The Motor City Is Burning chords by John Lee Hooker
Verse 1
D
Oh, the motor city's
G
D
burnin'
It ain't no thing in the world
Gm
D
that I can do
Don't ya know
Gm
D
Don't ya know the big D is
Gm
burnin'?
D
Ain't no thing 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
G
Gm
Well, it started on 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
G
Gm
D
Well, fire bomb fallin' all around me
And soldiers standin' ev'rywhere
I could hear the people
Gm
D
screaming
Sirens fill the air
I don't know what the trouble is
I can't stay around to find it out
Gm
I don't know, I don't know
What the trouble is,
D
Gm
D
this mo'nin'
I just can't stay around
C
D
to find it out
Takin' my wife an my family
G
Gm
And little Johnny Lee is
D
clearin' out
The motor city's burnin'
C
D
Ain't a thing that I can do
Gm
D
Well, the motor city's burnin'
Ain't a thing that I can do
Gm
D
I just hope, people
It'll never happen to you
Yes, yes, I could hear the fireman
FADES-
D
Said, 'Look, get outta here'
It's too hot.
The Motor City Is Burning
John Lee Hooker
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