Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

When the wind picked up the fire spread

And the grapevines seemed left for dead

And the Northern sky looked like the end of days

The end of days

The wake-up call to a rented room

Sounded like an alarm of impending doom

To warn us it's only a matter of time

Before we all burn

Before we all burn

Before we all burn

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Before we all burn

We bought some wine and some paper cups

Near your daughters school when we picked her up

And drove to a cemetery on a hill

On a hill

And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray

But she laughed and danced through the field of graves

And there I knew it would be alright

That everything

Would be alright

Would be alright

Would be alright

(hold )

Would be alright

And the news reports on the radio

Said it was getting worse

As the ocean air fanned the flames

But I couldn't think

Of anywhere I would of rather been

To watch it all burn away

To burn away

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And the firemen worked in double shifts

With prayers for rain on their lips

And they knew it was only a matter of time