We Didn't Start the Fire Billy Joel

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  • [1] Chwyty na gitarę Tonacja G
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intro G D | e C | x2

1. GHarry Truman, Doris Day, DRed China, Johnnie Ray
eSouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, CJoe DiMaggio
GJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, DStudebaker, television
eNorth Korea, South Korea, CMarilyn Monroe

instrumental G D | e C

2. GRosenbergs, H-bomb, DSugar Ray, Panmunjom
eBrando, "The King and I" Cand "The Catcher in the Rye"
GEisenhower, vaccine, DEngland's got a new queen
eMarciano, Liberace, CSantayana goodbye

chorus GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was ealways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we edidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it

3. GJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, DNasser and Prokofiev
eRockefeller, Campanella, CCommunist Bloc
GRoy hn, Juan Peron, DToscanini, dacron
eDien Bien Phu falls, C"Rock Around the Clock"

4. GEinstein, James Dean, DBrooklyn's got a winning team
eDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, CElvis Presley, Disneyland
GBardot, Budapest, DAlabama, Krushchev
ePrincess Grace, "Peyton Place", Ctrouble in the Suez

chorus GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was ealways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we edidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it

5. CLittle Rock, Pasternak, aMickey Mantle, Kerouac
eSputnik, Chou En-Lai, D"Bridge on the River Kwai"
CLebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, aCalifornia baseball
eStarkweather, homicide, Dchildren of thalidomide

6. GBuddy Holly, "Ben Hur", Dspace monkey, Mafia
eHula hoops, Castro, CEdsel is a no-go
GU-2, Syngman Rhee, Dpayola and Kennedy
eChubby Checker, "Psycho", CBelgians in the Congo

chorus GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was ealways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we edidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it

7. GHemingway, Eichmann, D"Stranger in a Strange Land"
eDylan, Berlin, CBay of Pigs invasion
G"Lawrence of Arabia", DBritish Beatlemania
eOle Miss, John Glenn, CListon beats Patterson

8. GPope Paul, Malcolm X, DBritish politician sex
eJFK, blown away, Cwhat else do I have to say

chorus GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was ealways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we edidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it

9. GBirth control, Ho Chi Minh, DRichard Nixon back again
eMoonshot, Woodstoock, CWatergate, punk rock
GBegin, Reagan, Palestine, Dterror on the airline
eAyatollah's in Iran, CRussians in Afghanistan

10. G"Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, Dheavy metal, suicide
eForeign debts, homeless vets, CAIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
GHypodermics on the shores, DChina's under martial law
eRock and roller cola wars, CI can't take it anymore

chorus GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was ealways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
But when ewe are gone, will it Cstill burn on, and Don, and on, and on… e    C 

GWe didn't start the Dfire
It was ealways burning since the Cworld's been turning
GWe didn't start the Dfire
No we edidn't light it, but we Ctried to fight it
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Informacje o Piosence

Tekst utworu zawiera ponad 100 nagłówków z gazet dot. wydarzeń pomiędzy 1949 (rokiem urodzenia Joel'a) a 1989 (rokiem wydania albumu "Storm Front", na którym znalazł się utwór). [en.wikipedia]
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