Intro:
C# B F# C# E (x4)
Verse:
C# B F# C#
Spent two years of my life in a foreign land.
C# B F# C#
Came home to my own wife, had a different man.
C# B F# C#
Saw fifteen sons and fathers lying on the ground.
C# F# C#
Just one click of my thumb, everybody's down.
Chorus:
C# F#
Oh it seems that this had become a dream.
C#
Life ain't just what it seems.
F#
Still run by ancient schemes.
C#
And ohohoh, it shows
F#
On the faces of those that know.
C#
Blood flows where the money's stowed
F#
Try to getcha hands on gold(?)
E G#
But hey, what is anybody tryin' to say?
Instrumental:
C# B F# C# E (x2)
Verse:
C# B F# C#
Spent two years of my life in a foreign land,
C# B F# C#
Came home to find my mind still stuck in the sand.
C# B F# C#
There are things I never thought that I could do.
C# B F# C#
I had to tell myself "Did 'em all for you."
Chorus:
C# F#
Oh it seems that this had become a dream.
C#
Life ain't just what it seems.
F#
Still run by ancient schemes.
C#
And ohohoh, it shows
F#
On the faces of those that know.
C#
Blood flows where the money's stowed
F#
Try to getcha hands on gold(?)
E G#
But hey, what is anybody tryin' to say?
Instrumental:
C# B F# (E)
(Strum each chord once) (x1)
Outro:
C# B F# C# E (x3)