Capo 1 Standard Tuning All chords in relation to capo --------- -Verse 1- --------- B5 D5 A5 When the wind picked up the fire spread E5 B5 And the grapevines seemed left for dead D5 A5 And the Northern sky looked like the end of days F5 The end of days B5 D5 A5 The wake-up call to a rented room E5 B5 Sounded like an alarm of impending doom D5 A5 To warn us it's only a matter of time -Chorus- B5 D5 A5 E5 Before we all burn B5 D5 A5 F5 Before we all burn B5 D5 A5 E5 Before we all burn B5 D5 A5 (hold A5 ) Before we all burn -Verse 2- B5 D5 A5 We bought some wine and some paper cups E5 B5 Near your daughters school when we picked her up D5 A5 And drove to a cemetery on a hill F5 On a hill B5 D5 A5 And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray E5 B5 But she laughed and danced through the field of graves D5 A5 And there I knew it would be alright E5 That everything -Chorus- B5 D5 A5 E5 Would be alright B5 D5 A5 F5 Would be alright B5 D5 A5 E5 Would be alright B5 D5 A5 (hold A5 ) Would be alright -Bridge- C#5 D5 And the news reports on the radio A5 B5 Said it was getting worse D5 F5 As the ocean air fanned the flames C#5 But I couldn't think D5 A5 B5 Of anywhere I would of rather been D5 E5 To watch it all burn away -Chorus- B5 D5 A5 E5 To burn away B5 D5 A5 F5 B5 D5 A5 E5 B5 D5 A5 (hold A5 ) B5 D5 A5 E5 B5 D5 A5 F5 B5 D5 A5 E5 B5 D5 A5 (hold A5 ) -Outro- B5 D5 A5 And the firemen worked in double shifts E5 B5 With prayers for rain on their lips D5 A5 (fade) And they knew it was only a matter of time
