[Verse]
Dm F C
When the wind picked up the fire spread
G Dm
And the grapevines seemed left for dead
F C
And the Northern sky looked like the end of days
Am
The end of days
[Verse]
Dm F C
The wake-up call to a rented room
G Dm
Sounded like an alarm of impending doom
F C
To warn us it's only a matter of time
[Chorus]
Dm F C G
Before we all burn
Dm F C Am
Before we all burn
Dm F C G
Before we all burn
Dm F C~
Before we all burn
[Verse]
Dm F C
We bought some wine and some paper cups
G Dm
Near your daughters school when we picked her up
F C
And drove to a cemetery on a hill
Am
On a hill
[Verse]
Dm F C
And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray
G Dm
But she laughed and danced through the field of graves
F C
And there I knew it would be alright
G
That everything
[Chorus]
Dm F C G
Would be alright
Dm F C Am
Would be alright
Dm F C G
Would be alright
Dm F C~
Would be alright
[Bridge]
E~ F~
And the news reports on the radio
C~ Dm~
Said it was getting worse
F~ Am~
As the ocean air fanned the flames
E~
But I couldn't think
F~ C~ Dm~
Of anywhere I would of rather been
F~ G~
To watch it all burn away
[Interlude]
Dm F C G
To burn away
Dm F C Am
Dm F C G
Dm F C C
Dm F C G
Dm F C Am
Dm F C G
Dm F C C
[Outro]
Dm~ F~ C~
And the firemen worked in double shifts
G~ Dm~
With prayers for rain on their lips
F~ C~
And they knew it was only a matter of time
[Verse]
Am
F C
When the wind picked up the fire spread
And the grapevines
G Dm
seemed left for dead
F And the Northern sky looked
C
like the end of days
Am
The end of days
[Verse]
Am
F C
The wake-up call to a rented room
G Sounded like an alarm
Dm
of impending doom
F To warn us it's only
C
a matter of time
[Chorus]
Dm F C G
Before we all burn
Dm F C Am
Before we all burn
Dm F C G
Before we all burn
Dm F C~
Before we all burn
[Verse]
Am
F C
We bought some wine and some paper cups
G Near your daughters school
Dm
when we picked her up
F C
And drove to a cemetery on a hill
Am
On a hill
[Verse]
Am
F C
And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray
G But she laughed and danced
Dm
through the field of graves
F And there I knew
C
it would be alright
G
That everything
[Chorus]
Dm F C G
Would be alright
Dm F C Am
Would be alright
Dm F C G
Would be alright
Dm F C~
Would be alright
[Bridge]
E~ F~
And the news reports on the radio
C~ Dm~
Said it was getting worse
F~ Am~
As the ocean air fanned the flames
E~
But I couldn't think
F~ C~ Dm~
Of anywhere I would of rather been
F~ G~
To watch it all burn away
[Interlude]
Dm F C G
To burn away
Dm F C Am
Dm F C G
Dm F C C
Dm F C G
Dm F C Am
Dm F C G
Dm F C C
[Outro]
Dm~ F~ C~
And the firemen worked in double shifts
With prayers for
G~ Dm~
rain on their lips
And they knew it was
F~ C~
only a matter of time