Intro
D A
[Verse]
D
Chalk in the riverbed
A D
Was deposited by the ocean as it boiled off
D
Encased in calcium carbonate
A
We could drown or we could solder
D
I climbed the ranks of militiamen
A D
And the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride
D
And disregarded Shari'a Law
A
And put the Tigris in a trench now
[Pre-Chorus]
Dsus2 F#m7
Give us rain, give us rain, give us rain, give us rain,
E
Give us rain, give us rain, send us water
Dsus2 F#m7
Send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks,
E
Send us trucks, send us tanks, send us IEDs
Dsus2 F#m7
Send us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,
E
Send us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?
Dsus2 F#m7 E
Send us dust storms, woah-
[Chorus]
D A
Allahu Akbar
[Verse]
D
The sand has lowered the vitamin
A D
Saturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck
D
We made a pact with the Arakeen
A
And we built ourselves a filter
D
The city hydro's undrinkable
A D
Shattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about
D
We saw your face in the Guardian
A
And it raised the circulation
[Pre-Chorus]
Dsus2
Send us rain, please transmit
F#m7
Please receive our dumb prayers,
E
Telepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche
Dsus2 F#m7
Send us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites
E
Send us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail
Dsus2 F#m7
We can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist
E
No defaults but we must get down to Chechnya
Dsus2 F#m7
We defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks
E
We skip church, all the monotheists
[Chorus]
D A
Sing: "Allahu Akbar!"
D
And the Inuit sang
F#m
And the Zionists sang:
E D
"Allahu Akbar!"
D
And the economists sang
D
And the astronomers sang
F#m
And the anarchists sang:
E D
"Allahu Akbar!"
D
God is greatest!
D
God is greatest!
F#m
God is greatest!
E D
"Allahu Akbar!"