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

  (hold )

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