We Didn't Start The Fire
Billy Joel
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
G D Em C
GRosenbergs, H-Bomb, 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
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Emalways burning
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Hmdidn't light it
But we Ctried to fight it
GJosef Stalin, Malenkov, DNasser and Prokofiev
EmRockefeller, Campanella, CCommunist Bloc
GRoy Cohn, Juan Peron, DToscanini, Dacron
EmDien Bien Phu Falls, CRock 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
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Emalways burning
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Hmdidn't light it
But we Amtried to fight it
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
GBuddy Holly, Ben Hur, DSpace Monkey, Mafia
EmHula Hoops, Castro, CEdsel is a no-go
GU2, Syngman Rhee, Dpayola and Kennedy
EmChubby Checker, Psycho, CBelgians in the Congo
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Emalways burning
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Hmdidn't light it
But we Ctried to fight it
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
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Emalways burning
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Hmdidn't light it
But we Ctried to fight it
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, CI can't take it anymore
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Emalways burning
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Hmdidn't light it
But we Ctried to fight it
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Emalways burning
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Hmdidn't light it
But we Ctried to fight it
GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was Emalways burning
Since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we Hmdidn't light it
But we Ctried to fight it