Chords for We Didn't Start the Fire

Tempo:
144.85 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

Em

C

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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We Didn't Start the Fire chords
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[D]
[Gm] [D]
[Em]
[Dm] [Em]
[C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[C] [G]
Harry Truman, Doris [D] Day, Ray China, Johnny [Em] Ray, South Pacific, [C] Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
[G]
Joan McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker [Em] Television, North [C] Korea, South Korea, Mara, and Monroe
[G]
[D] [Em]
Rosenberg, [C] [G]
Saint-Saëns, [D] Fong, Chaudhry, Ben Moon, [A] John Randall, the King and [C] I, and the catcher in the [G] rye
Eisenhower, backseat, [D] England's got a new [Em] queen, Marciano, [D] Liberace, Sapphire, and a good [G] fight
We didn't start the fire, it was all we furnished, the world's been [C] turning
[G] We didn't start the fire, but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
J.C. Stalin, [D] Malinkov, Nasser, and [Em] Prokofiev, Rockefeller, [C] Campanella, Communist block
[G]
Roy Cohn, Walter [D] Rohn, Pasquini, [Em] Dachshund, Gingham, Blue [C] Balls, Rock Around the Clock
[G]
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning [Em] team, Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, [C] Elvis Presley, Disneyland
[G]
Bard, Dove, [D] Budapest, Alabama, cruise [C] ship, Princess Grace, Peyton Creek, trouble in the [G] sewage
We didn't start the fire, it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, but we've been ignited, let the [C] tide divide us
Little Rock, [A] Patronac, Mickey Mantle, [Em] Carowax, Sputnik, Joe and [D] I, Riddle on the River [C] Kwait
Lebanon, Charlottesville, [A] California, baseball, [E]
Stock, where the [Em] homicide [D] took another little [G]
mite
[C] [G] New York, Buddy Holly, Van [D] Huys, Space Mookie, Mafia, [Em]
Hulo, Castro, [C] Antelope, De Niro
[G]
Hugo, St.
[D] Marie, Mayoral, Kennedy, [Em]
took me to Chicago, [C] Belgians in the [G] Congo
We didn't start the fire, it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
Hemingway, Ike, from Stranger in the [Em] Strangeland, Dillden, Berlin, [C] Bay of Bits, and [G] Asia
Lawrence of Arabia, [D] British deal [Em] mania, Ole Miss, John [C] Glenn, Eastern Beach, [G] Paterson
Pope, Paul, Malcolm [D] X, British politicians, [Em] and JFK, blown [C] away, what else do I [G] have to say?
We didn't start the fire, it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
But control, Ho Chi Minh, and you're just missing back [Em] again
Moon shot, [C] Woodstock, Watergate, Bunker [G] Plot, Bacon Rig in Palestine, [D] terror on the [Em] airline
Ayatollahs in [C] Iraq, Russians in Afghanistan, [G]
Wheeler, Button, Sally Ride, [D] heavy metal, [Em] suicide
Foreign debt, homeless fed, [C] AIDS crack, [G] Bernigin, hypodermics on the [D] shore
China's done the martial [Em] law, rock and roll, the Cold [D] War's, I can't stand it [G] anymore
We didn't start the fire, it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
[Em]
[C] But [G]
control, [D] [G]
Ho Chi Minh, and you're just missing back again
[D] [Em]
[G]
We didn't start [D] the fire, [G] it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, [D] [Em] but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
[G]
We didn't start the fire
[Em]
[D]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
Em
121
C
3211
A
1231
G
2131
D
1321
Em
121
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To learn Billy Joel - We Didnt Start The Fire chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - D, Em, C, G, Em, D and C in sequence. For best results, commence at 72 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 145. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G]
Harry Truman, Doris [D] Day, Ray China, Johnny [Em] Ray, South Pacific, [C] Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
_ [G]
Joan McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker [Em] Television, North [C] Korea, South Korea, Mara, and Monroe
[G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ Rosenberg, [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ Saint-Saëns, [D] Fong, Chaudhry, Ben Moon, [A] John Randall, the King and [C] I, and the catcher in the [G] rye
Eisenhower, backseat, [D] England's got a new [Em] queen, Marciano, [D] Liberace, Sapphire, and a good [G] fight
We didn't start the fire, _ it was all we furnished, the world's been [C] turning
[G] We didn't start the fire, but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
J.C. Stalin, [D] Malinkov, Nasser, and [Em] Prokofiev, Rockefeller, [C] Campanella, Communist block
[G]
Roy Cohn, Walter [D] Rohn, Pasquini, [Em] Dachshund, Gingham, Blue [C] Balls, Rock Around the Clock
[G]
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning [Em] team, Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, [C] Elvis Presley, Disneyland
[G]
Bard, Dove, [D] Budapest, Alabama, cruise [C] ship, Princess Grace, Peyton Creek, trouble in the [G] sewage
We didn't start the fire, _ it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, _ but we've been ignited, let the [C] tide divide us
Little Rock, [A] Patronac, Mickey Mantle, [Em] Carowax, Sputnik, Joe and [D] I, Riddle on the River [C] Kwait
Lebanon, Charlottesville, [A] _ California, baseball, [E]
Stock, where the [Em] homicide [D] took another little [G]
mite
_ [C] _ _ [G] New York, Buddy Holly, Van [D] Huys, Space Mookie, Mafia, [Em]
Hulo, Castro, [C] _ Antelope, De Niro
[G]
Hugo, St.
[D] Marie, Mayoral, Kennedy, [Em]
took me to Chicago, [C] Belgians in the [G] Congo
We didn't start the fire, _ it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, _ but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us _
Hemingway, Ike, from Stranger in the [Em] Strangeland, Dillden, Berlin, [C] Bay of Bits, and [G] Asia
Lawrence of Arabia, [D] British deal [Em] mania, Ole Miss, John [C] Glenn, Eastern Beach, [G] Paterson
Pope, Paul, Malcolm [D] X, British politicians, [Em] and JFK, blown [C] away, what else do I [G] have to say?
We didn't start the fire, _ it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, _ but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
But control, Ho Chi Minh, and you're just missing back [Em] again
Moon shot, [C] Woodstock, Watergate, Bunker [G] Plot, Bacon Rig in Palestine, [D] terror on the [Em] airline
Ayatollahs in [C] Iraq, Russians in Afghanistan, [G]
Wheeler, Button, Sally Ride, [D] heavy metal, [Em] suicide
Foreign debt, homeless fed, [C] AIDS crack, [G] Bernigin, hypodermics on the [D] shore
China's done the martial [Em] law, rock and roll, the Cold [D] War's, I can't stand it [G] anymore
We didn't start the fire, _ it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, _ but we've been ignited, _ let _ _ the tide divide us
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] But [G] _ _
control, _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ho Chi Minh, and you're just missing back again
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
We didn't start [D] the fire, _ [G] it was all we furnished, the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire, [D] _ [Em] but we've been ignited, let the tide divide us
_ [G]
We didn't start the fire _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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This song finds its place within the Greatest Hits Vol. III album.

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