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------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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]

^GHarry Truman, Doris Day, ^DRed China, Johnnie Ray ^EmSouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, ^CJoe DiMaggio ^GJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, ^DStudebaker, television ^EmNorth Korea, South Korea, ^CMarilyn Monroe

[Piano Intro Riff] G D Em C

^GRosenbergs, H-Bomb, ^DSugar Ray, Panmunjom ^EmBrando, "The King and I", ^Cand "The Catcher in the Rye" ^GEisenhower, vaccine, ^DEngland's got a new queen ^EmMarciano, Liberace, ^CSantayana goodbye

[Chorus]

^GWe didn't start the^D fire It was ^Emalways burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the^D fire No we ^Bmdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it

[Verse]

^GJosef Stalin, Malenkov, ^DNasser and Prokofiev ^EmRockefeller, Campanella, ^CCommunist Bloc ^GRoy Cohn, Juan Peron, ^DToscanini, Dacron ^EmDien Bien Phu Falls, ^CRock Around the Clock ^GEinstein, James Dean, ^DBrooklyn's got a winning team ^EmDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, ^CElvis Presley, Disneyland ^GBardot, Budapest, ^DAlabama, Khrushchev ^EmPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, ^CTrouble in the Suez

[Chorus]

^GWe didn't start the^D fire It was ^Emalways burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the^D fire No we ^Bmdidn't light it But we ^Amtried to fight it

[Bridge]

^CLittle Rock, Pasternak, ^AmMickey Mantle, Kerouac ^EmSputnik, Zhou Enlai, ^DBridge On The River Kwai ^CLebanon, Charles de Gaulle, ^AmCalifornia Baseball, ^EmStarkweather homicide, ^DChildren of Thalidomide

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^GBuddy Holly, Ben Hur, ^DSpace Monkey, Mafia ^EmHula Hoops, Castro, ^CEdsel is a no-go ^GU2, Syngman Rhee, ^Dpayola and Kennedy ^EmChubby Checker, Psycho, ^CBelgians in the Congo

[Chorus]

^GWe didn't start the^D fire It was ^Emalways burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the^D fire No we ^Bmdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it

[Verse]

^GHemingway, Eichmann, ^DStranger in a Strange Land, ^EmDylan, Berlin, ^CBay of Pigs invasion ^GLawrence of Arabia, ^DBritish Beatlemania ^EmOle Miss, John Glenn, ^CListon beats Patterson ^GPope Paul, Malcolm X, ^DBritish Politician sex ^EmJ.F.K. blown away, ^Cwhat else do I have to say

[Chorus]

^GWe didn't start the^D fire It was ^Emalways burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the^D fire No we ^Bmdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it

[Verse]

^GBirth control, Ho Chi Minh, ^DRichard Nixon back again ^EmMoonshot, Woodstock, ^CWatergate, punk rock ^GBegin, Reagan, Palestine, ^DTerror on the airline ^EmAyatollah's in Iran, ^CRussians in Afghanistan ^GWheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, ^Dheavy metal suicide ^EmForeign debts, homeless Vets, ^CAIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz ^GHypodermics on the shores, ^DChina's under martial law ^EmRock and Roller cola wars, ^CI can't take it anymore

[Chorus]

^GWe didn't start the^D fire It was ^Emalways burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the^D fire No we ^Bmdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it ^GWe didn't start the^D fire It was ^Emalways burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the^D fire No we ^Bmdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it ^GWe didn't start the^D fire It was ^Emalways burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the^D fire No we ^Bmdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it

Billy Joel - We didnt start the fire