John Walker’s
blues
Am Em - Am C
G C
1. I'm just an American boy
raised on MTV,
Dm Am G Am
and
I've seen all those kids in the soda pop ads,
Am Em Am
but
none of 'em looked like me.
Am Em - Am C
G C
2. So I started lookin' around for
a light out of the dim,
Dm Am G Am
and
the first thing I heard that made sense was the word
Am Em Am
of
Mohammed, peace be upon him !
C G Dm F Em
A shadu
la ilaha illa Allah ! There is no God but God !
Am Em - Am C
G C
3. If my daddy could see me now with chains around my feet,
Dm Am G
Am
he don't understand
that sometimes a man
Am Em Am
has
got to fight for what he believes.
Am Em - Am C G C
4. And I believe God is great, all praise due to him.
Dm Am G Am
And if I should die, I'll rise
up to the sky,
Am Em Am
just
like Jesus, peace be upon him.
C
G Dm F Em
A shadu
la ilaha illa Allah ! There is no God but God !
+ Am - Em - C - Dm - C -
G - C - G - Dm - F - G
Am
Em Am C G C
5. We came to fight the Jihad, and our hearts were pure and strong.
Dm Am
G Am
And when death filled the air
we all offered up prayers,
Am Em Am
and
prepared for our martyrdom.
Am Em Am C
G C
6. But Allah had some other plan, some secret not revealed,
Dm Am G Am
now they're dragging me back with my head in a
sack
Am Em Am
to
the land of the infidel.
C G Dm - F - G
A shadu la ilaha illa Allah
!
C G Dm - F - G
A shadu
la ilaha illa Allah !
+ C - G - Dm
- F - G
(2x) ...
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Steve
Earle)