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