Key: C
Introduction: C G Am F
C Am G C G C)
London's burning, London's burning, fetch the engines there's none left,
London's burning, there's no learning here, it's just mindless pointless theft
G F C
And call them home, secretary, call those children home,
Am G F C
the police budget cut a little too close to the bone,
Am G F C
And we will not tolerate behaviour of this violent sort,
G C
it's just not enough to cut one summer holiday short
G F C
I'm none the wiser to what went through people's heads,
Am G F C
as they donned their hoods and visors and tore london town to shreds,
Am G F C
and I'm called a sympathiser cos I have the cheek to ask,
F G
what makes girls and boys decide to burn their city in a mask?
Am G F C(C G Am G(2x)
what makes girls and boys decide to burn their city in a mask?
London's burning, london's burning, call the coppers there's none left,
G C
And I guess britain was broken long before britain was broke,
G C
And I'm told there is no context to a city lane in smoke,
Am G F C
there is no politics to a youth devoid of empathy and hope,
G C
am I only the one getting the joke?
I'm none the wiser....