John Lee Hooker - The motor city is burning

^EbOh, the motor city's burnin' ^EbIt ain't no thing in the world that I can do Don't ya know ^{Ab Eb}Don't ya know the big D is burnin'? Ain't no thing in the world that^Eb Johnny can do My home town burnin' down to the ground ^{Ab Eb Eb}Worser than Vietnam

Well, it^Db started on twelfth and ^EbClairmont, this mornin' ^EbI just don't know what it's all about Well, it^Ab started on twelfthand C^Eblairmont, this mornin' ^EbI don't know what it's all about The fire wagon kept comi^Abn' ^{Gb Eb Gb}The snipers just^Eb wouldn't let 'em put it out

^EbFire bomb bustin' all around me ^EbAn' soldiers was everywhere ^AbWell, fire bomb ^Gbfallin' all arou^Abnd me ^AAnd soldiers standin' ev'rywhere ^Eb I could hear the^Ab people screaming ^EbSirens fill the air

^EbI don't know what the trouble is ^EbI can't stay around to find it out I don't know, I d^Abon't know

^EbI just can't stay around to find it out Takin' my wife an my family^{Bb Ab}And little Johnny Lee is^Eb clearin' out

^EbThe motor city's burnin' ^EbAin't a thing that I can do ^EbWell, the motor city's burnin' ^EbAin't a thing that I can do ^AbI just hope, people ^{Eb Eb}It'll never happen to you

^EbYes, yes, I could hear the fireman Said, 'Look, get o^Abutta here' (fade)