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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
All bar chords
Intro on steady sixteenth notes
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|---2-----------5---7---4--|
E|--------------------------|
Intro:
B D E C#
B D E C#
Verse 1:
B D E C#
We could use those men in tan
B D E C#
You say what do we know
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
Chorus:
B G#
What we need
C# F#
To take control
B G#
We could use
C# F#
The rat patrol
B
Verse 2:
B D E C#
What's that coming over the dune?
B D E C#
Yea well that's what we know
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
Chorus:
B G#
Chasing them halftracks
C# F#
Across the sand flats
B G#
Got a nice pine box
C# F#
For that desert fox
B G#
Machine guns blaring
C# F#
And Arabs staring
B G#
Wondering why
C# F# E
The Westerners are there
Bridge:
(E) E E F#
E
It's the same old story
E
And it never ends
E
It'll happen again
F# E
Whoah oh oh oh oh......
Turnaround:
N.C.
(bass solo on same notes as the intro guitar)
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
B D E C#
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
Chorus:
B G#
Chasing them halftracks
C# F#
Across the sand flats
B G#
Got a nice pine box
C# F#
For that desert fox
B G#
Machine guns blaring
C# F#
And Arabs staring
B G# C# F#
Wondering why the Westerners are there
Song History
Published: March 11, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025