[Intro]
D Bm 2x
[Chorus]
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
A G
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
G\
Burn motherfucker,
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm~
burn
[Verse]
D
Hello my name is Jimmy Pop
Bm
and i'm a dumb white guy
D
i'm not old or new but middle school
Bm
fifth grade like junior high
D
I don't know mofo if ya'll peeps be buggin
Bm
givin props to my ho ’cause shes fly
Em
but i can take the heat ’cause i'm
G
the other white meat known as kid funky fried
D
I'm hung like planet pluto hard
Bm
to see with the naked eye
D
but if I crashed into Uranus
Bm
I would stick it where the sun don't shine
D
’cause i'm kind of like Han Solo
Bm
always stroking my own wookie
Em
i'm the root of all thats evil
G
ya but you can call me cookie
[Chorus]
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
A G
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
G\
Burn motherfucker,
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm\
burn
[Verse]
D
yo, yo, this hardcore ghetto gangster image
Bm
takes alot of practice
D
I'm not black like Barry White
Bm
no I am white like Frank Black is
D
so if man is five and the devil is six,
Bm D~
then that I must make me seven
Bm~
this honkie's gone to heaven
D
but if I go to hell,
Bm
well then I hope I burn well
D
I'll spend my days with J.F.K, Marvin Gaye,
Bm
Martha Raye, and Lawerence Welk
D
and Kurt Cobain, Kojak, Mark Twain,
Bm
and Jimmy Hendrix's poltergeist
Em
and Webster ya Emmanuel Lewis
G
cause he's the anti-christ
[Chorus]
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
D Bm
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
A G
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn
G\
Burn motherfucker,
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm
burn
Everybody here we go
[Outro 3x]
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, wave your hands in the air
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, wave em like ya don't care
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, everybody say ho
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, everybody here we go
[Intro]
D Bm 2x
[Chorus]
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
A We don't need no water
G
let the motherfucker burn
G\
Burn motherfucker,
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm~
burn
[Verse]
D
Hello my name is Jimmy Pop
Bm
and i'm a dumb white guy
D
i'm not old or new
but middle school
Bm
fifth grade like junior high
D
I don't know mofo if
ya'll peeps be buggin
Bm
givin props to my ho
’cause shes fly
Em
but i can take the
heat ’cause i'm
the other white meat
G
known as kid funky fried
D
I'm hung like planet pluto hard
Bm
to see with the naked eye
D
but if I crashed into Uranus
Bm
I would stick it where
the sun don't shine
G
’cause i'm kind of like Han Solo
Bm
always stroking my own wookie
Em
i'm the root of all thats evil
G
ya but you can call me cookie
[Chorus]
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
A We don't need no water
G
let the motherfucker burn
G\
Burn motherfucker,
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm\
burn
[Verse]
D
yo, yo, this hardcore
ghetto gangster image
Bm
takes alot of practice
D
I'm not black like Barry White
Bm
no I am white like Frank Black is
D
so if man is five
and the devil is six,
Bm D~
then that I must make me seven
Bm~
this honkie's gone to heaven
D
but if I go to hell,
Bm
well then I hope I burn well
D
I'll spend my days with
J.F.K, Marvin Gaye,
Bm
Martha Raye, and Lawerence Welk
D
and Kurt Cobain,
Kojak, Mark Twain,
Bm
and Jimmy Hendrix's poltergeist
Em
and Webster ya Emmanuel Lewis
G
cause he's the anti-christ
[Chorus]
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
D The roof, the roof,
Bm
the roof is on fire
A We don't need no water
G
let the motherfucker burn
G\
Burn motherfucker,
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm
burn
Everybody here we go
[Outro 3x]
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, wave your
hands in the air
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, wave em
like ya don't care
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, everybody say ho
D
ooh ooh, c'mon party people
Bm
ooh ooh, everybody here we go