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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2232575,"song":"Allahu Akbar","artist":"Emperor X","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11471053-allahu-akbar-chords-by-emperor-x/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2232575?type=chord","rating":4.70738,"votes":16,"content":"Emperor X\r\n\"Allahu Akbar\"\r\nFrom the album \"Western Teleport\" (2011)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nChalk in the riverbed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWas deposited by the ocean as it boiled off[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nEncased in calcium carbonate[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe could drown or we could solder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI climbed the ranks of militiamen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd disregarded Shari'a Law[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd put the Tigris in a trench now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]                                            [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nGive us rain, give us rain, give us rain, give us rain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGive us rain, give us rain, send us water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]                                                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nSend us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend us trucks, send us tanks, send us IEDs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]                                                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nSend us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]                      [ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend us dust storms, woah-[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAllahu Akbar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe sand has lowered the vitamin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSaturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe made a pact with the Arakeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we built ourselves a filter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe city hydro's undrinkable[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nShattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe saw your face in the Guardian[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it raised the circulation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]\r\nSend us rain, please transmit[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nPlease receive our dumb prayers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTelepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nSend us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWe can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo defaults but we must get down to Chechnya[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbsus2[/ch]                                         [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWe defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe skip church, all the monotheists[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSing: \"Allahu Akbar!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the Inuit sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the Zionists sang:[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"Allahu Akbar!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the economists sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the astronomers sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the anarchists sang:[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"Allahu Akbar!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGod is greatest![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGod is greatest![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGod is greatest![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\"Allahu Akbar!\"[/tab]","plain_text":"Emperor X\n\"Allahu Akbar\"\nFrom the album \"Western Teleport\" (2011)\n\n[Intro]\nBb  F\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bb","F","Bbsus2","Dm7","C","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}