We Didn't Start the Fire Billy Joel
Lyrics and guitar chords
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Guitar chords The Tonal Key G7 favorites
intro
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instrumental
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chorus
It was
No we
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chorus
It was
No we
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chorus
It was
No we
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chorus
It was
No we
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chorus
It was
But when
It was
No we
| powt. do wyciszenia
G D | Em C | x21.
GHarry Truman, Doris Day, DRed China, Johnnie RayEmSouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, CJoe DiMaggioGJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, DStudebaker, televisionEmNorth Korea, South Korea, CMarilyn Monroeinstrumental
G D | Em C2.
GRosenbergs, H-bomb, DSugar Ray, PanmunjomEmBrando, "The King and I" Cand "The Catcher in the Rye"GEisenhower, vaccine, DEngland's got a new queenEmMarciano, Liberace, CSantayana goodbyechorus
GWe didn't start the DfireIt was
Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turningGWe didn't start the DfireNo we
Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it3.
GJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, DNasser and ProkofievEmRockefeller, Campanella, CCommunist BlocGRoy hn, Juan Peron, DToscanini, dacronEmDien Bien Phu falls, C"Rock Around the Clock"4.
GEinstein, James Dean, DBrooklyn's got a winning teamEmDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, CElvis Presley, DisneylandGBardot, Budapest, DAlabama, KrushchevEmPrincess Grace, "Peyton Place", Ctrouble in the Suezchorus
GWe didn't start the DfireIt was
Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turningGWe didn't start the DfireNo we
Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it5.
CLittle Rock, Pasternak, AmMickey Mantle, KerouacEmSputnik, Chou En-Lai, D"Bridge on the River Kwai"CLebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, AmCalifornia baseballEmStarkweather, homicide, Dchildren of thalidomide6.
GBuddy Holly, "Ben Hur", Dspace monkey, MafiaEmHula hoops, Castro, CEdsel is a no-goGU-2, Syngman Rhee, Dpayola and KennedyEmChubby Checker, "Psycho", CBelgians in the Congochorus
GWe didn't start the DfireIt was
Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turningGWe didn't start the DfireNo we
Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it7.
GHemingway, Eichmann, D"Stranger in a Strange Land"EmDylan, Berlin, CBay of Pigs invasionG"Lawrence of Arabia", DBritish BeatlemaniaEmOle Miss, John Glenn, CListon beats Patterson8.
GPope Paul, Malcolm X, DBritish politician sexEmJFK, blown away, Cwhat else do I have to saychorus
GWe didn't start the DfireIt was
Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turningGWe didn't start the DfireNo we
Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it9.
GBirth control, Ho Chi Minh, DRichard Nixon back againEmMoonshot, Woodstoock, CWatergate, punk rockGBegin, Reagan, Palestine, Dterror on the airlineEmAyatollah's in Iran, CRussians in Afghanistan10.
G"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, Dheavy metal, suicideEmForeign debts, homeless vets, CAIDS, crack, Bernie GoetzGHypodermics on the shores, DChina's under martial lawEmRock and roller cola wars, CI can't take it anymorechorus
GWe didn't start the DfireIt was
Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turningGWe didn't start the DfireBut when
Emwe are gone, will it Cstill burn on, and Don, and on, and on… Em CGWe didn't start the DfireIt was
Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turningGWe didn't start the DfireNo we
Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it| powt. do wyciszenia
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Tekst utworu zawiera ponad 100 nagłówków z gazet dot. wydarzeń pomiędzy 1949 (rokiem urodzenia Joel'a) a 1989 (rokiem wydania albumu "Storm Front", na którym znalazł się utwór). [en.wikipedia]
