Chords for We Didn't Start the Fire (Live at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY - June 1990)
Tempo:
72.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Ab]
[D] [E]
[D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Bm] [C] [G] Harry Truman, [D] Doris Day, Rich Anna, [E] Johnny Ray, South Pacific, [C] Walter Whits, Joe [G] DiPadio,
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, [D] Studebaker, television, [Em] North Korea, South Korea, Maran, Monroe,
[D]
[Em] [G] Rosenberg, H.
[D] Plum, Sugar Ray, Pamu, [E] John Brando, the King and [C] I, and the catcher in the [G] right,
Eisenhower vaccine, [D] England's got a new [E] queen, Marciano, [C] Liberace, Santayana, [G] goodbye.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all he found, [G] his soul was the fire, and we saw [D] the fire,
[G] but we didn't mind, [C] we didn't try to fight.
[G] So swish down a [D] Mellon cup, Nassarip for a [E] coffee of Rockefeller, [C] Campanella, communist [G] block.
Roy Cohn, [D] Watmeron, Pasquanini, [E] Zac Brown, the Indian [C] fool, Paul Brocker, [G] Alacrant,
Einstein, [D] James Dean, Brooklyn, Scott, and [E] Winnie the Pooh, J.B. Crackett, [C] Peter Pan,
Elvis Presley, [G] Disney, Lex, Bardo, [D] Budapest, [E] Abercrush, Princess Grace, [G] Paisley, Grace,
Trouble in the Sewers.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] found, his soul was the fire, and we saw the fire,
but we didn't [A] mind, we didn't try to [C] fight.
It'll run [A] past the neck, Mickey, Mannel, [E] Kerouac, Sputnik, [D] Joe and I, big on the [C] rhythm,
hot leather, non [A]-charged, and golf, and [E] baseball, start with a [D] homicide.
I'm the Hoag, money, holly, family, space, mugging, [E] mafia, hula hoops, [G] Castro,
Hetzel is a no-go, you too, sing and read, hey, Olin [E] Kennedy, don't be such a [C] psycho.
[G] He [D] saw the fire, [Em] he was all we found, his soul was the [G] fire, and we [D] saw the fire, [Bm] but we
didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
Anyway, [D] I can be a stranger in a strange land, Bill and [C] Merlin, hey, a pig's [G] invasion,
Lords of [D] Arabia, British people [Em] made it, Ole Miss, [C] John Lennon, Winston, Leeds, [G] Madison,
Pope, Paul, [D] Malcolm, Nixon, British [Em] politicians, hey, JFK, blow the whistle, let us do our [Gm] thing.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] learned, his soul was the [D] fire, and we saw the fire, [G] but
we didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
The control of Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon [Em] back again, moonshot, [C] Woodstock, Watergate,
[G] punk rock, Megan Reagan, Palestine, terror on the [Em] airlock, ayatollahs [G] in Iraq, Russians
in Afghanistan, uniports in [D] Saudi Arabia, heavy metal, [Em] suicide, foreign debt, [C] homeless
men, hitch-cracking, Bernie [G] Sanders, hypodermic, self-assured, Chinese London, martial law,
I don't know why, we didn't stop [D] the fire, [Em] cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
we didn't stop the fire, but we did a lot, and still do a lot, [D] [Em] [C]
[G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, [G] we
didn't try to fight, [D] we didn't stop the fire, cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
[D] we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, we didn't try to fight, [G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire.
[C] [G]
[N]
[D] [E]
[D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Bm] [C] [G] Harry Truman, [D] Doris Day, Rich Anna, [E] Johnny Ray, South Pacific, [C] Walter Whits, Joe [G] DiPadio,
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, [D] Studebaker, television, [Em] North Korea, South Korea, Maran, Monroe,
[D]
[Em] [G] Rosenberg, H.
[D] Plum, Sugar Ray, Pamu, [E] John Brando, the King and [C] I, and the catcher in the [G] right,
Eisenhower vaccine, [D] England's got a new [E] queen, Marciano, [C] Liberace, Santayana, [G] goodbye.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all he found, [G] his soul was the fire, and we saw [D] the fire,
[G] but we didn't mind, [C] we didn't try to fight.
[G] So swish down a [D] Mellon cup, Nassarip for a [E] coffee of Rockefeller, [C] Campanella, communist [G] block.
Roy Cohn, [D] Watmeron, Pasquanini, [E] Zac Brown, the Indian [C] fool, Paul Brocker, [G] Alacrant,
Einstein, [D] James Dean, Brooklyn, Scott, and [E] Winnie the Pooh, J.B. Crackett, [C] Peter Pan,
Elvis Presley, [G] Disney, Lex, Bardo, [D] Budapest, [E] Abercrush, Princess Grace, [G] Paisley, Grace,
Trouble in the Sewers.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] found, his soul was the fire, and we saw the fire,
but we didn't [A] mind, we didn't try to [C] fight.
It'll run [A] past the neck, Mickey, Mannel, [E] Kerouac, Sputnik, [D] Joe and I, big on the [C] rhythm,
hot leather, non [A]-charged, and golf, and [E] baseball, start with a [D] homicide.
I'm the Hoag, money, holly, family, space, mugging, [E] mafia, hula hoops, [G] Castro,
Hetzel is a no-go, you too, sing and read, hey, Olin [E] Kennedy, don't be such a [C] psycho.
[G] He [D] saw the fire, [Em] he was all we found, his soul was the [G] fire, and we [D] saw the fire, [Bm] but we
didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
Anyway, [D] I can be a stranger in a strange land, Bill and [C] Merlin, hey, a pig's [G] invasion,
Lords of [D] Arabia, British people [Em] made it, Ole Miss, [C] John Lennon, Winston, Leeds, [G] Madison,
Pope, Paul, [D] Malcolm, Nixon, British [Em] politicians, hey, JFK, blow the whistle, let us do our [Gm] thing.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] learned, his soul was the [D] fire, and we saw the fire, [G] but
we didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
The control of Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon [Em] back again, moonshot, [C] Woodstock, Watergate,
[G] punk rock, Megan Reagan, Palestine, terror on the [Em] airlock, ayatollahs [G] in Iraq, Russians
in Afghanistan, uniports in [D] Saudi Arabia, heavy metal, [Em] suicide, foreign debt, [C] homeless
men, hitch-cracking, Bernie [G] Sanders, hypodermic, self-assured, Chinese London, martial law,
I don't know why, we didn't stop [D] the fire, [Em] cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
we didn't stop the fire, but we did a lot, and still do a lot, [D] [Em] [C]
[G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, [G] we
didn't try to fight, [D] we didn't stop the fire, cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
[D] we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, we didn't try to fight, [G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire.
[C] [G]
[N]
Key:
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[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ [G] Harry Truman, [D] Doris Day, Rich Anna, [E] Johnny Ray, South Pacific, [C] Walter Whits, Joe [G] DiPadio,
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, [D] Studebaker, television, [Em] North Korea, South Korea, Maran, Monroe,
_ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] Rosenberg, H.
[D] Plum, Sugar Ray, Pamu, [E] John Brando, the King and [C] I, and the catcher in the [G] right,
Eisenhower vaccine, [D] England's got a new [E] queen, Marciano, [C] Liberace, Santayana, [G] goodbye.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all he found, [G] his soul was the fire, and we saw [D] the fire,
[G] but we didn't mind, [C] we didn't try to fight.
[G] So swish down a [D] Mellon cup, Nassarip for a [E] coffee of Rockefeller, [C] Campanella, communist [G] block.
Roy Cohn, [D] Watmeron, Pasquanini, [E] Zac Brown, the Indian [C] fool, Paul Brocker, [G] Alacrant,
Einstein, [D] James Dean, Brooklyn, Scott, and [E] Winnie the Pooh, J.B. Crackett, [C] Peter Pan,
Elvis Presley, [G] Disney, Lex, Bardo, [D] Budapest, [E] Abercrush, Princess Grace, [G] Paisley, Grace,
Trouble in the Sewers.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] found, his soul was the fire, and we saw the fire,
but we didn't [A] mind, we didn't try to [C] fight.
It'll run [A] past the neck, Mickey, Mannel, [E] Kerouac, Sputnik, [D] Joe and I, big on the [C] rhythm,
hot leather, non [A]-charged, and golf, and [E] baseball, start with a [D] homicide. _ _ _ _
I'm the Hoag, money, holly, family, space, mugging, [E] mafia, hula hoops, [G] Castro,
Hetzel is a no-go, you too, sing and read, hey, Olin [E] Kennedy, don't be such a [C] psycho.
_ [G] He [D] saw the fire, [Em] he was all we found, his soul was the [G] fire, and we [D] saw the fire, [Bm] but we
didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
Anyway, [D] I can be a stranger in a strange land, Bill and [C] Merlin, hey, a pig's [G] invasion,
Lords of [D] Arabia, British people [Em] made it, Ole Miss, [C] John Lennon, Winston, Leeds, [G] Madison,
Pope, Paul, [D] Malcolm, Nixon, British [Em] politicians, hey, JFK, blow the whistle, let us do our [Gm] thing.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] learned, his soul was the [D] fire, and we saw the fire, [G] but
we didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
The control of Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon [Em] back again, moonshot, [C] Woodstock, Watergate,
[G] punk rock, Megan Reagan, Palestine, terror on the [Em] airlock, ayatollahs [G] in Iraq, Russians
in Afghanistan, uniports in [D] Saudi Arabia, heavy metal, [Em] suicide, foreign debt, [C] homeless
men, hitch-cracking, Bernie [G] Sanders, hypodermic, self-assured, Chinese London, martial law,
I don't know why, we didn't stop [D] the fire, [Em] cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
we didn't stop the fire, but we did a lot, and still do a lot, _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, [G] we
didn't try to fight, [D] we didn't stop the fire, cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
[D] we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, we didn't try to fight, [G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire. _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ [G] Harry Truman, [D] Doris Day, Rich Anna, [E] Johnny Ray, South Pacific, [C] Walter Whits, Joe [G] DiPadio,
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, [D] Studebaker, television, [Em] North Korea, South Korea, Maran, Monroe,
_ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] Rosenberg, H.
[D] Plum, Sugar Ray, Pamu, [E] John Brando, the King and [C] I, and the catcher in the [G] right,
Eisenhower vaccine, [D] England's got a new [E] queen, Marciano, [C] Liberace, Santayana, [G] goodbye.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all he found, [G] his soul was the fire, and we saw [D] the fire,
[G] but we didn't mind, [C] we didn't try to fight.
[G] So swish down a [D] Mellon cup, Nassarip for a [E] coffee of Rockefeller, [C] Campanella, communist [G] block.
Roy Cohn, [D] Watmeron, Pasquanini, [E] Zac Brown, the Indian [C] fool, Paul Brocker, [G] Alacrant,
Einstein, [D] James Dean, Brooklyn, Scott, and [E] Winnie the Pooh, J.B. Crackett, [C] Peter Pan,
Elvis Presley, [G] Disney, Lex, Bardo, [D] Budapest, [E] Abercrush, Princess Grace, [G] Paisley, Grace,
Trouble in the Sewers.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] found, his soul was the fire, and we saw the fire,
but we didn't [A] mind, we didn't try to [C] fight.
It'll run [A] past the neck, Mickey, Mannel, [E] Kerouac, Sputnik, [D] Joe and I, big on the [C] rhythm,
hot leather, non [A]-charged, and golf, and [E] baseball, start with a [D] homicide. _ _ _ _
I'm the Hoag, money, holly, family, space, mugging, [E] mafia, hula hoops, [G] Castro,
Hetzel is a no-go, you too, sing and read, hey, Olin [E] Kennedy, don't be such a [C] psycho.
_ [G] He [D] saw the fire, [Em] he was all we found, his soul was the [G] fire, and we [D] saw the fire, [Bm] but we
didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
Anyway, [D] I can be a stranger in a strange land, Bill and [C] Merlin, hey, a pig's [G] invasion,
Lords of [D] Arabia, British people [Em] made it, Ole Miss, [C] John Lennon, Winston, Leeds, [G] Madison,
Pope, Paul, [D] Malcolm, Nixon, British [Em] politicians, hey, JFK, blow the whistle, let us do our [Gm] thing.
He saw [D] the fire, [Em] he was all we [G] learned, his soul was the [D] fire, and we saw the fire, [G] but
we didn't [C] mind, we didn't try to [G] fight.
The control of Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon [Em] back again, moonshot, [C] Woodstock, Watergate,
[G] punk rock, Megan Reagan, Palestine, terror on the [Em] airlock, ayatollahs [G] in Iraq, Russians
in Afghanistan, uniports in [D] Saudi Arabia, heavy metal, [Em] suicide, foreign debt, [C] homeless
men, hitch-cracking, Bernie [G] Sanders, hypodermic, self-assured, Chinese London, martial law,
I don't know why, we didn't stop [D] the fire, [Em] cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
we didn't stop the fire, but we did a lot, and still do a lot, _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
[G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, [G] we
didn't try to fight, [D] we didn't stop the fire, cause all we learned [G] is the world's a fire,
[D] we didn't stop the fire, [Em] we didn't mind, we didn't try to fight, [G] we didn't stop the fire,
cause all we learned is the world's a fire, we didn't stop the fire. _ _ _ _
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