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BILLY JOEL - We Didn't Start the Fire
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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
