What key is "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel in?

This ukulele tab is in the key of G Major.

What ukulele chords does "We Didn't Start the Fire" use?

This tab uses these chords: D, G, Em, C, Dsus2, Am.

Is "We Didn't Start the Fire" a good ukulele song for beginners?

UkeBuddy rates this arrangement as Beginner difficulty for ukulele.

We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel • Ukulele Chords

We Didn't Start the Fire chords
Billy Joel

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Intro

Verse 1

^GHarry Truman, Doris Day, ^DRed China, Johnnie Ray

^EmSouth Pacific, Walter Winchell, ^CJoe DiMaggio

^GJoe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, ^DStudebaker, television

^EmNorth Korea, South Korea, ^CMarilyn Monroe

Interlude

Verse 2

^GRosenbergs, H-bomb, S^Dugar Ray, Panmunjom

But we tried to ^Cfight it

^EmBrando, The King and I, ^Cand The Catcher in the Rye

^GEisenhower, vaccine, ^DEngland's got a new queen

^EmMarciano, Liberace, ^CSantayana goodbye

Chorus

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was ^Emalways burning

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

No we didn't ^Emlight it

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

But we tried to ^Cfight it

Verse 3

^GJoseph Stalin, Malenkov, ^DNasser and Prokofiev

^EmRockefeller, Campanella, ^CCommunist Bloc

^GRoy Cohn, Juan Peron, ^DToscanini, Dacron

^EmMarciano, Liberace, ^CSantayana goodbye

^EmDien Bien Phu falls, ^CRock Around the Clock

^GEinstein, James Dean, ^DBrooklyn's got a winning team

^EmDavy Crockett, Peter Pan, ^CElvis Presley, Disneyland

^GBardot, Budapest, ^DAlabama, Krushchev

^EmPrincess Grace, Peyton Place, ^Ctrouble in the Suez

Chorus

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was ^Emalways burning

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

No we didn't ^Emlight it

But we tried to ^Cfight it

Verse 4

^CLittle Rock, Pasternak, ^AmMickey Mantle, Kerouac

^DEinstein, James Dean, ^GBrooklyn's got a winning team

^EmSputnik, Chou En-lai, ^DBridge on the River Kwai

^CLebanon, Charles de Gaulle, ^AmCalifornia baseball

^EmStarkweather homicide, ^Dchildren of thalidomide

Verse 5

^GBuddy Holly, Ben Hur, ^Dspace monkey, Mafia

^EmStarkweather homicide, ^Dchildren of thalidomide

^EmHula Hoops, Castro, ^CEdsel is a no-go

^GU-2, Syngman Rhee, ^Dpayola and Kennedy

^EmChubby Checker, Psycho, ^CBelgians in the Congo

Chorus

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was ^Emalways burning

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

^DPope Paul, Malcolm X, ^GBritish politician sex

No we didn't ^Emlight it

But we tried to ^Cfight it

Verse 6

^GHemingway, Eichmann, ^DStranger in a Strange Land

^EmDylan, Berlin, ^CBay of Pigs invasion

^EmChubby Checker, Psycho, ^CBelgians in the Congo

^GLawrence of Arabia, ^DBritish Beatlemania

^EmOle Miss, John Glenn, ^CListon beats Patterson

^GPope Paul, Malcolm X, ^DBritish politician sex

^EmJFK blown away, ^Cwhat else do I have to say?

Chorus

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was ^Emalways burning

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

No we didn't ^Emlight it

But we tried to ^Cfight it

Verse 7

^GBirth control, Ho Chi Minh, ^DRichard Nixon back again

^EmMoonshot, Woodstock, ^CWatergate, punk rock

^GBegin, Reagan, Palestine, ^Dterror on the airline

^EmAyatollah's in Iran, ^CRussians in Afghanistan

^GWheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, ^Dheavy metal suicide

^EmForeign debts, homeless vets, ^CAIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz

^GHypodermics on the shores, ^DChina's under martial law

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

^EmRock and roller cola wars, ^CI can't take it anymore

Outro

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was a^Emlways burning

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

But when ^Emwe are gone

It will ^Cstill burn on, and on, and on

And on, and on, and on, and on, and on

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was a^Emlways burning

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

No we didn't ^Emlight it

But we tried to ^Cfight it

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was a^Emlways burning

^DBegin, Reagan, Palestine, ^Gterror on the airline

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

No we didn't ^Emlight it

But we tried to ^Cfight it

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

It was a^Emlways burning

Since the ^Cworld's been turning

^GWe didn't start the ^Dsus2fire

No we didn't ^Emlight it

But we tried to ^Cfight it

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