorus Verse 2 (same as verse 1) Chorus 2x Verse 3 Chorus Outro

Intro Guitar and piano (Bass comes in) G------------------|--------------------------|------------------------- D------------------|--------0--0--2--0--2--4--|--------0--0--2--0--2---- A------------------|--0--2--------------------|--0--2------------------- E------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------

G------| D---4--| A------| E------|

1st verse (Lord almighty.....) G------------------------|--------------------|------------------------- D*--0--0--------0--------|-----------------2--|--0--0--------0---------- A*--------2--0-----2--0--|-----2--5--0--4-----|--------2--0-----2--0---- E------------------------|--3-----------------|-------------------------

Higher and higher.... G---|--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------- D---|--0--0--------0-----------|--0--0--------0--------|---------------- A---|--------2--0-----2--0--2--|--------2--0-----2--0--|----2--5--0---- E---|--------------------------|-----------------------|--3-------------

(Repeat 1x) Chorus G---------|-----------------------|-----------------------||------------ D------2--|--0--0--------0--------|--0--0--------0-------*||------------ A---4-----|--------2--0-----2--0--|--------2--0-----2--0-*||-2--0------- E---------|-----------------------|-----------------------||-------3----

G------------------|--------------------------|------------------------- D------0--3--2--0--|--------------0--3--2--0--|------------------------- A---2--------------|--2--0-----2--------------|--2--0--------------0---- E------------------|--------3-----------------|--------3--2--3--2-------

G------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||--------- D------------|--0--0--------0--------|--0--0--3--4--0--------||--------- A---2--0--2--|--------2--0-----2--0--|-----------------2--0--||--------- E------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||---------

2nd verse (same as verse 1)

Chorus G---------------------------|--------------------------|---------------- D---------------0--3--2--0--|--------------0--3--2--0--|---------------- A---2--0-----2--------------|--2--0-----2--------------|--2--0---------- E---------3-----------------|--------3-----------------|--------3--2----

G---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------- D---------------------|--0--0--------0--------|--0--0--------0---------- A---------0--2--0--2--|--------2--0-----2--0--|--------2--0-----2--0---- E---3--2--------------|-----------------------|-------------------------

Aah aah... G---|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------- D---|--------------0--3--2--0--|--------------0--3--2--0--|------------- A---|--2--0-----2--------------|--2--0-----2--------------|--2--0------- E---|--------3-----------------|--------3-----------------|--------3----

(fast pentatonic) G---------------------|-----------------------|--11--9--7--------------- D---------------------|--0--0--------0--------|------------9--7--------- A------------0--2--0--|--------2--0-----2--0--|------------------9------ E---2--3--2-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------

3rd verse G---------||-----------------------|--------------------|--------------- D---------||--0--0--------0--------|-----------------2--|--0--0--------- A---7-----||--------2--0-----2--0--|-----2--5--0--4-----|--------2------ E------7--||-----------------------|--3-----------------|---------------

Won't you help me...... G---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|---- D------0--------|--0--0--------3--4--3--4--|--0--0--------0--------|---- A---0-----2--0--|--------2--0--------------|--------2--0-----2--0--|---- E---------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|----

G---------------------|-----------------------|------------------------- D------------------2--|--0--0--------0--------|-----0-----0-----3--4---- A------2--5--0--4-----|--------2--0-----2--0--|--2-----2-----2---------- E---3-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------------

G---------|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------- D---0-----|--0--0--------0--------|-----------------2--|--0--0---------- A------2--|--------2--0-----2--0--|-----2--5--0--4-----|--------2--0---- E---------|-----------------------|--3-----------------|----------------

G------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|------- D---0--------|--0--0--------0-----------|--0--0--------0--------|------- A------2--0--|--------2--0-----2--0--2--|--------2--0-----2--0--|------- E------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|--3----

G------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------- D---------------2--|--0--0--------0--------|--0--0--------0------------- A---2--5--0--4-----|--------2--0-----2--0--|--------2--0-----2--0------- E------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------

Chorus (And your kisses....)

Outro (hunka hunka burning love....) G---||------------------------|------------------||--------------------- D---||*--0--0--------0--------|-----------------*||--------------------- A---||*--------2--0-----2--0--|-----2--3--4--5--*||--------------------- E---||------------------------|--3---------------||---------------------

(Make variations like these) (Or like this....) G---------------2--------|--------------|--------------2--------|------- D---3--4--3--4-----4--5--|--------------|--0--0-----------4--5--|------- A------------------------|--2--3--4--5--|--------2--0-----------|---2--- E------------------------|--------------|-----------------------|-------

Repeat and fade G------------------|---------------------------------------------------- D---0--4--2--0-----|---------------------------------------------------- A---------------2--|---------------------------------------------------- E------------------|----------------------------------------------------