Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
x2
Chorus
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
(play the riff below)
Burn motherfucker, burn
Riff
play it palm muted
Verse 1
when playing the power chords (G5, E5, etc.) palm mute
Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy
I'm not old or new but middle school fifth grade like junior high
I don't know mofo if yall peeps be bugging givin props to my ho cause she fly
But I can take the heat cause I'm the other white meat know as kid funky fry
I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye
But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine
I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie
Chorus
play palm muted
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
(play the riff)
Burn motherfucker, burn
Verse 2
play palm muted
Yo, yo, this hardcore ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice
I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is
So if man is five and the devil is six then that must make me seven
This honkey's gone to heaven
But if I go to hell, well then I hope I burn well
I'll spend my days with JFK, Marvin Gaye, Martha Ray and Lawrence Welk
And Webster yeah Emaual Lewis cause he's the Anti-Christ
Chorus
play like before
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
We don't need not water let the motherfucker burn
Burn motherfucker, burn
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Throw your hands in the air (ooh, ooh)
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Waive them like you don't care (ooh, ooh)
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Everybody say ho (ooh, ooh)
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Everybody here we go (ooh, ooh)
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Throw your hands in the air (ooh, ooh)
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Waive them like you don't care (ooh, ooh)
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Everybody say ho (ooh, ooh)
C'mon party people (ooh, ooh)
Everybody here we go (ooh, ooh)
Just fade out that way and you're done. Later.