Tone: [Cm]
Verse 1:
[Cm] When the wind picked u[Eb]up the fire spread [Bb]
And the grapevines see[F]seemed left for dead [Cm]
And the Northern sk[Eb]sky looked like the end of days [Bb]
The end of days [Gm]
[Cm] The wake up call [Eb]to a rented room [Bb]
Sounded like an al[F]alarm of impending doom [Cm]
To warn us it's [Eb]only a matter of time [Bb]
Chorus:
Before we all [Cm]burn [Eb] [Bb] [F]
Before we all [Cm]burn [Eb] [Bb] [Gm]
Before we all [Cm]burn [Eb] [Bb] [F]
Before we all [Cm]burn [Eb] [Bb]
Verse 2:
[Cm] We bought some [Eb]wine and some paper cups [Bb]
Near your daughter's [F]school when we picked her up [Cm]
And drove to a [Eb]cemetery on a hi[Bb]hill
On a hi[Gm]hill
[Cm] And we watched the pl[Eb]plumes paint the sky gra[Bb]gray
As she laughed and [F]danced through the field of grav[Cm]graves
And there I k[Eb]knew it would be alrig[Bb]alright
That every[F]everything
Chorus:
Would be al[Cm]alright [Eb] [Bb] [F]
Would be al[Cm]alright [Eb] [Bb] [Gm]
Would be al[Cm]alright [Eb] [Bb] [F]
Would be al[Cm]alright [Eb] [Bb]
Bridge:
[D7] And the news reports on the [Eb]radio
Said it was [Bb]getting worse [Cm]
As the ocean [Eb]air fanned the flam[Gm]flames
[D7] But I couldn't think
Of [Eb]anywhere I would've [Bb]rather been [Cm]
To watch it [Eb]all burn aw[F]away
Chorus:
To burn a[Cm]away [Eb] [Bb] [F]
Interlude:
[Cm] [Eb] [Bb] [Gm] [Cm] [Eb] [Bb] [F]
[Cm] [Eb] [Bb]
Interlude:
[Cm] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Cm] [Eb] [Bb] [Gm]
[Cm] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Cm] [Eb] [Bb]
Outro:
[Cm] The firemen wo[Eb]worked in double shift[Bb]shifts
With prayers for [F]rain on their lip[Cm]lips
And they knew it was [Eb]only a matter of t[Bb]time...