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Version 1 Version 4[Verse 1] Am C G When the wind picked up the fire spread D Am And the grapevines seemed left for dead C G And the Northern sky looked like the end of days Em The end of days Am C G The wake up call to a rented room D Am Sounded like an alarm of impending doom C G To warn us it's only a matter of time [Chorus] Am C G D Before we all burn Am C G Em Before we all burn Am C G D Before we all burn Am C G (hold G) Before we all burn [Verse 2] Am C G We bought some wine and some paper cups D Am Near your daughter's school when we picked her up C G And drove to a cemetery on a hill Em On a hill Am C G And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray D Am As she laughed and danced through the field of graves C G And there I knew it would be alright D That everything [Chorus] Am C G D Would be alright Am C G Em Would be alright Am C G D Would be alright Am C G (hold G) Would be alright [Bridge] B7 C And the news reports on the radio G Am Said it was getting worse C Em As the ocean air fanned the flames B7 But I couldn't think C G Am Of anywhere I would've rather been C D To watch it all burn away [Chorus] Am C G D To burn away Am C G Em Am C G D Am C G (hold G) Am C G D Am C G Em Am C G D Am C G (hold G) [Outro] Am C G The firemen worked in double shifts D Am With prayers for rain on their lips C G (fade) And they knew it was only a matter of time...