Israel chords by Morrissey

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
B minorBm
C minorCm

Verse 1:
    C minorCm
You realize, if you're happy
   AbAb
Jesus sends you straight to hell?
  Eb MajorEb   G+G
Israel, Israel

Verse 2:
C minorCm
And should you dare enjoy your body
      AbAb
Here tolls Hades' welcome bell
  Eb MajorEb   G+G
Israel, Israel

Verse 3:
    C minorCm
You've found a middle-course existence
     AbAb
We're all bones and flesh and shell
  Eb MajorEb   G+G
Israel, Israel

Bridge:
AbAb       F minorFm       C minorCm
I can't answer for what armies do
       AbAb
They are not you
       F minorFm
They are not you
       G+G  G7G7
They are not you

Verse 4:
  C minorCm
In other climes, they bitch and whine
    AbAb
Just because you're not like them
  Eb MajorEb   G+G
Israel, Israel

Verse 5:
  C minorCm
The sky is dark for many others
       AbAb
They want it dark for you as well
  Eb MajorEb   G+G
Israel, Israel

Verse 6:
C minorCm
Earth is just one big asylum
   AbAb
And explodes a prison cell
    Eb MajorEb
See us squirm
          G+G
In our own damaged spell

Verse 7:
     C minorCm
You were born as guilty sinners
      AbAb
Before you stood upright you fell
    Eb MajorEb            G+G
Put the fear of many gods in Israel

Verse 8:
C minorCm
Nature gave you every impulse
    AbAb
Who are virgin priests to tell
      Eb MajorEb           G+G
Who, how to love, how to live, Israel

Verse 9:
       C minorCm
And they who reign abuse upon you
     AbAb
They are jealous of you as well
     Eb MajorEb           G+G  C minorCm