Dead Kennedys – Forest Fire (Guitar)

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[Intro]
                 B
(bass intro)  ahaha

C#               B
ahahaha    ahahialala la lalala

C#
No junk food, just earthly goods

  B
I ate weird berries in the woods

C#
Now I'm seeing colors; I'm getting higher
[Pre-Chorus]
  B                C# E      C#   D D# E F F# G G# A5
I think I'll start a  forest fire
[Verse 1] (bass)
        A B
There's a forest fire climbin' the hill

        A B
Burning wealthy California homes

       D       A       E       B      A B
Better run run run run run run from the fire
[Verse 2]
        A B
But some of us stay and watch

        A B
And we think of your insurance costs

       D           A           E           B     A B
And we laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh at your lives
[Chorus]
    A
        Windows covered with bars

B   A
        Security guards

A   B
        Is that a house or a fortress?

A   B
        Against the rest of the world

B   A
        Windows covered with bars

B   A
        Security guards

A   B
        Is that a house or a fortress?

A   B
how you gonna get out?
[Interlude] B Bb A Ab G Ab A [Verse 3]
A        B             D      B
Electric bull and your tennis courts

A        B           D        B
Pink     sports cars and your boats

        D           A           E           B     A B
Getting fried fried fried fried fried fried by the fire
[Chorus]
    A
        Windows covered with bars

B   A
        Floodlights for the yard

A   B
        It's a pleasure to watch you

A   B
        Watch it all melt
[Bridge]
    F#
But hey!

               E
What about the cocaine

                  F#
Stockpiled in the basement?

              E
Be a hero and save it

                      F#      E
You know you're gonna need it
F# E F# E F# E F# A [Verse 4]
B        C#            E      C#
Where's your brand new pretty wife?

B        C#            E      C#
She might still be inside

       E        B       F#      C#     B C#
Either save her or your cocaine from the fire
[Verse 5]
B        C#             E      C#
But the gates and doors are locked

B        C#               E    C#
'Cause the burglar alarms went off

     E      B      F#          C#    B C#
Ever wonder why we laugh laugh at your lives?
[Chorus]
    B
        Windows covered with bars

C#  B
        Fences spiked with barbed wire

B   C#
        Never looked so helpless

B   C#
        Engulfed in flames

C#  B
        Cameras watchin' the walls

C#  B
        Don't forget the dogs

B   C#
        Now you're trapped in your prison

B   C#
how you gonna get out?
[Interlude]
C# C B C C#
       Yee-ah!
See the gerbil
E       B       F#      B
run run run run run run run run

E       B       F#      B
Run run run run run run run run run

E       B       F#      B       C#           C#
Run run run run run run run run run from the fire