[Verse]
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]
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...