The Motor City Is Burning Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Oh, the motor city's
[G]burnin'[D]
It ain't no thing in the world
that I [Gm]can do[D]
Don't ya know
[Gm]Don't ya know the big D [D]is
[Gm]burnin'?
Ain't no thing [D]in the world
that Johnny can do
My home town burnin' down
[Gm]to the ground
[D]Worser than Viet Nam
Well, it started on 12th and Clairmont,
this mornin'
I just don't know what it's all about
Well, it star[G]ted on [Gm]12th and Clairmont,
[D]this mornin'
I don't know what it's all about
The fire wagon kept comin'
The snipers just wouldn't
let 'em put it out
Fire bomb bustin' all around me
An' soldiers was ev'rywhere
Well, [G]fire [Gm]bomb fallin' all around [D]me
And soldiers standin' ev'rywhere
I could hear the people
[Gm]screaming[D]
Sirens fill the air
I don't know what the trouble is
I can't stay around to find it out
I don't know, [Gm]I don't know
What the trouble is,
[D]this [Gm]mo'ni[D]n'
I just can't stay around
to find it [C]out[D]
Takin' my wife an my family
And little [G]Johnny [Gm]Lee is
[D]clearin' out
The motor city's burnin'
Ain't a [C]thing [D]that I can do
[Gm]Well, [D]the motor city's burnin'
Ain't a thing that I can do
I just [Gm]hope, people[D]
It'll never happen to you
Yes, yes, I could hear the fireman
FADES-
Said, 'Look, get out[D]ta here'
It's too hot.