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We Didnt Start The Fire

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G   D   Am* Cx4
GHarry Truman, Doris Day, DRed China, Johnnie Ray
Am* C  
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
GJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, DStudebaker, television
Am* C  
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
G D Am C
GRosenberg's, H-bomb, DSugar Ray, Panmunjom
AmBrando, "The King and I" Cand "The Catcher in the Rye"
GEisenhower, vaccine, DEngland's got a new queen
AmMarciano, Liberace, CSantayana goodbye
GWe didn't start the Dfire;
It was Amalways burning,
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Amdidn't light it,
But we Ctried to fight it
GJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, DNasser and Prokofiev
AmRockefeller, Campanella, CCommunist Bloc
GRoy Kahn, Juan Peron, DToscanini, Dacron
AmDien Bien, Phu falls, C"Rock Around the Clock"
GEinstein, James Dean, DBrooklyn's got a winning team
AmDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, CElvis Presley, Disneyland
GBardot, Budapest, DAlabama, Khrushchev
AmPrincess Grace, "Peyton Place", Ctrouble in the Suez
GWe didn't start the Dfire;
It was Amalways burning,
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Amdidn't light it,
But we Ctried to fight it
AmLittle Rock, Pasternak, EmMickey Mantle, Kerouac
AmSputnik, Chou En-Lai, "DBridge on the River Kwai"
AmLebanon, Charles de Gaulle, EmCalifornia baseball
Am   D   Dsus2   Dx2
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide
GBuddy Holly, "Ben Hur", Dspace monkey, Mafia
AmHula hoops, Castro, CEdsel is a no-go
GU-2, Syngman Rhee, Dpayola and Kennedy
AmChubby Checker, "Psycho", CBelgians in the Congo
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Amalways burning,
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Amdidn't light it,
But we Ctried to fight it
GHemingway, Eichmann, "DStranger in a Strange Land"
AmDylan, Berlin, CBay of Pigs invasion
G"Lawrence of Arabia", DBritish Beatle mania
AmOle Miss, John Glenn, CListon beats Patterson
GPope Paul, Malcolm X, DBritish politician sex
AmJFK, blown away, Cwhat else do I have to say
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Amalways burning,
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Amdidn't light it,
But we Ctried to fight it
GBirth control, Ho Chi Minh, DRichard Nixon back again
AmMoon shot, Woodstock, CWatergate, punk rock
GBegin, Reagan, Palestine, Dterror on the airline
AmAyatollah's in Iran, CRussians in Afghanistan
"GWheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, Dheavy metal, suicide
AmForeign debts, homeless vets, CAIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
GHypodermics on the shores, DChina's under martial law
AmRock and roller cola wars, CI can't take it anymore
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Amalways burning,
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
But when Amwe are gone
Will it Cstill burn on, and Gon, and Don, and Amon Cx3
* It has been suggested that Em sounds better than Am
Capo III
G= E  
D= B  
Am= F#m  
C= A  
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G= C  
D= G  
Am= Dm  
C= F  
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G= A  
D= E  
Am= Bm  
C= D  
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