Chords with lyrics
I WANT LOVE - Jehro
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Tabbed by: Kengus
Standard tuning
VERSE1
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I woke up this morning, hunger was gnawing my soul
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
But the preacher man's sermon, won't put no food in my bowl
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
Abidjan to Monrovia, looking for food and a home
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm Gm...
Instead I found factions and armies, in the middle of a combat zone
CHORUS
...Cm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I want love, I need love, I---I want love
C minorCm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
VERSE2
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
Here in this tribal warfare, for food you need money or a gun
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I signed up, whose side I don't care, at least now I'm someone
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
At parade time the grown-ups are cruel, and all of the soldiers are small
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm Gm...
Commanders and captains and colonels, all kids with their back to the wall
CHORUS
...Cm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I want love, I need love, I---I want love
C minorCm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
BRIDGE
FF Bb majorBb Cm-Cm7-Cm-Cm7
They told me I'm joining a family
FF Bb majorBb Cm-Cm7-Cm-Cm7
But here I ain't nobody's son
FF Bb majorBb D7D7
My brothers are right here beside me
D#D# DmDm G minorGm
We share our hunger and we share our gun
FF Bb majorBb Cm-Cm7-Cm-Cm7
Tomorrow we start the offensive
FF Bb majorBb Cm-Cm7-Cm-Cm7
Been drinking palm wine all day
FF Bb majorBb D7D7 D#D# DmDm Gm...
Gri-gri men can keep us from bullets, but hash won't keep hunger at bay
CHORUS
...Cm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I want love, I need love, I---I want love
C minorCm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl
VERSE3
D#D# DmDm G minorGm
When it's time the small soldiers march forward
D#D# DmDm (G minorGm)
When one falls the next takes his gun
(D#D#) (DmDm) (G minorGm) D#D# DmDm G minorGm
Four to one AK-forty-seven, I was number three but now I'm gone
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
Our future is dying right here, children only ten years old
D#D# DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
In this tribal colonial nightmare, we're reaping the seeds you have sown
D#D# DmDm Gm...
We're reaping the seeds you have sown
CHORUS
...Cm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
We want love, we need love, all of us want love
C minorCm DmDm G minorGm D#D# DmDm G minorGm
We want love, we need love, and a little food in our bowls
(C minorCm) (DmDm) (G minorGm)
(C minorCm) (DmDm) (G minorGm)
(C minorCm)(DmDm) (G minorGm) (C minorCm) (DmDm) (G minorGm)
I want love, I need love, and a little food in my bowl.
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