M.I.A.

[Intro]:Dm A# C A# A x2

 

[Verse]:Dm

Staring at the carnage

A# C

Praying that the sun will never rise

A# A Dm

Living another day in disguise

A# C

These feelings can't be right

A# A Dm

Lend me your courage to stand up and fight

A# C A# A

on tonight

 

Dm A# C A#

Ooooo....

A Dm

Stand up and fight

 

[Interlude]:Dm A# C C Dm A# C A# x2

 

[Verse]:Dm A# C

The fighting rages on and on

Dm C A# C

To challenge me you must be strong

Dm A# C

I walk your land but don't belong

Dm C A# C

Two million soldiers can't be wrong

 

C Dm C Dm

It's no fun but I've been here before

F

I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war

F A# A A#

(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things)

C Dm C Dm

Some are scared, others killing for fun

F

I shot a mother in front of her son

F A# A A#

(Take this from my consciousness and please erase my dreams)

 

[Chorus]:Dm A#

Fight for honor, fight for your life

C F A

Pray to God that our side is right

Gm A A#

And though we won I still may lose,

C

until I make it home to you

Dm A#

I see our mothers filled with tears

C F A

Grew up so fast, where did those years go

Gm A A# C

Memories won't let you cry unless I don't return tonight

 

[Interlude]:Dm A# C C Dm A# C A# x2

 

[Verse]:C Dm C Dm

So many soldiers on the other side

F

I take their lives so they can't take mine

F A# A A#

(Scared to make it out alive, now murder's all I know)

C Dm C Dm

Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here

F

I have my weapons so there's nothing to fear

F A# A A#

(Another day another life but nothing real to show for)

 

[Chorus]:Dm A#

Fight for honor, fight for your life

C F A

Pray to God that our side is right

Gm A A#

And though we won I still may lose,

C

until I make it home to you

Dm A#

I see our mothers filled with tears

C F A

Grew up so fast, where did those years go

Gm A A# C

Memories won't let you cry unless I don't return tonight

 

[Verse]:Dm

Staring at the carnage

A# C

Praying that the sun will never rise

A# A Dm

Living another day in disguise

A# C

These feelings can't be right

A# A Dm

Lend me your courage to stand up and fight

 

[Bridge]:Dm

Watching the death toll rise wondering how I'm alive

A#

Stranger's blood on my hands, shot all I can

There are no silent nights watching your brothers all die

A#

To destroy all their plans with no thought of me

Dm C A# A

No... thought... of me...

A# C Dm

No thought of me

 

[Solo]:Dm A# C A# A x6

 

[Interlude]:Dm A# C F A Gm A A# C C

Ohhhhh.....

Dm A# C F A Gm A A# C C

Ohhhhh.....

 

[Solo]:Dm A# C A# A x2

 

[Bridge]:Dm A# C A# A x2

 

[Verse]: Dm

We'll walk the city lonely

A# C

Memories that haunt are passing by

A# A Dm

А murderer walks your streets tonight

A# C

Forgive me for my crimes

A# A A# Dm

Don't forget that I was so young, fought so scared

C# C

In the name of God and Country

 

[Outro]:Dm A# C A# A