Tonart: G major•
Intro 1
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
G
C
Verse 1
G
Harry Truman, Doris Day,
Em
C
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
G
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon,
Em
C
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Interlude 1
G
D
Em
C
Verse 2
Em
Brando, "The King and I"
C
and "The Catcher in the Rye"
D
England's got a new queen
Em
C
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
Chorus 1
G
D
We didn't start the fire
Em
It was always burning
C
Since the world's been turning
G
D
We didn't start the fire
C
But we tried to fight it
Verse 3
G
Joseph Stalin, Malenkov,
Em
C
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
G
D
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Em
Dien Bien Phu falls,
C
"Rock Around the Clock"
D
Brooklyn's got a winning team
Em
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan,
C
Elvis Presley, Disneyland
G
D
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Em
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place",
Chorus 2
G
D
We didn't start the fire
Em
It was always burning
C
Since the world's been turning
G
D
We didn't start the fire
Am
But we tried to fight it
Bridge 1
C
Little Rock, Pasternak,
Am
Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Em
Sputnik, Zhou En-Lai,
D
"Bridge on the River Kwai"
C
Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle,
Am
Em
California baseball, Starkweather homicide,
D
children of Thalidomide
Verse 4
Oh, huh, ho
G
D
Buddy Holly, "Ben-Hur", Space Monkey, Mafia
Em
C
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go
G
D
U2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy
Em
Chubby Checker, "Psycho",
Chorus 3
G
D
We didn't start the fire
Em
It was always burning
C
Since the world's been turning
G
D
We didn't start the fire
C
But we tried to fight it
Verse 5
D
"Stranger in a Strange Land"
Em
C
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Em
Ole Miss, John Glenn,
C
what else do I have to say?
Chorus 4
G
D
We didn't start the fire
Em
It was always burning
C
Since the world's been turning
G
D
We didn't start the fire
C
But we tried to fight it
Verse 6
G
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh,
D
Richard Nixon back again
Em
C
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
G
Begin, Reagan, Palestine,
Em
C
Ayatollahs in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan
G
"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride,
Em
Foreign debts, homeless vets,
C
AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
G
Hypodermics on the shores,
D
China's under martial law
Em
Rock and roller Cola wars,
Chorus 5
I can't take it anymore
G
D
We didn't start the fire
Em
It was always burning
C
Since the world's been turning
G
D
We didn't start the fire
C
G
It will still burn on, and on, and on
D
Em
C
and on and on and on and on and on
G
D
We didn't start the fire
C
Since the world's been turning
Outro 1
G
D
We didn't start the fire
Em
No we didn't light it
C
But we tried to fight it
G
D
We didn't start the fire
C
Since the world's been turning
[Repeat and fade]
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