Billy Joel – We Didnt Start The Fire Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

This is the chords of We Didnt Start The Fire by Billy Joel on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G D Am C x4

[Verse 1]
G                                                                                                D
Schools out, scream and shout, Kobe Bryant, Sander’s out
Am                                                       C
“Ok Boomer”, Soleimani, Mr. Peanut’s dead
G                                                                         D
Wuhan, China, COVID-19, Harvey Weinstein, royals leave
Am                                                       C
North Korea, North Korea, Bloomberg’s gotta go
G D Am C

[Verse 2]
G                                                                                         D
Stocks and markets all derailed, Epstein didn’t kill himself
Am                                                                         C
Tom Hanks, No broadway shows, and the rest has to to close
G                                                                       D
CDC’s got no vaccine, England has the same queen
Am                                                                         C
Carol Baskin, Mitch McConnell, please don’t shoot up Lysol

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
G D
Third impeachment, what a scam, Republicans brainwashed again
Am C
Fox and Friends, CNN, don’t get a TikTok
G D
Tax breaks, living wages, did Roy Moore know her age?
Am C
Face masks, latex gloves, we just go on walks
G D
Soap and water, stay home, cough into your elbow
Am C
NHL’s off the ice, what’s a quid pro quo?
G D
Me Too, plastic straws, anti-abortion laws
Am C
Karens out for protest, stay inside like the rest

[Chorus]
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

[Bridge]
Am Em
NRA, please step back, quarantine’s kinda wack
Am D
Hey Trump, stop the lies, why’s there no tan ’round your eyes?
Am Em
Landlords freeze their rent, no mask for Mike Pence
Am D
Joe Biden, what’s the plan? Another touchy white man

[Verse 4]
G D
Melania, where you’ve you been? Travel ban once again
Am C
Jeff Bezos, what’s Zoom?, School is now on Youtube
G D
AOC, Pelosi, why’s the cabinet empty?
Am C
Chubby fingers, small hands, who Tweets at 4AM?

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 5]
G D
Kushner, Spicer, no one gives us answers
Am C
Celebrities think helping, is just a little singing
G D
Fires in Austrailia, bread baking mania
Am C
Fascists, riots, whites are never targeted
G D
Virtual Easter, Brexit, 4/20, was it lit?
Am C
Toilet paper goes away, no one’s getting sick pay

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 6]
G D
Pro-lifers, kids in cages, CEO’s boosting their wages
Am C
No school shootings, first time in 18 years
G D
Donald threatens Iran, put’s our lives in his tiny hands
Am C
Vegas hotels empty, still kept homeless in the streets
G D
Social distance, nail salons, Kemp opens all the malls
Am C
Flint’s water still has led, minorities are still oppressed
G D
Whites banking on the drug that classifies black men as thugs
Am C
Morgues and ER’s all full, my God it’s only April

[Outro]
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