--------------------- Tom Waits - Road To Peace --------------------- Album : Orphans (2009) Tempo : 110 E-mail: gwendal.mollo@orange.fr Tabbed by: newg Am E7 x4

^AmYoung Ab^E7del Mah^Amdi Shah^E7may was ^Amonly eighteen ^E7years ^Amold ^E7 He was the ^Amyoungest of ^E7nine chil^Amdren,^E7 never ^Amspent a night a^E7way from home. And his ^Dmmother held his photograph, o^E7pening the New York ^AmTimes ^E7 To see the ^Amkilling ^E7has in^Amtensi^E7fied a^Amlong the ^E7road to ^Ampeace ^E7 ^Am ^E7

(Am E7) There was a tall, thin boy with a whispy moustache disguised as an orthodox Jew On a crowded bus in Jerusalem, some had survived World War Two

And the ^Dmthunderous explosion blew out ^E7windows 200 yards ^Amaway ^E7 (Am E7) With more retribution and seventeen dead along the road to peace

(Am E7) Now at King George Ave and Jaffa Road passengers boarded bus 14a In the aisle next to the driver Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay)

And the ^Dmlast thing that he said on earth is ^E7"God is great and God is^Am good" ^E7 (Am E7) And he blew them all to kingdom come upon the road to peace

(Am E7) Now in response to this another kiss of death was visited upon Yasser Taha, Israel says is an Hamas senior militant

And ^DmIsrael sent four choppers in, flames en^E7gulfed, tears wide o^Ampen ^E7 (Am E7) And it killed his wife and his three year old child leaving only blackened skeletons

(Am E7) It's found his toddlers bottle and a pair of small shoes and they waved them in front of the cameras But Israel says they did not know that his wife and child were in the car

There are ^Dmroadblocks everywhere and only ^E7suffering on TV ^Am ^E7 (Am E7) Neither side will ever give up their smallest right along the road to peace

(Am E7) Israel launched it's latest campaign against Hamas on Tuesday Two days later Hamas shot back and killed five Israeli soldiers

So ^Dmthousands dead and wounded on both sides most of t^E7hem middle eastern civil^Amians ^E7 (Am E7) They fill the children full of hate to fight an old man's war and die upon the road to peace

(Am E7) "And this is our land we will fight with all our force" say the Palastinians and the Jews Each side will cut off the hand of anyone who tries to stop the resistance

If the ^Dmright eye offends thee then ^E7you must pluck it ^Amout ^E7 (Am E7) And Mahmoud Abbas said Sharon had been lost out along the road to peace

(Am E7) Once Kissinger said "we have no friends, America only has interests" Now our president wants to be seen as a hero and he's hungry for re-election

^DmBut Bush is reluctant to risk his future in the ^E7fear of his political fai^Amlures ^E7 (Am E7) So he plays chess at his desk and poses for the press 10,000 miles from the road to peace

(Am E7) In the video that they found at the home of Abdel Mahdi (Shahmay) He held a Kalashnikov rifle and he spoke with a voice like a boy

He was an e^Dmxcellent student, he studied so hard, it was as ^E7if he had a fut^Amure ^E7 (Am E7) He told his mother that he had a test that day out along the road to peace

(Am E7) The fundamentalist killing on both sides is standing in the path of peace But tell me why are we arming the Israeli army with guns and tanks and bullets?

And if ^DmGod is great and God is good why can't ^E7he change the hearts of^Am men? ^E7 (Am E7) Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help Maybe God himself he needs all of our help Maybe God himself is lost and needs help He's out upon the road to peace Well maybe God himself is lost and needs help Maybe God himself he needs all of our help And he's lost upon the road to peace And he's lost upon the road to peace Out upon the road to peace.

Tom Waits - Road to peace