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Version 1 Version 4Capo 1 Standard Tuning [Verse 1] Bm D A When the wind picked up the fire spread E Bm And the grapevines seemed left for dead D A And the Northern sky looked like the end of days F#m The end of days Bm D A The wake-up call to a rented room E Bm Sounded like an alarm of impending doom D A To warn us it's only a matter of time [Chorus] Bm D A E Before we all burn Bm D A Fm Before we all burn Bm D A E Before we all burn Bm D A (hold A) Before we all burn [Verse 2] Bm D A We bought some wine and some paper cups E Bm Near your daughters school when we picked her up D A And drove to a cemetery on a hill F#m On a hill Bm D A And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray E Bm But she laughed and danced through the field of graves D A And there I knew it would be alright E That everything [Chorus] Bm D A E Would be alright Bm D A Fm Would be alright Bm D A E Would be alright Bm D A (hold A) Would be alright [Bridge] C# D And the news reports on the radio A Bm Said it was getting worse D F#m As the ocean air fanned the flames C# But I couldn't think D A Bm Of anywhere I would of rather been D E To watch it all burn away [Instrumental] Bm D A E To burn away Bm D A F#m Bm D A E Bm D A (hold A) Bm D A E Bm D A F#m Bm D A E Bm D A (hold A) [Outro] Bm D A And the firemen worked in double shifts E Bm With prayers for rain on their lips D A (fade) And they knew it was only a matter of time