{"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":784715,"song":"Letter From Iraq","artist":"The Bouncing Souls","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11592006-letter-from-iraq-chords-by-the-bouncing-souls/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/784715?type=chord","rating":0.13174,"votes":0,"content":"So I decided that this song would sound cool on acoustic.\r\nAnd this is how I play it. You can find a good intro on the other tabs\r\nbut none of them showed any of the rest of the song. This sounds good \r\nto me, either with D and E as bar chords or open chords, watever u prefer. Great song \r\nno matter what, hopefully these chords can get u started.\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning.\r\n\r\n[tab]F#                  D-bar             E-bar\r\n|-2                 |-5               |-7\r\n|-2                 |-7               |-9\r\n|-2                 |-7               |-9\r\n|-4                 |-7               |-9\r\n|-4                 |-5               |-7\r\n|-2                 |-X               |-X[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe hot Sunni sun \r\n[ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\npasses Moaning Mosque Spire.\r\n[ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]B-company's pinned down[/tab]\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nand under heavy fire.\r\n[ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nUnderneath the palms\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nthere's improvised bombs.\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nBecause Jihad Johnny\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nKnows- Yankee is a liar.\r\n[ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nAn eye for an eye.\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd blood for Texas Tea.\r\n                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n \r\nAt the call to prayer\r\n        [ch]E[/ch]       \r\n\r\nAl Queda's on his knees.\r\n    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nIsac vs. Ishmael. \r\n[ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nAllah vs. Christ.\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nZarqawi's on the offense \r\n[ch]D[/ch]        \r\n\r\npicking up the beat.\r\n[ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThere's celebratory fire\r\nAnd a purple thumb vote.\r\nTom cruise is on a sortie\r\nfrom a gulf love boat.\r\nSmart bombs are a coming, \r\nSee the children running.\r\nThe dead are all laughing, \r\nBut we don't get the joke.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThey lost another friend today.\r\nIt's getting rough over there.\r\nThey say the whole things fucked.\r\nI wish the boys were back.\r\nAt least I know they're still alive.\r\nAnother letter from Iraq.\r\n\r\n\r\nPresents full of Christmas loot.\r\nAll that's left of Bullet Billy- \r\nis a pair of bloody boots. \r\nHis mom is on the phone,\r\nHis girl is all alone.\r\nWe all stand in the rain \r\nfor a twenty-one gun salute.","plain_text":"So I decided that this song would sound cool on acoustic.\nAnd this is how I play it. You can find a good intro on the other tabs\nbut none of them showed any of the rest of the song. This sounds good \nto me, either with D and E as bar chords or open chords, watever u prefer. Great song \nno matter what, hopefully these chords can get u started.\n\nStandard Tuning.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe hot Sunni sun \nF#\n\npasses Moaning Mosque Spire.\nD               E\n\n\nF#                 D\n\nand under heavy fire.\nE                   D\n\nUnderneath the palms\nD\n\nthere's improvised bombs.\nE\n\nBecause Jihad Johnny\nF#\n\nKnows- Yankee is a liar.\nD        E          D\n\n\n[Chorus]\nAn eye for an eye.\nD   E          F#\n\nAnd blood for Texas Tea.\n                     D\n \nAt the call to prayer\n        E       \n\nAl Queda's on his knees.\n    F#\n\nIsac vs. Ishmael. \nD        E\n\nAllah vs. Christ.\nF#        D\n\nZarqawi's on the offense \nD        \n\npicking up the beat.\nE               F#\n\n\n\nThere's celebratory fire\nAnd a purple thumb vote.\nTom cruise is on a sortie\nfrom a gulf love boat.\nSmart bombs are a coming, \nSee the children running.\nThe dead are all laughing, \nBut we don't get the joke.\n\n\n\nThey lost another friend today.\nIt's getting rough over there.\nThey say the whole things fucked.\nI wish the boys were back.\nAt least I know they're still alive.\nAnother letter from Iraq.\n\n\nPresents full of Christmas loot.\nAll that's left of Bullet Billy- \nis a pair of bloody boots. \nHis mom is on the phone,\nHis girl is all alone.\nWe all stand in the rain \nfor a twenty-one gun salute.","chords":["D","E","F","F#","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}