Intro
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[Verse]
C
Chalk in the riverbed
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Was deposited by the ocean as it boiled off
C
Encased in calcium carbonate
G
We could drown or we could solder
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I climbed the ranks of militiamen
G C
And the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride
C
And disregarded Shari'a Law
G
And put the Tigris in a trench now
[Pre-Chorus]
Csus2 Em7
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
Csus2 Em7
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
Csus2 Em7
Send us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,
D
Send us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?
Csus2 Em7 D
Send us dust storms, woah-
[Chorus]
C G
Allahu Akbar
[Verse]
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The sand has lowered the vitamin
G C
Saturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck
C
We made a pact with the Arakeen
G
And we built ourselves a filter
C
The city hydro's undrinkable
G C
Shattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about
C
We saw your face in the Guardian
G
And it raised the circulation
[Pre-Chorus]
Csus2
Send us rain, please transmit
Em7
Please receive our dumb prayers,
D
Telepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche
Csus2 Em7
Send us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites
D
Send us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail
Csus2 Em7
We can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist
D
No defaults but we must get down to Chechnya
Csus2 Em7
We defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks
D
We skip church, all the monotheists
[Chorus]
C G
Sing: "Allahu Akbar!"
C
And the Inuit sang
Em
And the Zionists sang:
D C
"Allahu Akbar!"
C
And the economists sang
C
And the astronomers sang
Em
And the anarchists sang:
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"Allahu Akbar!"
C
God is greatest!
C
God is greatest!
Em
God is greatest!
D C
"Allahu Akbar!"