We Didnt Start The Fire chords

King Charles

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Simplify chords 

  			
The intro can also be played through the Chorus instead of the chords if prefered. 



Into: 

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G|----1214------1214--1412--1214--1412--------------------------------| 
D|1214--------14----------14------------------------------------------| 
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verse 1: 

    G                 D 
Kate Moss, 50 Cent, Obama is the President, 
    Am                          C 
Peace is scarce, no one dares, litvinenko, 
    G                        D 
Climate change, Live Aid, ketamine, new rave, 
    Am                             C 
Loose morals, hearts are hollow, gaga on the radio. 
      G                        D 
Down with self-esteem, another beauty magazine 
      Am                   C 
Bridgeport, suicide, Facebook the face dies, 
    G                           D 
Hedge funds, boys with guns, nanny state mania, 
  Am                            C 
Immigration stole the nation, mother Russia, Abu Hamza. 

 G                   D 
We didn't start the fire 
       Am 
It was always burning 
          C 
Since the worlds been turning 
 G                   D 
We didn't start the fire 
       Am 
No we didn't light it 
         C 
But we tried to fight it 



verse 2: 
   G                         D 
Putin has a breeding camp, Mugabe stamps his people out, 
    Am 
The gallows take Saddam Hussein, 
     C 
The closing of Guantanamo Bay, 
   G                    D 
Tracy Emin, Doherty, a new aristocracy 
   Am                          C 
David Beckham, Posh Beckham, earthquake and vanity 
    G                           D 
The Rolling Stones still play, we all know Tom Cruise is gay, 
    Am                     C 
limelight celebrities, the seas have lost integrity, 
G                              D 
Ian Huntley, Harold Shipman, Madeleine is still missing, 
   Am                     C 
20 virgins up in heaven was the cause of 9/11! 


 G                   D 
We didn't start the fire 
       Am 
It was always burning 
          C 
Since the worlds been turning 
 G                   D 
We didn't start the fire 
       Am 
No we didn't light it 
         C 
But we tried to fight it 



verse 2: 
   G                  D 
Sensitive Islamists, satire struggles to exist, 
 Am                         C 
Cartoons, teddy bears could start a holy war, 
 G                        D 
X Factor, Glastonbury, Laura Marling, ecstasy, 
  Am                           C 
Prince Charles and Camilla, the media is a blood sucker 
  G                             D 
Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, they hold careers before the crown, 
 Am                                C 
I'm still loyal to the queen, and she's still loyal to you and me, 
 G                                  D 
Credit crunch, cash for honours,Northern rock, John Prescott, 
 Am                         C 
Labour government you've embarrassed us all 


 G                   D 
We didn't start the fire 
       Am 
It was always burning 
          C 
Since the worlds been turning 
 G                   D 
We didn't start the fire 
       Am 
No we didn't light it 
         C 
But we tried to fight it 

Repeat 


Instrumental

G D Am C x2 


verse 3 
  G                            D 
Advancing on the Israelites, terrorists for animal rights, 
  Am                     C 
Ununited generation, love is just a hippie notion, 
  G                          D 
Queen mother laid to rest, absurd Diana inquests, 
  Am 
The grace to the princes stand the test, 
  C 
All we have is our blood, our word, and our flesh, 
  G                    D 
Bombs over Baghdad, troops to Afghanistan, 
 Am                             C 
War on terror, friendly fire, what's the truth and what's a lie? 
 G                               D 
Man has made himself a slave to oil, porn, gold and fame, 
Am 
The empire weakens even further 
C 
Britain will be great forever. 


End on single strum of G