We Didn’t Start The fire
Recorded by Fall Out Boy
Album: Single (2023)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
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|(G) / / / |(G) / / / |(Em) / / / |(C) / / / |
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(Verse 1)
(G)Captain Planet, Arab Spring, (D)L.A. riots, Rodney King
(Em)Deep fakes, earthquakes, (C)Iceland volcano
(G)Oklahoma City bomb, (D)Kurt Cobain, Pokémon
(Em)Tiger Woods, MySpace Mon-(C)santo, GMOs

(Solo)
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(Verse 2)
(G)Harry Potter, Twilight, (D)Michael Jackson dies
(Em)Nuclear accident, Fu-(C)kushima, Japan
(G)Crimean peninsula, (D)Cambridge Analytica
(Em)Kim Jong Un, Robert (C)Downey Jr., Iron Man

(Chorus)
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire
It was (Em)always burning since the (C)world's been turning
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire
No, we (Em)didn't light it but we're (C)trying to fight it

(Verse 3)
(G)More war in Afghanistan, (D)Cubs go all the way again
(Em)Obama, Spielberg, Ex-(C)plosion, Lebanon
(G)Unabomber, Bobbitt, John, (D)Bombing, Boston Marathon
Ball-(Em)oon Boy, War On (C)Terror, QAnon
(G)Trump gets impeached twice, (D)Polar bears got no ice
(Em)Fyre Fest, Black Parade, (C)Michael Phelps, Y2K
(G)Boris Johnson, Brexit, (D)Kanye West and Taylor Swift
(Em)Stranger Things, Tiger King, (C)Ever Given, Suez

(Chorus)
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire
It was (Em)always burning since the (C)world's been turning
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire
No, we (Em)didn't light it but we're (C)trying to fight it

(Verse 3)
(C)Sandy Hook, Columbine, (Am)Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice
(Em)ISIS, LeBron James, (D)Shinzo Abe blown away
(C)Meghan Markle, George Floyd, (Am)Burj Khalifa, Metroid
(Em)Fermi paradox, (D)Venus and Serena |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |
 
(Verse 4)
(G)Michael Jordan, 23, (D)YouTube killed MTV
(Em)SpongeBob, Golden State (C)Killer got caught
(G)Michael Jordan, 45, (D)Woodstock '99
(Em)Keaton Batman, Bush v. Gore, (C)I can't take it anymore

(Chorus)
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire
It was (Em)always burning since the (C)world's been turning
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire
No, we (Em)didn't light it but we're (C)trying to fight it

(Verse 5)
(G)Elon Musk, Kaepernick, (D)Texas failed electric grid
(Em)Jeff Bezos, climate change, (C)White rhino goes extinct
(G)Great Pacific garbage patch, (D)Tom DeLonge and aliens
(Em)Mars rover, Avatar, (C)Self-driving electric cars
(G)SSRIs, (D)Prince and The Queen die
(Em)World Trade, second plane, (C)what else do I have to say?

(Chorus)
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire (we didn't start it, yeah)
It was (Em)always burning since the (C)world's been turning
(G)We didn't start the (D)fire (we didn't start it, yeah)
But when (Em)we are gone, it will (C)still go on, and on, and on
And (D)on, and on, and on, and on, and on
We (G)didn't start the (D)fire
It was (Em)always burning since the (C)world's been turning (D) - - - - -