WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Billy Joel - We Didnt Start The Fire Bass | Ver. 2
[Intro - Synth, Guitar, and Bass]
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{Drums come in with bass, synth, guitar}
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[Verse] Note: Throughout song, pop that third note in each sequence during the verse and bridge
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China.....
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Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker.....
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[Interlude]
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[Verse]
Rosenberg.....
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Eisenhower, vaccine.....
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[Chorus]
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[Verse]
Josef Stalin...
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Roy Kahn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
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Einstein, James Dean....
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Bardot, Budapest....
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[Chorus]
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[Bridge]
Little Rock, Pasternak....
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Lebanon, Charlse De Gaulle, California baseball....
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[Break - Mini guitar solo]
[Verse]
Buddy Holly, Ben Hur....
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U2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy..................Belgians in the Congo
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[Chorus]
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[Verse]
Hemingway, Eichmann....
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Lawrence of Arabia....
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Pope Paul, Malcolm X.... What else do I have to say
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[Chorus]
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[Verse]
Birth control, Ho Chi Minh...
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Begin, Reagan, Palestine....
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Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride....
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Hypodermics on the shores........Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore
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[Chorus + Outro]
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