The Motor City Is Burning

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Eb
Oh, the motor city's burnin'
Eb
It ain't no thing in the world that I can do
                 Ab
Don't ya know
Eb
Don't ya know the big D is burnin'?
                                Eb
Ain't no thing in the world that Johnny can do
                                        Ab      Eb
My home town burnin' down to the ground
Eb
Worser than Vietnam

        Db                      Eb
Well, it started on twelfth and Clairmont, this mornin'
Eb
I just don't know what it's all about
        Ab                      Eb
Well, it started on twelfthand Clairmont, this mornin'
Eb
I don't know what it's all about
                        Ab      Gb      Eb
The fire wagon kept comin'
Gb              Eb
The snipers just wouldn't let 'em put it out

Eb
Fire bomb bustin' all around me
Eb
An' soldiers was everywhere
Ab              Gb              Ab
Well, fire bomb fallin' all around me
A                                 Eb
And soldiers standin' ev'rywhere
                Ab
I could hear the people screaming
Eb
Sirens fill the air

Eb
I don't know what the trouble is
Eb
I can't stay around to find it out
                 Ab
I don't know, I don't know
What the trouble is, this mornin'
Eb
I just can't stay around to find it out
                           Bb
Takin' my wife an my family
Ab                      Eb
And little Johnny Lee is clearin' out

Eb
The motor city's burnin'
Eb
Ain't a thing that I can do
Eb
Well, the motor city's burnin'
Eb
Ain't a thing that I can do
Ab                    Eb
I just hope, people
Eb
It'll never happen to you

Eb
Yes, yes, I could hear the fireman
                  Ab
Said, 'Look, get outta here'
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