------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BILLY JOEL - We Didn't Start the Fire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Stefan Email: stehphyn@yahoo.com Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Piano intro riff: e|----------------7-----------------7---------------7------| B|-----------8-10-------------8-10----10--8---8-10----10-8-| G|-7--7-7-9-----------------9---------------9--------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Verse: G (320003@1) DHarry (xx0232@1)Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray Em (022000@1) CSouth (x32010@1)Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio G (320003@1) DJoe (xx0232@1)McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television Em (022000@1) CNorth (x32010@1)Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe [Piano Intro Riff ] G D Em C G (320003@1) DRosenbergs, (xx0232@1)H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Em (022000@1) CBrando, (x32010@1)"The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye" G (320003@1) DEisenhower, (xx0232@1)vaccine, England's got a new queen Em (022000@1) CMarciano, (x32010@1)Liberace, Santayana goodbye Chorus: G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire EmIt (022000@1)was always burning CSince (x32010@1)the world's been turning G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire BmNo (x24432@1)we didn't light it CBut (x32010@1)we tried to fight it Verse: G (320003@1) DJosef (xx0232@1)Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Em (022000@1) CRockefeller, (x32010@1)Campanella, Communist Bloc G (320003@1) DRoy (xx0232@1)Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Em (022000@1) CDien (x32010@1)Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock G (320003@1) DEinstein, (xx0232@1)James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Em (022000@1) CDavy (x32010@1)Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland G (320003@1) DBardot, (xx0232@1)Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev Em (022000@1) CPrincess (x32010@1)Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez Chorus: G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire EmIt (022000@1)was always burning CSince (x32010@1)the world's been turning G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire BmNo (x24432@1)we didn't light it AmBut (x02210@1)we tried to fight it Bridge: C (x32010@1) AmLittle (x02210@1)Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Em (022000@1) DSputnik, (xx0232@1)Zhou Enlai, Bridge On The River Kwai C (x32010@1) AmLebanon, (x02210@1)Charles de Gaulle, California Baseball, Em (022000@1) DStarkweather (xx0232@1)homicide, Children of Thalidomide Little guitar riff after bridge: e|-12-----10-----8---------12-----10-----8---------| B|----13-----12----10---------13-----12----10------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Verse: G (320003@1) DBuddy (xx0232@1)Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia Em (022000@1) CHula (x32010@1)Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go G (320003@1) DU2, (xx0232@1)Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Em (022000@1) CChubby (x32010@1)Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo Chorus: G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire EmIt (022000@1)was always burning CSince (x32010@1)the world's been turning G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire BmNo (x24432@1)we didn't light it CBut (x32010@1)we tried to fight it Verse: G (320003@1) DHemingway, (xx0232@1)Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land, Em (022000@1) CDylan, (x32010@1)Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion G (320003@1) DLawrence (xx0232@1)of Arabia, British Beatlemania Em (022000@1) COle (x32010@1)Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson G (320003@1) DPope (xx0232@1)Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex Em (022000@1) CJ.F.K. (x32010@1)blown away, what else do I have to say Chorus: G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire EmIt (022000@1)was always burning CSince (x32010@1)the world's been turning G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire BmNo (x24432@1)we didn't light it CBut (x32010@1)we tried to fight it Verse: G (320003@1) DBirth (xx0232@1)control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Em (022000@1) CMoonshot, (x32010@1)Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock G (320003@1) DBegin, (xx0232@1)Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline Em (022000@1) CAyatollah's (x32010@1)in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan G (320003@1) DWheel (xx0232@1)of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide Em (022000@1) CForeign (x32010@1)debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz G (320003@1) DHypodermics (xx0232@1)on the shores, China's under martial law Em (022000@1) CRock (x32010@1)and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore Chorus: G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire EmIt (022000@1)was always burning CSince (x32010@1)the world's been turning G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire BmNo (x24432@1)we didn't light it CBut (x32010@1)we tried to fight it G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire EmIt (022000@1)was always burning CSince (x32010@1)the world's been turning G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire BmNo (x24432@1)we didn't light it CBut (x32010@1)we tried to fight it G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire EmIt (022000@1)was always burning CSince (x32010@1)the world's been turning G (320003@1) DWe (xx0232@1)didn't start the fire BmNo (x24432@1)we didn't light it CBut (x32010@1)we tried to fight it