We Didnt Start The Fire

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[Verse 1]

    G                 D
Kate Moss, 50 Cent, Obama is the 
President,
    Am                        
Peace is scarce, no one dares, 
  C
litvinenko,
    G                        D
Climate change, Live Aid, ketamine, 
new rave,
    Am                          
Loose morals, hearts are hollow, 
   C
gaga on the radio.
      G                       
Down with self-esteem, another 
 D
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.



[Chorus]
 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,
Continues after the ad
   G                    D
Tracy Emin, Doherty, a new 
aristocracy
   Am                       
David Beckham, Posh Beckham, 
   C
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                          
Ian Huntley, Harold Shipman, 
    D
Madeleine is still missing,
   Am                     C
20 virgins up in heaven was the 
cause of 9/11!



[Chorus]
 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                              
I'm still loyal to the queen, and 
  C
she's still loyal to you and me,
 G                     
Credit crunch, cash for 
             D
honours,Northern rock, John 
Prescott,
 Am                         C
Labour government you've embarrassed
 us all



[Chorus]
 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                         
Advancing on the Israelites, 
   D
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.