Intro
Ab D#
[Verse]
Ab
Chalk in the riverbed
D# Ab
Was deposited by the ocean as it boiled off
Ab
Encased in calcium carbonate
D#
We could drown or we could solder
Ab
I climbed the ranks of militiamen
D# Ab
And the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride
Ab
And disregarded Shari'a Law
D#
And put the Tigris in a trench now
[Pre-Chorus]
Absus2 Cm7
Give us rain, give us rain, give us rain, give us rain,
A#
Give us rain, give us rain, send us water
Absus2 Cm7
Send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks,
A#
Send us trucks, send us tanks, send us IEDs
Absus2 Cm7
Send us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,
A#
Send us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?
Absus2 Cm7 A#
Send us dust storms, woah-
[Chorus]
Ab D#
Allahu Akbar
[Verse]
Ab
The sand has lowered the vitamin
D# Ab
Saturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck
Ab
We made a pact with the Arakeen
D#
And we built ourselves a filter
Ab
The city hydro's undrinkable
D# Ab
Shattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about
Ab
We saw your face in the Guardian
D#
And it raised the circulation
[Pre-Chorus]
Absus2
Send us rain, please transmit
Cm7
Please receive our dumb prayers,
A#
Telepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche
Absus2 Cm7
Send us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites
A#
Send us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail
Absus2 Cm7
We can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist
A#
No defaults but we must get down to Chechnya
Absus2 Cm7
We defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks
A#
We skip church, all the monotheists
[Chorus]
Ab D#
Sing: "Allahu Akbar!"
Ab
And the Inuit sang
Cm
And the Zionists sang:
A# Ab
"Allahu Akbar!"
Ab
And the economists sang
Ab
And the astronomers sang
Cm
And the anarchists sang:
A# Ab
"Allahu Akbar!"
Ab
God is greatest!
Ab
God is greatest!
Cm
God is greatest!
A# Ab
"Allahu Akbar!"