Intro
G D
[Verse]
G
Chalk in the riverbed
D G
Was deposited by the ocean as it boiled off
G
Encased in calcium carbonate
D
We could drown or we could solder
G
I climbed the ranks of militiamen
D G
And the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride
G
And disregarded Shari'a Law
D
And put the Tigris in a trench now
[Pre-Chorus]
Gsus2 Bm7
Give us rain, give us rain, give us rain, give us rain,
A
Give us rain, give us rain, send us water
Gsus2 Bm7
Send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks,
A
Send us trucks, send us tanks, send us IEDs
Gsus2 Bm7
Send us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,
A
Send us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?
Gsus2 Bm7 A
Send us dust storms, woah-
[Chorus]
G D
Allahu Akbar
[Verse]
G
The sand has lowered the vitamin
D G
Saturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck
G
We made a pact with the Arakeen
D
And we built ourselves a filter
G
The city hydro's undrinkable
D G
Shattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about
G
We saw your face in the Guardian
D
And it raised the circulation
[Pre-Chorus]
Gsus2
Send us rain, please transmit
Bm7
Please receive our dumb prayers,
A
Telepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche
Gsus2 Bm7
Send us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites
A
Send us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail
Gsus2 Bm7
We can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist
A
No defaults but we must get down to Chechnya
Gsus2 Bm7
We defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks
A
We skip church, all the monotheists
[Chorus]
G D
Sing: "Allahu Akbar!"
G
And the Inuit sang
Bm
And the Zionists sang:
A G
"Allahu Akbar!"
G
And the economists sang
G
And the astronomers sang
Bm
And the anarchists sang:
A G
"Allahu Akbar!"
G
God is greatest!
G
God is greatest!
Bm
God is greatest!
A G
"Allahu Akbar!"