Los Angeles Is Burning

{intro}

[[ badabadabap BAM ]]

/ C CF /

Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of a blue

The sane man skirts under the wind

But down here in the city of the lime lights

The fans of Santa Ana are withering

/ C FC / Am G / 1st / 2nd /

And you can't deny that living is easy

If you never look behind the scenery

It's showtime for drag lines

And bedlam is dreaming of rain

{refrain}

When the hills of Los Angeles are burning

Palm trees are candles in the murder wind

So many lives on the breeze

Even the stars are ill at ease

And Los Angeles is burning

[bass walk from C down to Am]

/ Am G F C / / Am E / Am F / C G /

{intro}

This is not a test

Of the emergency broadcast system

When Malibu fires and radio towers

Conspire to dance again

And I cannot believe the media Mecca

They're only trying to battle reality, catch it on

Prime time, story at nine

The whole world is going insane

{refrain}

A placard reads

The end of days

Jacaranda boughs

Are bending in the haze