{"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/1707336-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                                   Tom Waits  - Road To Peace\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\nBut tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?\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\nMaybe God himself he needs all of our help\r\nMaybe God himself is lost and needs help\r\nHe's out upon the road to peace\r\nWell maybe God himself is lost and needs help\r\nMaybe God himself he needs all of our help\r\nAnd he's lost upon the road to peace\r\nAnd he's lost upon the road to peace\r\nOut upon the road to peace.","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                                   Tom Waits  - Road To Peace\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]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?\n\n\nMaybe God himself he needs all of our help\nMaybe God himself is lost and needs help\nHe's out upon the road to peace\nWell maybe God himself is lost and needs help\nMaybe God himself he needs all of our help\nAnd he's lost upon the road to peace\nAnd he's lost upon the road to peace\nOut upon the road to peace.","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]}}}