Road To Peace Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
104.55 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
A
B
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Take time.
[B]
[Am] [D] [Am]
He owned that L.I.D. shop.
He was only 18 years old.
He was the youngest [A] of nine children.
He never spent a night [B] away [E] from home.
And [Dm] his mother held his photograph.
[E] Up in the New [Am] York Times.
You see the killing has [A]
intensified.
Along [E] the road [A] to peace.
[B] He was a tall thin boy with a wispy mustache.
Disguised as an [Am] orthodox Jew.
On a [Bm] crowded bus in [Am] Jerusalem.
[A] Some had [B] survived [E] World War II.
And the [Dm] thunderous explosion.
Flew out windows 200 [Am] yards away.
Before [Bm] retribution and [Em] 17 dead.
[A] Along the [Abm] road [Am] to peace.
[A] Now a King, door-to-door.
And [D] chopper-row [Am] passengers [E]
boarded bus [Am] 14-A.
In the aisle [B]
next [Am] to the driver.
[D] [A] I've delved my [E] D-sharp [E] name.
And [Dm] the last thing fell he said.
Lord of this [E] God is great and God [Am] is good.
And he blew [Dm] them off.
[Am] The King [B] don't come.
Upon the [E] road to [Am] peace.
[E]
[Am] In response to [B] this.
Another kiss of death was visited upon.
[Em] [A] Yahshua.
[B] Israel says.
In a mouth seen your [Am] militant.
[Dm] And Israel said.
Four choppers in [E] flames engulfed.
His [Am] wide open.
And it [B] killed his wife and his three year old child.
Leaving [Am] only [E]
[Am] blackened skeleton.
[A]
[Am] They found his [E] toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes.
[A] And they waved [E] them in front of the [G] cameras.
[A] But Israel [B] says.
They did not know.
That his wife and [E] child [Am] were in a car.
There [Dm] are roadblocks everywhere.
And only [E] suffering on TV.
[E]
Neither [A] side will ever give up.
[Am] Their smallest [A] right.
[E] Along the road to [Am] peace.
[B] Israel launched its latest [Am] campaign.
[Eb] Against Hamas on [E] Tuesday.
[Am] Two [B] days later Hamas shot back.
And killed [E] five [Am] Israeli soldiers.
[Dm] Thousands dead and wounded on both sides.
[E] Most of them Middle Eastern [A] civilians.
[E] They killed their children full of hate.
[Am] Divided whole lands war.
And die [E] upon the road to [Am] peace.
[D]
[Am] [Em] Now [Am] this is [Bm] our land.
[A] We will fight with all our force.
They the [E] Palestinians and [Am] the Jews.
Each side will [B] cut [A] off the hand of anyone.
[Am] Who tries [E] to stop the resistance.
[Dm] If the right eye of them see.
[E] Then you must [Am] pluck it out.
And the Mahmoud Abbas [A] and Sharon have been lost.
Out [E] along the road to [Am] peace.
Once Kissinger [B] said.
[A] We have no friends.
[Am] America [Ab] only has interests.
[Am] Now our [B] president wants to be seen as a hero.
[Am] And he's hungry [E] for [Am] re-election.
[Dm] But Bush is reluctant to risk his [E] future.
In the fear of his political [Am] failure.
So he placed chest at his desk.
And [A] poses for the press.
Ten thousand [E] miles from the road [Am] to peace.
[D]
[Am] [B] In a video that they found [D] at the home [E] of Abdel [Eb]-Rumadi
[Am] Shabnev.
He held [Bm] a [Am] Kalashnikov rifle.
[E] And he spoke with a voice like a boy.
[Gb] He [Dm] was an excellent student.
He studied so hard.
It [E] was as if he had a [Am] future.
[E] He told his mother [Bm] that he [Am] had a desk that day.
Out [E] along the road [Am] to peace.
The fundamentalist [Bm] killing on [D] both sides.
[E] Standing in the path of peace.
[C] But tell me [E] why are we arming [Am] the Israeli army with guns and [E] tanks and bullets?
[Am] [Dm] And if God is great.
And God is good.
Why can't [E] he change the [Am] hearts of men?
Maybe God himself is lost and [Bm] needs help.
Maybe God [E] himself, [A] he needs all of [E] our help.
[Am] Maybe God [B] himself is lost [E] and needs help.
[Am] He's out [E] upon the road [Am] to peace.
Maybe God [E] himself [Am] is lost [Em] and needs help.
[Am] Maybe God [Em] himself, he [D] needs [E] all of our help.
[A] And he's lost [E] upon the road to [Am] peace.
Oh, he's lost upon the road to peace.
Out upon the road to peace.
[Am]
[E] [Am]
[B]
[Am] [D] [Am]
He owned that L.I.D. shop.
He was only 18 years old.
He was the youngest [A] of nine children.
He never spent a night [B] away [E] from home.
And [Dm] his mother held his photograph.
[E] Up in the New [Am] York Times.
You see the killing has [A]
intensified.
Along [E] the road [A] to peace.
[B] He was a tall thin boy with a wispy mustache.
Disguised as an [Am] orthodox Jew.
On a [Bm] crowded bus in [Am] Jerusalem.
[A] Some had [B] survived [E] World War II.
And the [Dm] thunderous explosion.
Flew out windows 200 [Am] yards away.
Before [Bm] retribution and [Em] 17 dead.
[A] Along the [Abm] road [Am] to peace.
[A] Now a King, door-to-door.
And [D] chopper-row [Am] passengers [E]
boarded bus [Am] 14-A.
In the aisle [B]
next [Am] to the driver.
[D] [A] I've delved my [E] D-sharp [E] name.
And [Dm] the last thing fell he said.
Lord of this [E] God is great and God [Am] is good.
And he blew [Dm] them off.
[Am] The King [B] don't come.
Upon the [E] road to [Am] peace.
[E]
[Am] In response to [B] this.
Another kiss of death was visited upon.
[Em] [A] Yahshua.
[B] Israel says.
In a mouth seen your [Am] militant.
[Dm] And Israel said.
Four choppers in [E] flames engulfed.
His [Am] wide open.
And it [B] killed his wife and his three year old child.
Leaving [Am] only [E]
[Am] blackened skeleton.
[A]
[Am] They found his [E] toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes.
[A] And they waved [E] them in front of the [G] cameras.
[A] But Israel [B] says.
They did not know.
That his wife and [E] child [Am] were in a car.
There [Dm] are roadblocks everywhere.
And only [E] suffering on TV.
[E]
Neither [A] side will ever give up.
[Am] Their smallest [A] right.
[E] Along the road to [Am] peace.
[B] Israel launched its latest [Am] campaign.
[Eb] Against Hamas on [E] Tuesday.
[Am] Two [B] days later Hamas shot back.
And killed [E] five [Am] Israeli soldiers.
[Dm] Thousands dead and wounded on both sides.
[E] Most of them Middle Eastern [A] civilians.
[E] They killed their children full of hate.
[Am] Divided whole lands war.
And die [E] upon the road to [Am] peace.
[D]
[Am] [Em] Now [Am] this is [Bm] our land.
[A] We will fight with all our force.
They the [E] Palestinians and [Am] the Jews.
Each side will [B] cut [A] off the hand of anyone.
[Am] Who tries [E] to stop the resistance.
[Dm] If the right eye of them see.
[E] Then you must [Am] pluck it out.
And the Mahmoud Abbas [A] and Sharon have been lost.
Out [E] along the road to [Am] peace.
Once Kissinger [B] said.
[A] We have no friends.
[Am] America [Ab] only has interests.
[Am] Now our [B] president wants to be seen as a hero.
[Am] And he's hungry [E] for [Am] re-election.
[Dm] But Bush is reluctant to risk his [E] future.
In the fear of his political [Am] failure.
So he placed chest at his desk.
And [A] poses for the press.
Ten thousand [E] miles from the road [Am] to peace.
[D]
[Am] [B] In a video that they found [D] at the home [E] of Abdel [Eb]-Rumadi
[Am] Shabnev.
He held [Bm] a [Am] Kalashnikov rifle.
[E] And he spoke with a voice like a boy.
[Gb] He [Dm] was an excellent student.
He studied so hard.
It [E] was as if he had a [Am] future.
[E] He told his mother [Bm] that he [Am] had a desk that day.
Out [E] along the road [Am] to peace.
The fundamentalist [Bm] killing on [D] both sides.
[E] Standing in the path of peace.
[C] But tell me [E] why are we arming [Am] the Israeli army with guns and [E] tanks and bullets?
[Am] [Dm] And if God is great.
And God is good.
Why can't [E] he change the [Am] hearts of men?
Maybe God himself is lost and [Bm] needs help.
Maybe God [E] himself, [A] he needs all of [E] our help.
[Am] Maybe God [B] himself is lost [E] and needs help.
[Am] He's out [E] upon the road [Am] to peace.
Maybe God [E] himself [Am] is lost [Em] and needs help.
[Am] Maybe God [Em] himself, he [D] needs [E] all of our help.
[A] And he's lost [E] upon the road to [Am] peace.
Oh, he's lost upon the road to peace.
Out upon the road to peace.
[Am]
[E] [Am]
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_ Take time.
_ _ [B] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ He owned that L.I.D. shop.
He was only 18 years old.
He was the youngest [A] of nine children.
He never spent a night [B] away [E] from home.
And [Dm] his mother held his photograph.
_ _ [E] Up in the New [Am] York Times.
You see the killing has [A] _ _
intensified.
Along [E] the road [A] to peace. _
_ _ [B] He was a tall thin boy with a wispy mustache.
_ Disguised as an [Am] orthodox Jew.
On a [Bm] crowded bus in [Am] Jerusalem.
[A] Some had [B] survived [E] World War II.
_ And the [Dm] thunderous explosion.
_ Flew out windows 200 [Am] yards away.
Before _ [Bm] retribution and [Em] 17 dead.
[A] Along the [Abm] road [Am] to peace.
_ _ _ _ [A] Now a King, door-to-door.
And _ [D] chopper-row [Am] passengers [E]
boarded bus [Am] 14-A.
_ In the aisle [B]
next [Am] to the driver.
[D] _ [A] I've delved my [E] D-sharp [E] name.
And [Dm] the last thing fell he said.
Lord of this [E] God is great and God [Am] is good.
And he blew [Dm] them off.
[Am] The King [B] don't come.
Upon the [E] road to [Am] peace.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ In response to [B] this.
Another kiss of death was visited upon.
_ [Em] _ [A] Yahshua.
[B] _ _ Israel says.
In a mouth seen your [Am] militant.
_ [Dm] And Israel said.
Four choppers in [E] flames engulfed.
His [Am] wide open.
And it [B] killed his wife and his three year old child.
Leaving [Am] only [E] _
[Am] blackened skeleton.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ They found his [E] toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes.
[A] And they waved [E] them in front of the [G] cameras.
[A] But Israel [B] says.
They did not know.
That his wife and [E] child [Am] were in a car.
There [Dm] are roadblocks everywhere.
And only [E] suffering on TV.
[E]
Neither [A] side will ever give up.
[Am] Their smallest [A] right.
_ [E] Along the road to [Am] peace. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ Israel launched its latest [Am] campaign.
[Eb] Against Hamas on [E] Tuesday.
[Am] Two [B] days later Hamas shot back.
And killed [E] five [Am] Israeli soldiers.
_ [Dm] Thousands dead and wounded on both sides.
[E] Most of them Middle Eastern [A] civilians.
[E] They killed their children full of hate.
[Am] Divided whole lands war.
And die [E] upon the road to [Am] peace.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ Now [Am] this is [Bm] our land.
[A] We will fight with all our force.
They the [E] Palestinians and [Am] the Jews.
_ Each side will [B] cut [A] off the hand of anyone.
_ [Am] Who tries [E] to stop the resistance.
[Dm] If the right eye of them see.
_ [E] Then you must [Am] pluck it out. _
And the Mahmoud Abbas [A] and Sharon have been lost.
Out [E] along the road to [Am] peace. _
_ _ _ Once Kissinger [B] said.
[A] We have no friends.
_ [Am] America [Ab] only has interests.
[Am] Now our [B] president wants to be seen as a hero.
[Am] And he's hungry [E] for [Am] re-election.
_ [Dm] But Bush is reluctant to risk his [E] future.
In the fear of his political [Am] failure.
So he placed chest at his desk.
And [A] poses for the press.
Ten thousand [E] miles from the road [Am] to peace. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [B] _ In a video _ that they found [D] at the home [E] of Abdel [Eb]-Rumadi _
[Am] Shabnev.
He held [Bm] a [Am] Kalashnikov rifle.
[E] And he spoke with a voice like a boy.
[Gb] He [Dm] was an excellent student.
He studied so hard.
It [E] was as if he had a [Am] future.
[E] He told his mother [Bm] that he [Am] had a desk that day.
Out [E] along the road [Am] to peace. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The fundamentalist [Bm] killing on [D] both sides.
_ [E] Standing in the path of peace.
[C] But tell me [E] why are we arming [Am] the Israeli army with guns and [E] tanks and bullets?
[Am] _ [Dm] And if God is great.
And God is good.
Why can't [E] he change the [Am] hearts of men?
Maybe God himself is lost and [Bm] needs help.
Maybe God [E] himself, [A] he needs all of [E] our help.
[Am] Maybe God [B] himself is lost [E] and needs help.
[Am] He's out [E] upon the road [Am] to peace.
Maybe God [E] himself [Am] is lost [Em] and needs help.
[Am] Maybe God [Em] himself, he [D] needs [E] all of our help.
[A] And he's lost [E] upon the road to [Am] peace. _
Oh, he's lost upon the road to peace. _
Out upon the road to peace. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ He owned that L.I.D. shop.
He was only 18 years old.
He was the youngest [A] of nine children.
He never spent a night [B] away [E] from home.
And [Dm] his mother held his photograph.
_ _ [E] Up in the New [Am] York Times.
You see the killing has [A] _ _
intensified.
Along [E] the road [A] to peace. _
_ _ [B] He was a tall thin boy with a wispy mustache.
_ Disguised as an [Am] orthodox Jew.
On a [Bm] crowded bus in [Am] Jerusalem.
[A] Some had [B] survived [E] World War II.
_ And the [Dm] thunderous explosion.
_ Flew out windows 200 [Am] yards away.
Before _ [Bm] retribution and [Em] 17 dead.
[A] Along the [Abm] road [Am] to peace.
_ _ _ _ [A] Now a King, door-to-door.
And _ [D] chopper-row [Am] passengers [E]
boarded bus [Am] 14-A.
_ In the aisle [B]
next [Am] to the driver.
[D] _ [A] I've delved my [E] D-sharp [E] name.
And [Dm] the last thing fell he said.
Lord of this [E] God is great and God [Am] is good.
And he blew [Dm] them off.
[Am] The King [B] don't come.
Upon the [E] road to [Am] peace.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ In response to [B] this.
Another kiss of death was visited upon.
_ [Em] _ [A] Yahshua.
[B] _ _ Israel says.
In a mouth seen your [Am] militant.
_ [Dm] And Israel said.
Four choppers in [E] flames engulfed.
His [Am] wide open.
And it [B] killed his wife and his three year old child.
Leaving [Am] only [E] _
[Am] blackened skeleton.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ They found his [E] toddler's bottle and a pair of small shoes.
[A] And they waved [E] them in front of the [G] cameras.
[A] But Israel [B] says.
They did not know.
That his wife and [E] child [Am] were in a car.
There [Dm] are roadblocks everywhere.
And only [E] suffering on TV.
[E]
Neither [A] side will ever give up.
[Am] Their smallest [A] right.
_ [E] Along the road to [Am] peace. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ Israel launched its latest [Am] campaign.
[Eb] Against Hamas on [E] Tuesday.
[Am] Two [B] days later Hamas shot back.
And killed [E] five [Am] Israeli soldiers.
_ [Dm] Thousands dead and wounded on both sides.
[E] Most of them Middle Eastern [A] civilians.
[E] They killed their children full of hate.
[Am] Divided whole lands war.
And die [E] upon the road to [Am] peace.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ Now [Am] this is [Bm] our land.
[A] We will fight with all our force.
They the [E] Palestinians and [Am] the Jews.
_ Each side will [B] cut [A] off the hand of anyone.
_ [Am] Who tries [E] to stop the resistance.
[Dm] If the right eye of them see.
_ [E] Then you must [Am] pluck it out. _
And the Mahmoud Abbas [A] and Sharon have been lost.
Out [E] along the road to [Am] peace. _
_ _ _ Once Kissinger [B] said.
[A] We have no friends.
_ [Am] America [Ab] only has interests.
[Am] Now our [B] president wants to be seen as a hero.
[Am] And he's hungry [E] for [Am] re-election.
_ [Dm] But Bush is reluctant to risk his [E] future.
In the fear of his political [Am] failure.
So he placed chest at his desk.
And [A] poses for the press.
Ten thousand [E] miles from the road [Am] to peace. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [B] _ In a video _ that they found [D] at the home [E] of Abdel [Eb]-Rumadi _
[Am] Shabnev.
He held [Bm] a [Am] Kalashnikov rifle.
[E] And he spoke with a voice like a boy.
[Gb] He [Dm] was an excellent student.
He studied so hard.
It [E] was as if he had a [Am] future.
[E] He told his mother [Bm] that he [Am] had a desk that day.
Out [E] along the road [Am] to peace. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The fundamentalist [Bm] killing on [D] both sides.
_ [E] Standing in the path of peace.
[C] But tell me [E] why are we arming [Am] the Israeli army with guns and [E] tanks and bullets?
[Am] _ [Dm] And if God is great.
And God is good.
Why can't [E] he change the [Am] hearts of men?
Maybe God himself is lost and [Bm] needs help.
Maybe God [E] himself, [A] he needs all of [E] our help.
[Am] Maybe God [B] himself is lost [E] and needs help.
[Am] He's out [E] upon the road [Am] to peace.
Maybe God [E] himself [Am] is lost [Em] and needs help.
[Am] Maybe God [Em] himself, he [D] needs [E] all of our help.
[A] And he's lost [E] upon the road to [Am] peace. _
Oh, he's lost upon the road to peace. _
Out upon the road to peace. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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