Billy Joel We Didn't Start The Fire Everyone seems to have this wrong, so here we go...the CORRECT version ____________________________________________________ MAIN LEAD RIFF (thanks Aussie, you got it right.) E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------12--------12----------12--------------------------------------| G|--------1214------1214--1412--1214--1412------Repeat over and over again--| D|12121214--------14----------14----------14--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| (this goes on for 16 bars until the rest of the music kicks in, and continues) ____________________________________________________ OPENING CHORDS

^GEm ^D c G D B C ____________________________________________________

VERSE

^GHarry Tru^Dman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray ^EmSouth Pacif^Cic, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio ^GJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, S^Dtudebaker, television ^EmNorth Korea, South Korea, M^Carilyn Monroe

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^GEm ^D c ____________________________________________________

VERSE

^GRosenbergs, H-bomb, S^Dugar Ray, Panmunjom ^EmBrando, The King and I, a^Cnd The Catcher in the Rye ^GEisenhower, vaccine, ^DEngland's got a new queen ^EmMarciano, Liberace, Sa^Cntayana goodbye ____________________________________________________

CHORUS (intro part is the lead here)

^GWe didn't^D start the fire ^EmIt was always burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the ^Dfire No we ^Bdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it ____________________________________________________

VERSE

^GJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, ^DNasser aand Prokofiev ^EmRockefeller, Campanella, C^Communist Bloc ^GRoy hn, Juan Peron, T^Doscanini, dacron ^EmDien Bien Phu falls, ^CRock Around the Clock ^GEinstein, James Dean, ^DBrooklyn's got a winning team ^EmDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, E^Clvis Presley, Disneyland ^GBardot, Budapest, ^DAlabama, Krushchev ^EmPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, t^Crouble in the Suez

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^GWe didn't^D start the fire ^EmIt was always burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the ^Dfire No we ^Bdidn't light it But we ^Atried to fight it

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^CLittle Rock, Pasternak, ^AMickey Mantle, Kerouac ^EmSputnik, Chou En-Lai, ^DBridge on the River Kwai ^CLebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, ^ACalifornia baseball ^EmStarkweather, homicide, ^Dchildren of thalidomide ____________________________________________________

Exit to Bridge - Lead Guitar Part (these are hammer ons) E|----12-0-0---10-0-0---8-0-0---7-0-0-8-------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ____________________________________________________ VERSE

^GBuddy Holly, Ben Hur, ^Dspace monkey, Mafia ^EmHula hoops, Castro, E^Cdsel is a no-go ^GU-2, Syngman Rhee, ^Dpayola and Kennedy ^EmChubby Checker, Psycho, B^Celgians in the Congo ____________________________________________________

CHORUS (intro part is the lead here)

^GWe didn't^D start the fire ^EmIt was always burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the ^Dfire No we ^Bdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it

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^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 ^EmJFK, blown away, w^Chat else do I have to say

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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, R^Cussians in Afghanistan ^GWheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, ^Dheavy metal, suicide ^EmForeign debts, homeless vets, A^CIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz ^GHypodermics on the shores, ^DChina's under martial law ^EmRock and roller cola wars, ^CI can't take it anymore ____________________________________________________

CHORUS (intro part is the lead here)

^GWe didn't^D start the fire ^EmIt was always burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the ^Dfire But wh^Ben we are gone It stil^Cl burn on, and on, ^Dand on, and on And on, and on, and ^Emon, and on, and ^Con ^GWe didn't^D start the fire ^EmIt was always burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the ^Dfire No we ^Bdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it ^GWe didn't^D start the fire ^EmIt was always burning Since the ^Cworld's been turning ^GWe didn't start the ^Dfire No we ^Bdidn't light it But we ^Ctried to fight it

Billy Joel - We didnt start the fire