We Didn't Start The Fire
Billy JoelVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
4x
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winch ell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenberg s, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
We didn't start the fire;
It was always burning,
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Kahn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
We didn't start the fire;
It was always burning,
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Stark weather, homicide, children of thalidomide
Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning,
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it
Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatle mania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson
Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning,
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it,
But we tried to fight it
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moon shot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning,
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on 3x
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Readable chord sheet for We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel
[G] [D] [Am] [C] 4x [G]Harry Truman, Doris Day, [D]Red China, Johnnie Ray [Am]South Pacific, Walter Winch ell,[C] Joe DiMaggio [G]Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, [D]Studebaker, television [Am]North Korea, South Korea, [C]Marilyn Monroe [G] [D] [Am] [C] [G]Rosenberg s, H-bomb,[D] Sugar Ray, Panmunjom [Am]Brando, "The King and I" [C]and "The Catcher in the Rye" [G]Eisenhower, vaccine, [D]England's got a new queen [Am]Marciano, Liberace, [C]Santayana goodbye [G]We didn't start the [D]fire; It was [Am]always burning, Since the [C]world's been turning [G]We didn't start the [D]fire No we [Am]didn't light it, But we [C]tried to fight it [G]Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, [D]Nasser and Prokofiev [Am]Rockefeller, Campanella, [C]Communist Bloc [G]Roy Kahn, Juan Peron, [D]Toscanini, Dacron [Am]Dien Bien Phu falls, "[C]Rock Around the Clock" [G]Einstein, James Dean, [D]Brooklyn's got a winning team [Am]Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, [C]Elvis Presley, Disneyland [G]Bardot, Budapest, [D]Alabama, Khrushchev [Am]Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", [C]trouble in the Suez [G]We didn't start the [D]fire; It was [Am]always burning, Since the [C]world's been turning [G]We didn't start the [D]fire No we [Am]didn't light it, But we [C]tried to fight it [Am]Little Rock, Pasternak, [Em]Mickey Mantle, Kerouac [Am]Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "[D]Bridge on the River Kwai" [Am]Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, [Em]California baseball [Am]Stark weather, homicide, [D]children of thalidomide[Dsus2] [D] [G]Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", [D]space monkey, Mafia [Am]Hula hoops, Castro, [C]Edsel is a no-go [G]U-2, Syngman Rhee, [D]payola and Kennedy [Am]Chubby Checker, "Psycho", [C]Belgians in the Congo [G]We didn't start the [D]fire It was [Am]always burning, Since the [C]world's been turning [G]We didn't start the [D]fire No we [Am]didn't light it, But we [C]tried to fight it [G]Hemingway, Eichmann, "[D]Stranger in a Strange Land" [Am]Dylan, Berlin, [C]Bay of Pigs invasion [G]"Lawrence of Arabia", [D]British Beatle mania [Am]Ole Miss, John Glenn, [C]Liston beats Patterson [G]Pope Paul, Malcolm X, [D]British politician sex [Am]JFK, blown away, [C]what else do I have to say [G]We didn't start the [D]fire It was [Am]always burning, Since the [C]world's been turning [G]We didn't start the [D]fire No we [Am]didn't light it, But we [C]tried to fight it [G]Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, [D]Richard Nixon back again [Am]Moon shot, Woodstock, [C]Watergate, punk rock [G]Begin, Reagan, Palestine, [D]terror on the airline [Am]Ayatollah's in Iran, [C]Russians in Afghanistan "[G]Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, [D]heavy metal, suicide [Am]Foreign debts, homeless vets, [C]AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz [G]Hypodermics on the shores, [D]China's under martial law [Am]Rock and roller cola wars, [C]I can't take it anymore [G]We didn't start the [D]fire It was [Am]always burning, Since the [C]world's been turning [G]We didn't start the [D]fire But when [Am]we are gone Will it [C]still burn on, and [G]on, and [D]on, and [Am]on 3x[C]