We Didnt Start The Fire

by Billy Joel

Date Added
8/9/2025
**Chords:**
Am  Dm  G  C  F  G  Am

**Lyrics:**
        Am
Harry Truman, Doris Day,
        Dm
Red China, Johnnie Ray
        G
South Pacific, Walter Winchell,
        C
Kissinger, and "Richard Nixon"
        F
Back again
        G
Moonshot, Woodstock,
        Am
Watergate, punk rock
        Dm
Begin, Reagan,
        G
 Palestine, terror on the airline
        C
Ayatollah's in Iran
        F
Richie, and the kids in the
        G
Hall of Fame
        Am
We didn't start the fire
        Dm
It was always burning
        G
Since the world's been turning
        C
We didn't start the fire
        F
No, we didn't light it
        G
But we tried to fight it