Chords
[Intro]
G G D Em
C G D Em
C
[Refrain]
G D Em C
G D Bm
C
[Verse 1]
GHarry Truman, Doris Day, DRed China, Johnnie Ray
EmSouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, CJoe DiMaggio
GJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, DStudebaker, Television
EmNorth Korea, South Korea, CMarilyn Monroe
[Refrain]
G D Em C
[Verse 2]
GRosenbergs, HBomb, DSugar Ray, Panmunjom
EmBrando, The King And I, Cand The Catcher In The Rye,
GEisenhower, Vaccine, DEngland's got a new queen
EmMarciano, Liberace, CSantayana goodbye
[Chorus]
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
No, we Bmdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it
[Verse 3]
GJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, DNasser and Prokofiev
EmRockefeller, Campanella, CCommunist Bloc
GRoy Cohn, Juan Peron, DToscanini, Dacron
EmDien Bien Phu Falls, C"Rock Around the Clock"
GEinstein, James Dean, DBrooklyn's got a winning team
EmDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, CElvis Presley, Disneyland
GBardot, Budapest, DAlabama, Khrushchev
EmPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, CTrouble in the Suez
[Chorus]
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
No, we Bmdidn't light it, but we Amtried to fight it
[Bridge]
CLittle Rock, Pasternak, AmMickey Mantle, Kerouac
EmSputnik, Zhou Enlai, DBridge On The River Kwai,
CLebanon, Charles de Gaulle, AmCalifornia baseball
EmStarkweather Homicide, DChildren of Thalidomide
[Verse 4]
GBuddy Holly, BenHur, DSpace Monkey, Mafia
EmHula Hoops, Castro, CEdsel is a nogo
GU2, Syngman Rhee, Dpayola and Kennedy
EmChubby Checker, Psycho, CBelgians in the Congo
[Chorus]
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
No, we Bmdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it
[Verse 5]
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
EmJ. F. K. blown away, Cwhat else do I have to say?
[Chorus]
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
No, we Bmdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it
[Verse 6]
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, CRussians in Afghanistan
GWheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, Dheavy metal suicide
EmForeign debts, homeless Vets, CAIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
GHypodermics on the shores, DChina's under martial law
EmRock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
[Chorus]
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Emalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
But when Bmwe are gone
It will Cstill burn on, and on,G and on, and on, D
And on, and on,Em and on, and on... C
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Bmalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
No, we Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Bmalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
No, we Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it
[Outro (Fade Out)]
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was Bmalways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the fiDre
No, we Emdidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it
GWe didn't start the fiDre
It was
