M.I.A. Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][C][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][C][E]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Staring at the carnage,
[F]praying that the sun will never [G]rise
Living an[C]other [E]day in dis[Am]guise
These [F]feelings can't be [G]right
Lend me your [C]courage to [E]stand up and [Am]fight
[F]on to[G]night[C][E]
[Am]Please[F][G][C]
[E]Stand up and [Am]fight[Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][G][E]
[Am][F][G][C][F]
[Am][F][G][E]
[Am][F][G][C][F]

[Verse 2]
[Am]Now fighting rages
on and [F]on
[Dm]To challenge me you must
be [G]strong[C][G]
[Am]I'll walk your land but don't
be [F]long
[Dm]Two million soldiers can't
be [G]wrong[C][G]

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Adim]It's no [C]fun[Am]
but I've been here be[Adim]fore
[C]I'm far[Am] from home
and I'm fighting your war
[F](Not the way I [C]pictured this,
I [Em]wanted better [F]things)
[Adim]Some are[C] s[Am]cared
others killing for [Adim]fun,
[C]I sho[Am]t a mother right in front of her son
[F](Change this from my [C]consciousness
and [Em]please erase my [F]dreams)

[Chorus 1]
[Am]Fight for honor, [F]fight for your life
[G]Pray to God that [C]our side is right
You [Dm]know we won but [Em]still may [F]lose,
un[G]til I make it home to you
I [Am]see your mother [F]filled with tears
Grew [G]up so fast, where [C]did those years go
[Dm]Memories won't [Em]let you c[F]ry
un[G]less I don't return tonight

[Interlude 2]
[Am][F][G][E]
[Am][F][G][C][F]
[Am][F][G][E]
[Am][F][G][C][F]

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Adim]So many [C]soldie[Am]rs
on the other [Adim]side,
[C]I tak[Am]e their lives so they can't take mine
[F](Scared to make it [C]out alive now
[Em]murder's all I [F]know)
[Adim]Nobody t[C]ells[Am] me
all the reasons we're [Adim]here,
[C]I am [Am]a weapon so there's nothing to fear
[F](...nother day an[C]other life but
[Em]nothing real to [F]show for)

[Chorus 2]
[Am]Fight for honor, [F]fight for your life
[G]Pray to God that [C]our side is right
You [Dm]know we won but [Em]still may [F]lose,
un[G]til I make it home to you
I [Am]see your mother [F]filled with tears
Grew [G]up so fast, where [C]did those years go
[Dm]Memories won't [Em]let you c[F]ry
un[G]less I don't return tonight

[Verse 3]
[Am]Staring at the carnage,
[F]praying that the sun will never [G]rise
Living an[C]other [E]day in dis[Am]guise
These [F]feelings can't be [G]right
Lend me your [C]courage to [E]stand up and...

[Bridge 1]
[Am]Watching the death toll rise
wondering how I'm a[Am]live
[Bm]Stran[C]gers' [F]blood on my hands, shot all I can
[Am]There were no silent nights
watching your brothers all [Am]die
[Bm]To d[C]estr[F]oy all their plans
with no thought of me
[Am](no [G]thought of m[C]e)
[E]No thought of

[Solo 1]
[Am](me)[Am][F][F]
[G][G][E][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][E][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][E][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][E][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][E][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][E][E]

[Interlude 3]
[Am]Woh [Am]woh- oh, o[F]h wo- [F]woh
[G]Woh [G]woh- oh, [C]oh- oh- [C]oh- oh
[Dm]Woh- oh [Dm]oh- oh o[E]h, woh- [F]oh!
[G]Woh- oh- [G]oh- oh- [G]oh- oh- [E]oh!
[Am]Woh [Am]woh- oh, o[F]h wo- [F]woh
[G]Woh [G]woh- oh, [C]oh- oh- [C]oh- oh
[Dm]Woh- oh [Dm]oh- oh o[E]h, woh- [F]oh!
[G]Woh- oh- [G]oh- oh- [G]oh- oh- [E]oh!

[Solo 2]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][C][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][C][E]
[Am][Am][Am][Am]
[Am][Am][Am][Am]

[Interlude 4]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][C][E]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][C][E]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Walk the city lonely
[F]Memories that haunt are passing [G]by
A murderer [C]walks your [E]street to[Am]night
For[F]give me for my [G]crimes,
[C]don't for[E]get that I [F]was so [G]young
[Am]Fought so scared in the [G#]name of
[Bb]God[G#]
and [G]coun[G] tr[G]y

[Outro 1]
[Am][Am][F][F]
[G][G][Am][E]
[Repeat and fade]