{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1707336,"song":"Road To Peace","artist":"Tom Waits","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11359522-road-to-peace-chords-by-tom-waits/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1707336?type=chord","rating":4.7646,"votes":10,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]Album : Orphans (2009)\r\nTempo : 110\r\nE-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr\r\nTabbed by: newg[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] x4\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYoung Abdel Mahdi Shahmay was only eighteen years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHe was the youngest of nine children,   never spent a night away from home.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd his mother held his photograph, up in the New York Times[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTo see the killing has intensified along the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n There was a tall, thin boy with a whispy moustache disguised as an orthodox Jew[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOn a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War Two[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd the thunderous explosion blew out windows 200 yards away[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWith more retribution and seventeen dead along the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNow at King George Ave and Jaffa Road passengers boarded bus 14a[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn the aisle next to the driver Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd the last thing that he said on earth is \"God is great and God is good\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNow in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYasser Taha, Israel says is an Hamas senior militant[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd Israel sent four choppers in, flames engulfed his white Opel[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd it killed his wife and his three year old child leaving only blackened skeletons[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIt's found his toddlers bottle and a pair of small shoes and they waved them in front of the cameras[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThere are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNeither side will ever give up their smallest right along the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIsrael launched it's latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTwo days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                                [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo thousands dead and wounded on both sides most of them middle eastern civilians[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThey fill the children full of hate to fight an old man's war and die upon the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\"And this is our land we will fight with all our force\" say the Palestinians and the Jews[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nEach side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIf the right eye offends thee then you must pluck it out[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd Mahmoud Abbas said Sharon had been lost out along the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOnce Kissinger said \"we have no friends, America only has interests\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nNow our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                              [ch]E7[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut Bush is reluctant to risk his future in the fear of his political failures[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press 10,000 miles from the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHe held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                                              [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHe was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHe told his mother that he had a test that day out along the road to peace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch])\r\nThe fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]E7[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd if God is great and God is good why can't he change the hearts of men?[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch])\r\nWell maybe God himself is lost and needs help[/tab]\r","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nAm E7 x4\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["E","Am","E7","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}