Intro
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[Verse]
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Chalk in the riverbed
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Was deposited by the ocean as it boiled off
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Encased in calcium carbonate
F
We could drown or we could solder
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I climbed the ranks of militiamen
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And the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride
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And disregarded Shari'a Law
F
And put the Tigris in a trench now
[Pre-Chorus]
A#sus2 Dm7
Give us rain, give us rain, give us rain, give us rain,
C
Give us rain, give us rain, send us water
A#sus2 Dm7
Send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks,
C
Send us trucks, send us tanks, send us IEDs
A#sus2 Dm7
Send us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,
C
Send us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?
A#sus2 Dm7 C
Send us dust storms, woah-
[Chorus]
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Allahu Akbar
[Verse]
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The sand has lowered the vitamin
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Saturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck
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We made a pact with the Arakeen
F
And we built ourselves a filter
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The city hydro's undrinkable
F A#
Shattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about
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We saw your face in the Guardian
F
And it raised the circulation
[Pre-Chorus]
A#sus2
Send us rain, please transmit
Dm7
Please receive our dumb prayers,
C
Telepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche
A#sus2 Dm7
Send us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites
C
Send us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail
A#sus2 Dm7
We can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist
C
No defaults but we must get down to Chechnya
A#sus2 Dm7
We defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks
C
We skip church, all the monotheists
[Chorus]
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Sing: "Allahu Akbar!"
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And the Inuit sang
Dm
And the Zionists sang:
C A#
"Allahu Akbar!"
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And the economists sang
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And the astronomers sang
Dm
And the anarchists sang:
C A#
"Allahu Akbar!"
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God is greatest!
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God is greatest!
Dm
God is greatest!
C A#
"Allahu Akbar!"