Maximum Firepower chords by Tom Morello and The Nightwatchman

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Verse 1
Am 
This one's for the shoeshine boy
and the farmer in debt
Each string is barbed wire,
each chord is a threat
G 
This blues guy I met that never had a hit
Am 
Said, ?You don't gotta  be loud,
son, to be heavy as shit?

Verse 2
Am 
Well, I'm the triggerman, baby,
tonight I'll prove
That this machine here,
well, it kills fascists too
G 
And don't be surprised if
Am 
the 'Sermon on the Mount'
The next time is delivered in a
little coffee house
Dm 
'Cause somebody

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Verse 3

here's

gotta let them know

I doubt it's me but here I go

I hit the button, tape started to roll

Yeah, the song's got fire,

it's got no soul

Verse 4
C 
G 
Am 
There's a lonely stretch of
G 
Am 
blacktop between here and home
C 
G 
Am 
Drop down into the valley,
G 
Am 
piano playin' in the living room
F 
Am 
When you see the white barn you'll
G 
Am 
know the journey's through
C 
G 
Am 
G 
My dog's barking in the backseat 'cause

Interlude 1

he knows it too

Verse 5
Am 
You'll need a fake passport
and fix your disguise
And don't fire, sugar,
'til you see the whites of their eyes
G 
I turned the other cheek but
now I'm through
Am 
The skin you're in makes
choices for you

Verse 6
Am 
I was checking off names and
I came late to dinner
Seems the slices of pie keep getting
thinner and thinner
G 
Brothers and sisters,
rejoice and repent
Am 
The landlord's dead,
you can keep the rent

Verse 7
Dm 
You got twelve fine friends but
one of 'em's rotten
Am 
There's a hole out back,
ain't got no bottom
Em 
Forty days in the wilderness,
forty sleepless nights
G 
I'm confused,
half blind and sure I'm right

Verse 8
C 
G 
Am 
There's a lonely stretch of
G 
Am 
blacktop between here and home
C 
G 
Am 
Drop down into the valley,
G 
Am 
piano playin' in the living room
F 
Am 
When you see the white barn you'll
G 
Am 
know the journey's through
C 
G 
Am 
G 
My dog's barking in the backseat 'cause
he knows it too
Am 
Em 

Verse 9
C 
Am 
F 
Officer, please, I won't be long
Am 
Called the radio station,
requested this song
F 
Now I had my doubts about what I knew
Em 
E 
Em 
So I turned it up and then
G 
it sounded true

Verse 10
Am 
Kiss the ring if the Queen will let you
But come over the fence
and the dogs will get you
On a rope hung the traitor,
on a hook hung the meat
You and me are missing persons 'til
C 
G 
we're counted in the streets

Verse 11
Am 
So seize the time and storm
the tower
And come correct with
maximum firepower
For the sins of the father,
the son, he must pay
The Nightwatchman giveth
C 
G 
and he taketh away

Verse 12
Dm 
Thought hard about this next line,
pretty sure it's true
Am 
If you take a step towards freedom it'll
take two steps towards you
Em 
So, mister, I ain't scared and,
mister, I ain't worried
G 
'Cause on that lonely stretch of
blacktop I sit as judge and jury

Verse 13
C 
Em 
Am 
There's a lonely stretch of
G 
Am 
blacktop between here and home
C 
G 
Am 
Drop down into the valley,
G 
Am 
piano playin' in the living room
F 
Am 
When you see the white barn you
G 
Am 
know the journey's through
C 
G 
Am 
G 
My dog's barking in the backseat 'cause he

Interlude 2

knows it too

Verse 14
Am 
The clock strikes the hour,
tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour,
tonight we ride
The clock strikes the hour,
tonight we ride
G 
You've got three more
Am 
seconds to choose sides