Chords with lyrics
Intro:
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Verse:
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Chalk in the riverbed
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Was deposited by the ocean as it boiled off
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Encased in calcium carbonate
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We could drown or we could solder
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I climbed the ranks of militiamen
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And the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride
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And disregarded Shari'a Law
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And put the Tigris in a trench now
Pre-Chorus:
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Give us rain, give us rain, give us rain, give us rain,
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Give us rain, give us rain, send us water
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Send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks,
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Send us trucks, send us tanks, send us IEDs
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Send us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,
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Send us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?
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Send us dust storms, woah-
Chorus:
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Allahu Akbar
Verse:
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The sand has lowered the vitamin
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Saturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck
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We made a pact with the Arakeen
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And we built ourselves a filter
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The city hydro's undrinkable
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Shattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about
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We saw your face in the Guardian
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And it raised the circulation
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Send us rain, please transmit
Dm7Dm7
Please receive our dumb prayers,
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Telepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche
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Send us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites
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Send us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail
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We can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist
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No defaults but we must get down to Chechnya
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We defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks
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We skip church, all the monotheists
Chorus:
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Sing: "Allahu Akbar!"
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And the Inuit sang
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And the Zionists sang:
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"Allahu Akbar!"
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And the economists sang
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And the astronomers sang
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And the anarchists sang:
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"Allahu Akbar!"
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God is greatest!
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God is greatest!
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God is greatest!
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"Allahu Akbar!"