Chords with lyrics
intro: E minorEm
E minorEm EbdimEbdim E minorEm C#dimC#dim
I'm sitting around at the checkpoint
E minorEm EbdimEbdim C#dimC#dim EbdimEbdim
Keeping myself to myself
E minorEm EbdimEbdim E minorEm C#dimC#dim
My heart's going out to the girl with the gun
E minorEm EbdimEbdim C#dimC#dim EbdimEbdim
She is young, she is fun, she is dea-----dly
(note: the next G#dimG#dim goes from 14fret in the same position as the D#dimD#dim)
AbdimAbdim F#dimF#dim EdimEdim F#dimF#dim EdimEdim EbdimEbdim EdimEdim C#dimC#dim
She clocks off, goes back to the ci-----ty
AbdimAbdim F#dimF#dim EdimEdim F#dimF#dim EdimEdim EbdimEbdim E minorEm
Goes to a club with her friends
Bass:
A augmentedA|-7-------------------|
E MajorE|---7-0-0-2-2-3-3-7-7-|
(then next verse goes as first)
I just took a walk through the checkpoint
Past columns of poor Arab sons
They queue through the day for a chance to make pay
For something to put in their mouths
He can't sleep at night without gunfire
The lullaby puts him to sleep
Bass:
A augmentedA|-7-------------------|
E MajorE|---7-0-0-2-2-3-3-7-7-|
Solo: Am, Abdim, Em, CdimCdim
Am, Abdim, F#dim, AbdimAbdim
A minorAm AbdimAbdim A minorAm F#dimF#dim
We stand there accused of the British collusion
A minorAm AbdimAbdim F#dimF#dim AbdimAbdim
Israel into Pales---ti--------ne
A minorAm AbdimAbdim E minorEm CdimCdim
A augmentedA victory for some an astonishing hope
A minorAm AbdimAbdim F#dimF#dim AbdimAbdim
But for him it has brought devasta-----tion
CdimCdim BdimBdim AdimAdim BdimBdim AdimAdim AbdimAbdim AdimAdim F#dimF#dim
He lives li----ke a pris---'ner in ex----ile
CdimCdim BdimBdim AdimAdim BdimBdim AdimAdim AbdimAbdim A minorAm
He lives li----ke a pris---'ner in hell
D MajorD C majorC Bb majorBb
Loves black and white in the blue vault of space
BbmBbm F minorFm C majorC
Swoop around like a symbol of peace
G minorGm DmDm
Can they see the hawk?
FF C minorCm
They're too busy in talk of love
Eb MajorEb C#C# Bb majorBb
Why should they contemplate fear?
(and so the next goes quite as the first verse)
Everyone meets in the cramped city streets
Hipsters of Zion collide
To talk music and dross
At the sign of The Cross
E minorEm EbdimEbdim E minorEm
We eat our falafel in peace
E minorEm EbdimEbdim E minorEm
The girl lets her uniform slip
E minorEm EbdimEbdim E minorEm
The boy cracks a joke, he is sweet
E minorEm EbdimEbdim C#dimC#dim EbdimEbdim
He listens to hip hop in Ga--------za
E minorEm EbdimEbdim E minorEm
She listens to Coldplay in Lod
Chords:
can be variation from D#dimD#dim or from G#dimG#dim
EbdimEbdim
e--------|
B---7----|
G---5----|
D---7----|
A---6----|
E--------|
AbdimAbdim
e--------|
B---3----|
G---4----|
D---3----|
A--------|
E---4----|
the part "he lives like a prisioner..." i think is easier if you do the "dim"