M.i.a. (acoustic)

	  		

Dm 
Staring at the carnage 
Gm                               C 
Praying that the sun would never rise 
        Bb               Dm 
Living another day in disguise 
       Gm               C 
These feelings can't be right 
             Bb                      Dm 
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight 
Gm   C           Bb 
On tonight 

Dm Gm C Bb 
Ooooo.... 
             Dm 
Stand up and fight 

Dm                        Bb 
The fighting rages on and on 
Gm                          C 
To challenge me you must be strong 
Dm                         Bb 
I walk your land but don't belong 
Gm                            C 
Two million soldiers can't be wrong 

Dm                              Bb 
It's no fun but I've been here before 
                                        F 
I'm far from home and I'm fighting your war 
                                Bb 
(Not the way I pictured this, I wanted better things) 
Dm                                  Bb 
Some are scared, others killing for fun 
                                      F 
I shot a mother right in front of her son 
                                      Bb 
(Take this from my consciousness, and please erase my dreams) 

Dm               Bb 
Fight for honor, fight for your life 
C                F         
Pray to God that our side is right 
    Gm               Dm 
And though we won, I still may lose 
Gm              C 
Until I make it home to you 
Dm                Bb 
I see our mothers filled with tears 
C                     F  
Grew up so fast where did those years go? 
Gm            Dm 
Memories won't let you cry  
Gm               C 
Unless I don't return tonight 

Dm                            Bb 
So many soldiers on the other side 
                                      F 
I take their lives so they can't take mine 
                                  Bb 
(Scared to make it out alive, now murder's all I know) 
Dm                                    Bb 
Nobody tells me all the reasons we're here 
                                        F 
I have my weapon so there's nothing to fear 
                                Bb 
(Another day, another life, but nothing real to show for) 

Dm               Bb 
Fight for honor, fight for your life 
C                F         
Pray to God that our side is right 
    Gm               Dm 
And though we won, I still may lose 
Gm              C 
Until I make it home to you 
Dm                Bb 
I see our mothers filled with tears 
C                     F  
Grew up so fast where did those years go? 
Gm            Dm 
Memories won't let you cry  
Gm               C 
Unless I don't return tonight 

Dm                       
Staring at the carnage 
Gm                               C 
Praying that the sun would never rise 
       Bb             Dm 
Living another day in disguise 
      Gm                C 
These feelings can't be right 
             Bb                      Dm 
Lend me your courage to stand up and fight 

Dm                            C                 Dm 
Watching the death toll rise, wondering how I'm alive 
           Gm                      Bb 
Strangers' blood on my hands, I've shot all I can 
Dm                          C                          Dm 
There are no silent nights, watching your brothers all die 
       Gm                       Bb 
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me 
Dm C          F   C            Dm 
No thought of me, no thought of me 

Dm Bb C F Gm Dm C 
Ohhhhh..... 

Dm 
Walk the city lonely 
Gm                              C 
Memories that haunt are passing by 
           Bb                  Dm   
A murderer walks your street tonight 
   Gm             C 
Forgive me for my crimes 
Bb                  Gm     Dm 
Don't forget that I was so young 
                        Fm              C                 Dm   
Fought so scared in the name of God and country