------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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^C I", and "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

Little guitar riff after bridge: e|-12-----10-----8---------12-----10-----8---------| B|----13-----12----10---------13-----12----10------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Verse:

^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