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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1088942,"song":"We Didnt Start The Fire","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1088942-we-didnt-start-the-fire-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1088942?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":837,"content":"We Didn't Start The Fire chords\r\nBilly Joel  1989  **\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] * [ch]C[/ch]  x4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHarry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] *                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] *                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNorth Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRosenberg's, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBrando, \"The King and I\" and \"The Catcher in the Rye\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMarciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was always burning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince the world's been turning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo we didn't light it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we tried to fight it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRoy Kahn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDien Bien, Phu falls, \"Rock Around the Clock\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEinstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPrincess Grace, \"Peyton Place\", trouble in the Suez[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was always burning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince the world's been turning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo we didn't light it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we tried to fight it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLittle Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSputnik, Chou En-Lai, \"Bridge on the River Kwai\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\nStarkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBuddy Holly, \"Ben Hur\", space monkey, Mafia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nU-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChubby Checker, \"Psycho\", Belgians in the Congo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was always burning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince the world's been turning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo we didn't light it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we tried to fight it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHemingway, Eichmann, \"Stranger in a Strange Land\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Lawrence of Arabia\", British Beatle mania[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOle Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJFK, blown away, what else do I have to say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was always burning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince the world's been turning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo we didn't light it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut we tried to fight it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBirth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMoon shot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBegin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAyatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Wheel of Fortune\", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForeign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was always burning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince the world's been turning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe didn't start the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut when we are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill it still burn on, and on, and on, and on      x3[/tab]\r\n\r\n*  It has been suggested that Em sounds better than Am\r\n\r\n** Alternates:\r\n\r\nCapo III\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] = [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] = [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nSet8","plain_text":"We Didn't Start The Fire chords\nBilly Joel  1989  **\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire\n\nG  D  Am * C  x4\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  D  Am  C  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*  It has been suggested that Em sounds better than Am\n\n** Alternates:\n\nCapo III\n\nG  = E\nD  = B\nAm = F#m\nC  = A\n\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\n\nG  = C\nD  = G\nAm = Dm\nC  = F\n\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\n\nG  = A\nD  = E\nAm = Bm\nC  = D\n\nSet8","chords":["G","D","Am","C","Em","Dsus2","E","B","F#m","A","Dm","F","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}