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Road To Peace

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                                   Tom Waits  - Road To Peace
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Album : Orphans (2009)
Tempo : 110
E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr
Tabbed by: newg
[Intro]
AmE7
  x4
[Verse]
Am      E7     Am     E7      Am            E7    Am  E7
Young Abdel Mahdi Shahmay was only eighteen years old
           Am          E7       Am   E7       Am             E7
He was the youngest of nine children,   never spent a night away from home.
        Dm                           E7                Am     E7
And his mother held his photograph, up in the New York Times
           Am      E7    Am   E7    Am       E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
To see the killing has intensified along the road to peace
[Verse]
Am           E7         Am         E7               Am              E7       Am  E7
 There was a tall, thin boy with a whispy moustache disguised as an orthodox Jew
     Am      E7     Am    E7        Am           E7        Am  E7
On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War Two
        Dm                            E7                Am     E7
And the thunderous explosion blew out windows 200 yards away
     Am        E7         Am        E7    Am       E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
With more retribution and seventeen dead along the road to peace
[Verse]
Am      E7     Am     E7      Am            E7    Am  E7
Now at King George Ave and Jaffa Road passengers boarded bus 14a
       Am    E7          Am     E7    Am             E7
In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)
        Dm                                  E7                      Am     E7
And the last thing that he said on earth is "God is great and God is good"
       Am        E7     Am      E7    Am      E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
And he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace
[Verse]
Am     E7          Am           E7      Am           E7    Am  E7
Now in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon
Am      E7   Am     E7         Am             E7
Yasser Taha, Israel says is an Hamas senior militant
    Dm                                     E7                Am     E7
And Israel sent four choppers in, flames engulfed his white Opel
       Am         E7           Am         E7        Am           E7             Am     E7   Am   E7
And it killed his wife and his three year old child leaving only blackened skeletons
[Verse]
Am      E7     Am     E7      Am            E7    Am  E7
It's found his toddlers bottle and a pair of small shoes and they waved them in front of the cameras
           Am          E7       Am   E7       Am             E7
But Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car
          Dm                             E7                  Am     E7
There are roadblocks everywhere and only suffering on TV
           Am      E7    Am   E7    Am       E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
Neither side will ever give up their smallest right along the road to peace
[Verse]
Am      E7     Am     E7      Am            E7    Am  E7
Israel launched it's latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday
           Am          E7       Am   E7       Am             E7
Two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers
   Dm                                                E7                      Am     E7
So thousands dead and wounded on both sides most of them middle eastern civilians
           Am      E7    Am   E7    Am       E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
They fill the children full of hate to fight an old man's war and die upon the road to peace
[Verse]
Am      E7     Am     E7      Am            E7    Am  E7
"And this is our land we will fight with all our force" say the Palestinians and the Jews
           Am          E7       Am   E7       Am             E7
Each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance
       Dm                          E7                Am     E7
If the right eye offends thee then you must pluck it out
           Am      E7    Am   E7    Am       E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
And Mahmoud Abbas said Sharon had been lost out along the road to peace
[Verse]
Am      E7     Am     E7      Am            E7    Am  E7
Once Kissinger said "we have no friends, America only has interests"
           Am          E7       Am   E7       Am             E7
Now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election
Dm                                              E7                       Am     E7
But Bush is reluctant to risk his future in the fear of his political failures
           Am      E7    Am   E7    Am       E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press 10,000 miles from the road to peace
[Verse]
Am      E7     Am     E7      Am            E7    Am  E7
In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)
           Am          E7       Am   E7       Am             E7
He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy
           Dm                                              E7             Am     E7
He was an excellent student, he studied so hard, it was as if he had a future
           Am      E7    Am   E7    Am       E7      Am     E7   Am   E7
He told his mother that he had a test that day out along the road to peace
 AmE7
( )
The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace
But tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?
       Dm                                     E7                     Am     E7
And if God is great and God is good why can't he change the hearts of men?
 AmE7
( )
Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
Maybe God himself is lost and needs help
He's out upon the road to peace
Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
And he's lost upon the road to peace
And he's lost upon the road to peace
Out upon the road to peace.

Road To Peace chords and lyrics

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                                   Tom Waits  - Road To Peace
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[Intro]
Am E7 x4
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Verse]
But tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
Maybe God himself is lost and needs help
He's out upon the road to peace
Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help
Maybe God himself he needs all of our help
And he's lost upon the road to peace
And he's lost upon the road to peace
Out upon the road to peace.

Road To Peace Chords by Tom Waits

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