Intro -x4-: G D Am C G D Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray Am C South Pacific, Walter Winch ell, Joe DiMaggio G D Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television Am C North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Interlude: G D Am C G D Rosenberg s, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Am C Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" G D Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Am C Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye G D We didn't start the fire; Am It was always burning, C Since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Am No we didn't light it, C But we tried to fight it G D Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Am C Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc G D Roy Kahn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Am C Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" G D Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Am C Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland G D Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev Am C Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez G D We didn't start the fire; Am It was always burning, C Since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Am No we didn't light it, C But we tried to fight it Am Em Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Am D Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai" Am Em Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Am D Dsus2 D Stark weather, homicide, children of thalidomide G D Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia Am C Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go G D U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Am C Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo G D We didn't start the fire Am It was always burning, C Since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Am No we didn't light it, C But we tried to fight it G D Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Am C Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion G D "Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatle mania Am C Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson G D Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician xxx Am C JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say G D We didn't start the fire Am It was always burning, C Since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Am No we didn't light it, C But we tried to fight it G D Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Am C Moon shot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock G D Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Am C Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan G D "Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Am C Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz G D Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Am C Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore G D We didn't start the fire Am It was always burning, C Since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Am But when we are gone C G D Am C Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on -x3-
