[Intro] G D Em C [Verse 1] G D Captain Planet, Arab Spring, L.A. riots, Rodney King Em C Deep fakes, earthquakes, Iceland volcano G D Oklahoma City bomb, Kurt Cobain, Pokémon Em C Tiger Woods, MySpace Monsanto, GMOs G D Em C G D Harry Potter, Twilight, Michael Jackson dies Em C Nuclear accident, Fukushima, Japan G D Crimean peninsula, Cambridge Analytica Em C Kim Jong Un, Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man [Chorus] G D We didn't start the fire Em C It was always burning since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Em C No, we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it [Verse 2] G D More war in Afghanistan, Cubs go all the way again Em C Obama, Spielberg, Explosion, Lebanon G D Unabomber, Bobbitt, John, Bombing, Boston Marathon Em C Balloon Boy, War On Terror, QAnon G D Trump gets impeached twice, Polar bears got no ice Em C Fyre Fest, Black Parade, Michael Phelps, Y2K G D Boris Johnson, Brexit, Kanye West and Taylor Swift Em C Stranger Things, Tiger King, Ever Given, Suez [Chorus] G D We didn't start the fire Em C It was always burning since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Em C No, we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it [Verse 3] C Sandy Hook, Columbine Am Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice Em D ISIS, LeBron James, Shinzo Abe blown away C Am Meghan Markle, George Floyd, Burj Khalifa, Metroid Em D Fermi paradox, Venus and Serena D G D Michael Jordan, 23, YouTube killed MTV Em C SpongeBob, Golden State Killer got caught G D Michael Jordan, 45, Woodstock '99 Em Keaton Batman, Bush v. Gore C I can't take it anymore [Chorus] G D We didn't start the fire Em C It was always burning since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire Em C No, we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it [Verse 4] G D Elon Musk, Kaepernick, Texas failed electric grid Em C Jeff Bezos, climate change, White rhino goes extinct G D Great Pacific garbage patch, Tom DeLonge and aliens Em C Mars rover, Avatar, Self-driving electric cars G D SSRIs, Prince and The Queen die Em World Trade, second plane C What else do I have to say? [Chorus] G D We didn't start the fire (we didn't start it, yeah) Em C It was always burning since the world's been turning G D We didn't start the fire (we didn't start it, yeah) Em C G But when we are gone, it will still go on, and on, and on D Em C And on, and on, and on, and on, and on G D We didn't start the fire Em C D It was always burning since the world's been turning